Daily Archives: Jun 29, 2026

Defensive handgun ammo still attracts more folklore than almost any other corner of shooting technology. Gel blocks, heavy-clothing protocols, chronographs, and recovered bullets keep showing the same pattern: many long-held beliefs fall apart once rounds are measured instead of argued about. The most useful lesson from modern testing is not...

Misses past 600 yards rarely come from one dramatic mistake. More often, they come from a stack of small assumptions that seemed harmless at 100. That is why long-range shooting myths are so persistent. They sound technical, they get repeated at benches and in forums, and they usually contain just...

Lawful carry often looks simple from the outside: a permit, a holster, and a pistol carried without drama. The trouble starts when routine habits collide with state-by-state rules that treat storage, transport, configuration, and location as separate legal questions. That gap catches people who think they are following the...