Daily Archives: Jun 29, 2026

Military handguns rarely stay confined to military use. Features tested in service pistols often migrate into police sidearms, commercial carry guns, and competition designs, where reliability, ergonomics, and ease of maintenance matter just as much as raw firepower. The history of the military sidearm is also a history of engineering...

Handgun lore has a long shelf life. Some of it comes from old caliber rivalries, some from movies, and some from the habit of turning rare outcomes into universal rules. On the range, instructors spend a surprising amount of time pulling those ideas apart and replacing them with measurable...

Modern duty pistols did not emerge from a single invention. Their current form is the result of layered engineering decisions that gradually changed how service handguns are carried, fired, maintained, and fitted to the user. What now appears standard a polymer frame, a striker system, a double-stack magazine, and a...