Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026

A defensive handgun round must fulfill two functions simultaneously: it must hit vital organs consistently and be manageable to shoot accurately and quickly in follow-up. A lot of cartridges lack that balance, not because they are bad, but because they require trades that become evident during times of stress....

Handgun fights are hardly square-range drills. Guns come between, thick clothes absorb the strength, and a bullet which halts short becomes a non-stop instead of a solid shot. This is why long-established benchmark is not concerned with "stopping power" slogans. It is matter of whether the projectile can consistently hit...

There are not many machines that have so many confident assertions made about them by persons who have never opened them. The AR-15 is in an awkward crossroad of engineering abbreviation, legal nomenclature, and cultural baggage. What we have is a platform that is already discussed as a symbol...