Dear INSIDERs,
Have you ever stopped to think about just how far firearms have come?
Go back to the earliest days of gunsmithing, when firearms were built by hand and every part had to be carefully fitted. Now look at what we're working with today — precision machining, advanced materials, thermal technology, and suppressors engineered down to the smallest details.
That jump from where it all started to where we are now is pretty insane. If you've never gone down the rabbit hole of gunsmithing history, do yourself a favor and take a look. It's a whole new ball game when it come to appreciating the firearms sitting in your safe today.
Anyways, here's some cool stuff our INSIDER brands have been up to. Hope you enjoy.
— The Hook & Barrel Crew
Here’s what’s on today’s agenda:
➤ A New Take on the Canik Prime Radian
➤ A Quick-Detach Mount for the Aimpoint Micro
➤ The Best Gun Deals We Found This Month
➤ A New Take on Thermal Binoculars
➤ HK’s Smallest VP9 Yet
➤ A New Take on the Hunting Suppressor
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Canik paired its American-made METE MC9 Prime platform with Radian Weapons’ RAMJET barrel, AFTERBURNER compensator and aluminum grip components. Will Dabbs tests whether the resulting 17+1 micro-compact shoots as well as it looks.
LaRue Tactical’s LT660 Aimpoint Micro QD mounts deliver repeatable return to zero and quick-detach performance across ARs, AKs, and shotguns.
From the summit of Mount Everest with Frank Fumich to an exclusive conversation with UFC legend Dan “Hendo” Henderson, this issue is built around the pursuit of what’s possible.
September/October Issue — Coming Soon. Available online 8/18.
There’s always something new worth adding to the safe, but finding the right deal can take some digging. We rounded up the firearms and gear that caught our attention this month.
QUEST binoculars allow users to use both hands and both eyes while scanning, just like traditional binoculars.
Heckler & Koch’s long-awaited VP9CC brings familiar VP9 controls, six interchangeable backstraps and an unusually low optics mounting system to the micro-compact class. We put the new 9mm through a range test to see how it performs.
Dead Air went after a lighter, more compact hunting suppressor with the Nomad Ti OTB. We put it through a range test to see how the over-the-barrel design performs without adding unnecessary weight and length.
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