Daily Archives: Jun 29, 2026

Charles Mitchell

10 9mm Pistols That Built the Modern Handgun

The modern 9mm sidearm did not arrive as a single invention. It emerged through a chain of design leaps: higher-capacity magazines, safer duty triggers, lighter frame materials, simpler internals, and better adaptability for optics, lights, and hard daily use. Some pistols became famous because they served on a large scale....
William Harrison

7 Forces Behind Glock’s Major Pistol Line Shake-Up

Glock built its reputation on consistency, which is why its recent product-line reset has drawn so much attention across the firearms world. The move reaches across multiple generations and model families, turning what could have looked like routine catalog management into a broader signal about where handgun design and...
Charles Mitchell

9mm vs .45 ACP: 8 Differences That Matter Under Pressure

The 9mm-versus-.45 ACP argument survives because it is really several engineering arguments folded into one. Diameter, recoil impulse, magazine geometry, barrier behavior, and training volume all push the outcome in different directions. Modern bullet design has narrowed old assumptions. What still separates these cartridges is not mythology, but how...