Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026

Charles Mitchell

Why Suppressors Change Pistol Performance More Than Most Shooters Expect

On a pistol a suppressor not only puts the sting out of burst. It will alter the way the gun opens, the slide action, the recoil experience, and the rate of maintenance problems to emerge. What has shocked many shooters is the fact that the very same can that performs...
Charles Mitchell

7 Defensive Handgun Myths That Get People Hurt Under Stress

Defensive hand gun errors seldom begin at the trigger squeeze. They begin sooner, on the basis of suppositions: what will the eyes do, what will the hands do, what will the memory remember, what is invariable when the clock is taken over by adrenaline. When the brain is stressed it...
Charles Mitchell

The Hidden Failure Points in Pocket Pistols Under Real-World Pressure

Pocket pistols are designed on the principle of compromise: they are as small as practical, as light as practical and only have enough mechanical margin to operate when everything is clean, in line, and fed the ammunition to which it is accustomed. The pressure of the real world works...