Daily Archives: Jun 29, 2026

Charles Mitchell

The Big-Game Caliber Mistake Many Deer Hunters Still Make

The deer-caliber argument still gets framed the wrong way. Too many hunters keep treating cartridge choice like a search for the highest energy figure on a box flap, when the real question is whether the bullet will reach the vitals, expand as intended, and let the shooter place it...
Charles Mitchell

Eight Service Pistol Designs Modern 9mm Guns Still Imitate

Modern 9mm pistols often look new while relying on old answers. The grip angles, magazine capacities, locking systems, trigger layouts, and carry-friendly dimensions that dominate current service handguns were established over decades by a relatively small group of designs. Some were copied directly. Others shaped the market by proving a...
Charles Mitchell

Common Carry Habits That Quietly Defeat Modern Pistol Safety Systems

Modern pistols carry an impressive amount of engineering inside a compact package. Trigger levers, firing pin blocks, inertial firing pins, decockers, grip safeties, and magazine disconnects all exist to reduce the chance of an unintended discharge. But those systems are designed around a simple premise: the pistol is being...