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2 weeks ago | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
Stun grenades, commonly called flashbangs, are diversionary devices intended to distract and disorient enemies in a non-lethal manner. First used in the 1970s, they’re explosive devices that rely upon a blinding burst of light, painfully loud noise, and overpressure to disorient the enemy. The flash of light is generally measured in millions of candela, and the bang is typically over 170 decibels. That’s some serious flashing and banging.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
Firearms that discharge multiple projectiles at once have been around since the blunderbuss and fowling pieces of the 1600s and beyond, used for hunting birds as well as war. The basic concept of the modern shotgun isn’t so modern; witness the iconic Winchester Model 1897 pump-action shotgun from the late 1800s. They’re simple, reliable smoothbores that shoot shotshells, packed with everything from a clump of shot to a big honking slug.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
Magpul Industries Corporation is now synonymous with their ubiquitous polymer magazines. But that’s not how they got their start back in 1999. Back in the day, when founder Richard Fitzpatrick served in the Marines, operators would attach loops of paracord or duct tape to their magazines to make it easier to grab them and yank them out of mag pouches.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
The concept of a ranch rifle is generally considered to be a handy, compact, intermediate-caliber rifle, carried around all-day long from dawn to dusk while on a ranch. Most people probably envision something like the OG ranch rifle, the Ruger Mini-14 — a magazine-fed semi-automatic rifle in 5.56 or 7.62×39 with a traditional stock. Such a rifle is very effective at policing a ranch, protecting livestock, crops, and more by dispatching pests, predators, and game.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
Life is full of tradeoffs. There’s the old adage: “Do you want it good, fast, or cheap? Pick two.” In other words, you can’t have it all. The same applies when selecting a firearm for concealed carry use. Unless you’re built like a Clegane or dressed for winter, you usually have to settle on some compromise between capability and capacity versus comfort and concealability. On the one hand, a larger, full-size pistol is much easier to shoot well and provides more magazine capacity.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
We’re all gun nerds at heart here at RECOIL. So while it’s neat to check out the latest and greatest AR or the umpteenth refinement of a Glock, we love seeing weapon systems that stray off the beaten path. M+M Industries is based in Colorado and was started by two fellows named Mike, hence the company name. One of the original Mikes, Mike Meier, now runs M+M. Born in Switzerland, he also lived in Venezuela before moving to America.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
We’ve often referred to the AR platform as LEGOs for adults, because you can build and configure them to your heart’s content. However, there’s a limit to that analogy. You don’t need tools to tear down and rebuild your LEGOs. As flexible as it is, a standard AR lower can’t accommodate longer cartridges like 7.62 or 6.5CM; you’ll need to switch to a large frame AR for that. And it takes tools and some effort to swap out barrels. To be fair, Eugene Stoner invented the thing in the 1950s.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
SIG Sauer’s now-ubiquitous P365 is quite the success story, from its design to the company’s business decisions. For the former, not only did SIG essentially create the high-capacity micro-compact category, they designed the P365 to be modular, with a serialized fire control unit that can be removed from the grip. As to the latter, rather than mandate its own view of perfection, SIG opened its kimono to the aftermarket, encouraging companies to develop accessories for the P365.
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May 8, 2024 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
Founded in 1526, Beretta is the oldest firearms manufacturer in the world. That’s nearly 500 years of making boomsticks. Americans might know Beretta best for the M9 pistol, adopted by the U.S. military in 1985. But you might not realize that Beretta Holding now includes not just the original Beretta but also such brands as Benelli, Chapuis, Franchi, Norma, Sako, Steiner, Stoeger, and Tikka, among others. However, if you can believe it, we’ve never been able to get a Beretta rifle before.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
recoilweb.com | Steven Kuo
Ten years ago, Rugged Suppressors released their first silencer, the Surge762. Notably, you could adjust its length. It performed well and was a durable — but rather heavy — suppressor. In the years since, Rugged has built out its portfolio of products to cover a wide range of applications for rifles, pistols, and rimfire. However, Rugged returned to its roots this year, refining and modernizing its original can, resulting in the new SurgeX, a versatile multi-use 30-caliber suppressor.
