Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026

Thomas Reed

5 Army Sidearms That Redefined Standard Issue for Generations

Any discussion of the best Army handgun is likely to fall into caliber and subjectivity. Power is more quantifiable. It manifests itself in the way the Army formulates requirements, in the way it trains the mixed experience of people, in the way the armorers maintain a piston running over...
Charles Mitchell

9 Rifle Cartridges That Keep Printing Tiny Groups in Real Rifles

Some of our rifle shots appear well on a ballistic table, and then become obnoxious the next time the weather changes, or a new barrel is used, or a gunner lets the band get a longer length. The following cartridges gained their reputations of the tight group under a...
Thomas Reed

10 Iconic 9mm Pistols That Defined the Modern Handgun Era

The 9x19mm cartridge has its niche by doing the fundamentals very, very well: it feeds consistently, it can be held in high rate, and it can hold enough rounds in a good working grip size to count. The combination of that did not merely influence training and doctrine, it...