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There wasn’t a whole lot of debate as to what would grace the cover of this issue. Usually, our editorial team have some pretty spirited discussions regarding the flagship gun, but this being 2020, a dystopian DIY project made from surplus plumbing p

MSRP: $150 URL: midwestindustriesinc.com After swapping out the stock furniture on your AR-15, a common upgrade is the trigger. The Enhanced AR-15 Drop-In Curved Trigger from Midwest Industries is a solid option, providing a 3.5-pound single-stage tr

In the shadows of the infamous Las Vegas Strip is the Frank H. Rogers Science and Technology building, home to the National Atomic Testing Museum, devoted to preserving the history of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the early days of the atomic age. W

In June of 2013, I found myself once again soloing the Baja 500. Since I had attempted this solo endeavor in 2010 and missed reaching the finish line by a heartbreaking 22 minutes over the time limit due to a race-ending crash and breakdown, the mix

Most knives have a tip that can pierce or stab. Anyone who has studied edged weapons in combat will make note that most deaths occur from a stab as opposed to a slash. For chores that require cutting as opposed to stabbing, we’ve seen various profile

Retro and clone AR builds have exploded in popularity over the last decade. Whatever the reason, rebuilding black guns from bygone eras is a thriving subculture of AR owners. Whether replicating prototypes from the 1950s and ’60s or reproducing the s

Getting paid to travel the world and shoot guns is pretty much the definition of a privileged existence. But once you’ve analyzed the latest striker-fired 9mm handgun (again) and yet another AR that’s claimed by the manufacturer to offer something th

There was a time that finishing a so-called 80-percent lower receiver required a milling machine and the requisite machining skills to operate it. These early 80-percent lowers were advertised as “paper weights” and definitely worked better as booken

Ambidextrous bolt releases that aren’t add-a-bracket pieces like the Magpul BAD lever mostly lay in the realm of higher-end AR-15s like Knights Armament and Grey Ghost Precision. The Teal Blue Bravo PDQ allows you to add a seamless bolt release to yo

As if cops in the U.S. don’t have enough to worry about, 2020 comes along and adds frickin’ laser beams to the mix. We’ve seen protesters in Portland wielding handheld lasers against police officers during nightly street clashes. The social unrest su

For all but a few, the ability to practice rifle skills with live ammunition weekly, if not daily, is simply out of reach. At the same time, those who regularly work with firearms know that the difference between the good and the great will often be

In 2018, we travelled to the Czech Republic in order to check out the innovative, beautifully crafted, and insanely expensive FK Brno Field Pistol, along with the 7.5 FK round for which it was chambered. After shooting through level IIIA armor, gel b

Earlier this year, we built a 410-gauge shotgun from a kit and a lot of pipe fittings for our sister magazine RECOIL OFFGRID. One thing about building that particular piece was that even the parts kit that was provided by Pop-A-410 could easily be so

From theatrics to tactics, smoke has many uses other than perfecting roasted meat and getting in our eyes around a campfire. Whether to obscure movement or to signal allies, the use of smoke long predates firearms, harkening back to the days of large

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As Americans living in 2020, we each are searching on our own for a defining moment. We all do this to some degree, either actively in the pursuit of grand goals, or passively, waiting for life to bestow some sense of meaning. We do this with events

Are you getting ready to buy another firearm, or maybe your first? Where do you look? Gun stores, pawn shops, or the internet? Should you buy new or try used? You sit down at your computer, head swirling with questions, and start your search. Droves

When General John J. Pershing was born in 1860, many American state militia units were still armed with smoothbore muskets, some of them flintlocks. By the time his U.S. troops marched in the victory parade in Paris in 1919, the semi-automatic pistol

Once upon a time, old-school gun writers had customized project guns with individualistic names. Jeff Cooper had “Baby,” a big-bore Brno dangerous game rifle. Elmer Keith’s more prosaically named “No. 5” was an important step in the development of th

Just like nearly everything else in this issue, we went the DIY route with our silencers. Normally when you purchase a suppressor, it’ll sit at your dealer for months — sometimes more than a year — before the federal government approves your paperwor

It doesn’t matter how big the room is. If Dana Gleason is in it, you’ll know it. The guy is a one-man minstrel. If there’s a story to be told, he’ll tell it using perfectly timed table-thumps and calculated F-bombs as his musical accompaniment. Dana

This issue of Veteran Vices, we’re happy to expand our reach to veterans of allied militaries around the world. Ismael Olivan, owner of BAMF Cigars, is a veteran of the Spanish Army. What started out as a standard compulsory-service stint turned into