http://www.recoilweb.com The Ultimate Gun Lifestyle Magazine Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.recoilweb.com/beretta-pico-first-impressions-25471.html http://www.recoilweb.com/beretta-pico-first-impressions-25471.html#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 15:00:07 +0000 Iain Harrison http://www.recoilweb.com/?p=25471 We got to handle the new pocket gun from Beretta at the NRA annual meetings and will hopefully get one of the first available to put through the wringer. Looking it over in their display booth, we came to the conclusion that this might be Beretta’s first handgun since the model 92 that doesn’t suck. OK, let’s get this out... more]]> http://www.recoilweb.com/beretta-pico-first-impressions-25471.html/feed/ 0 http://www.recoilweb.com/tracking-point-is-this-the-future-of-long-range-shooting-24383.html http://www.recoilweb.com/tracking-point-is-this-the-future-of-long-range-shooting-24383.html#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:45:45 +0000 Iain Harrison http://www.recoilweb.com/?p=24383 Crystal ball gazing has been a popular pastime in the firearms industry, as the technology is for the most part unchanged for about a hundred years. It’s pretty easy to conjecture about what’s going to hit the market in the short term, (Another plastic 9mm, sir? Don’t mind if I do…) but as far as longer term prognostications go the... more]]> http://www.recoilweb.com/tracking-point-is-this-the-future-of-long-range-shooting-24383.html/feed/ 0 http://www.recoilweb.com/trijicon-vcog-1-6-first-look-25167.html http://www.recoilweb.com/trijicon-vcog-1-6-first-look-25167.html#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 18:25:27 +0000 Iain Harrison http://www.recoilweb.com/?p=25167 RECOIL was the first gun magazine to lay hands on the new VCOG 1-6 scope from Trijicon and we tried it out in its natural environment, bolted to a flat top AR. Bottom line, we think you’ll like it. At 1x, the image is as flat and clear as anything we’ve seen, with no fishbowl effect at the edge of... more]]> http://www.recoilweb.com/trijicon-vcog-1-6-first-look-25167.html/feed/ 0 http://www.recoilweb.com/exclusive-faxons-switch-barrel-ar-15-upper-19747.html http://www.recoilweb.com/exclusive-faxons-switch-barrel-ar-15-upper-19747.html#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:43:32 +0000 Iain Harrison http://www.recoilweb.com/?p=19747 RECOIL has the only press sample of this revolutionary switch-barrel AR-15 upper, and we’re currently putting it through its paces in the Arizona desert for a full feature in the next issue. As usual, we’ll report on the good, the bad, and the ugly — but so far, this thing is well machined, well thought out, and nicely finished. As... more]]> http://www.recoilweb.com/exclusive-faxons-switch-barrel-ar-15-upper-19747.html/feed/ 2 http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-faxon-switch-barrel-ar-15-upper-23129.html http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-faxon-switch-barrel-ar-15-upper-23129.html#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:55:58 +0000 Iain Harrison http://www.recoilweb.com/?p=23129 Piston Power We Get Intimate With Faxon Firearms’ Switch-Barrel AR-15 Upper Prototype What does the Mars Rover have in common with a piston-driven AR? Read on and find out… Despite their recent surge in popularity, piston-driven ARs have been around for a long time. Colt was the first company to try solving the drawbacks of the original direct impingement (DI)... more]]> http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-faxon-switch-barrel-ar-15-upper-23129.html/feed/ 1 http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-glock-30s-and-springfield-xd-s-23093.html http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-glock-30s-and-springfield-xd-s-23093.html#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:45:41 +0000 Iain Harrison http://www.recoilweb.com/?p=23093 Big-Bore Carry Guns We Test Drive the Glock 30S and the Springfield XD-S The American gun buyer has had a love affair with the .45 ACP for more than a century now. Despite recent advances in bullet technology that make the 9mm almost its ballistic equivalent, there’s still something comforting about the big, trashcan-shaped round. With the massive increase in... more]]> http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-glock-30s-and-springfield-xd-s-23093.html/feed/ 0 http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-nemesis-take-down-23041.html http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-nemesis-take-down-23041.html#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:30:13 +0000 Iain Harrison http://www.recoilweb.com/?p=23041 The Vanquish: A Deadly Accurate Multi-Caliber Sniper Rifle What’s top of the list of priority targets for a sniper pair? If you said “other snipers,” you win a subscription to RECOIL — just send us your address on the back of a Benjamin and we’ll take care of the rest. All jokes aside, if you’re a high-priority target working amongst... more]]> http://www.recoilweb.com/preview-nemesis-take-down-23041.html/feed/ 0