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The brutal killing of 30-year-old Eliza Morales and her unborn child in Downers Grove has highlighted the extreme risks of meeting strangers for online sales at a private residence. The suspect, Nedas Revuckas, allegedly stabbed Morales 70 times and set her home on fire following a dispute over a Facebook Marketplace vehicle transaction. DOWNERS GROVE, IL (3-minute read) — A horrific act of violence has left the Downers Grove community in shock and a young family shattered. On January 26, 2026, 30-year-old Eliza Morales, who was five months pregnant with her second child, was fatally stabbed 70 times inside her…
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Would you like to make your pistol or rifle skill improvements fun? There are a multitude of drills and targets we can all use on the range for practice, but for me and many people I have instructed over the years, a little bit of fun in the training really makes the process take off. Don’t get me wrong, firearms and training are serious business. But if we can have fun while still being serious, we will retain knowledge and build positive experiences. Check out my video above, and keep reading the article below. Instead of just punching holes in paper,…
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The January 19 shooting at the Stockton Flea Market that left two suspected robbers dead has been officially ruled a case of self-defense. Stockton police confirmed that the employees of the jewelry business involved will not face criminal charges after the son of the owner engaged the armed suspects to save his father’s life. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE STOCKTON, CA (2-minute read) — A violent encounter at the Stockton Flea Market earlier this month has concluded with a legal ruling of self-defense. Stockton police announced on Tuesday that the shooting on January 19, which resulted in the deaths of two…
In March of 1915, the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment under the command of LTC Phillipp Englehardt was posted along a two-mile length of defensive trench near Fromelles, France. This regiment had already survived Ypres and had been well-blooded. Amongst the surviving veterans was a skinny, hard-charging 26-year-old Austrian. The German Gewehr 98 represented a massive leap forward in military rifle design when it entered service in 1898. He was a simple man but a dedicated soldier. He was also an artist whose wartime sketches were of sufficient quality to have been stolen by some nameless opportunist. When first issued his…
Have you ever heard of Charles Newton? Here we look at his .256 Newton cartridge.One of several high-velocity rimless cartridges designed by Charles Newton for his bolt-action rifles, the .256 Newton was introduced in 1913 by the Western Cartridge Co. Until the .264 Winchester Magnum came along in 1958, this was the only American-designed 6.5mm to be offered on a commercial basis. The last of the Newton rifle companies failed in the early 1920s, and Western quit loading Newton cartridges in 1938. The .256 Newton is based on the .30-06 case necked down.The .256 Newton has hung on as a…
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By Dave Merrill and Iain Harrison Back in 2019, Maxim Defense won RECOIL’s Best of SHOT award and also graced the cover of RECOIL Issue 41 when they released the PDX, a short 5.5-inch barreled PDW with an overall length of 18.75 inches and offered in 5.56mm, .300BLK, and — our favorite in this form — 7.62x39mm. Systems this small have been attempted before, but, importantly, the Maxim Defense PDX actually worked. They cracked the code. When it comes to a gun that’s stubby and stashable while also chambered in a rifle caliber, the clandestine capability also comes with an…
There’s a reason why the AR-15 has earned the moniker “America’s Rifle.” The modularity and flexibility of the AR-15 means you can alter it to perform any number of tasks, from close-range, home-defense drills to shots out to 1,000 yards and beyond. This “jack of all trades” capability makes the AR popular, but the second part of that “jack of all trades” phrase is “… and master of none.” This means that when it comes to AR-15s, a gun that is set up to work within 100 yards is going to struggle beyond 500 yards, and a gun that works…
Even as reddish flames were visible from my bathroom window, it still seemed absurd to think that my house would burn down. There’s something particularly ghoulish about a house fire that makes it almost too large to fully process: it’s the immediate elimination of so many memories, the loss of so many physical artifacts that come to define our identity and those of our family members, the erasure of location where we feel safest and most at ease, and an invalidation of decades of hard work to provide for ourselves and others. It’s something so horrible it almost seems like…
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I go over some alternative sight-in and rifle zeroing methods that will help you hit your mark.There are numerous ways to zero a hunting rifle. I’m not talking about the mechanical process of adjusting the riflescope’s reticle, so it coincides with your bullet’s point of impact. I’m talking about the distances where you make this happen. For years, the standard has been the 100-yard zero, but is it the best? And is it the best for your rifle/cartridge combination? Here are some things to consider when zeroing your rifle, and you might be surprised to learn the best approach is…
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