Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026

On paper one can appreciate the accuracy. It is consistency that makes a cold bore shot, a stiff wind, a clumsy field position appear where it was not wanted that earns trust. On the hunting camps, match firing lines, the daily range bench, a few cartridges continue to make...

Of the 82,774 Winchester Model 1911 SL shotguns that were produced "82,774 left the factory" is no evidence that a design can ship in significant quantities and still be recalled as having influenced its standard user toward unsafe handling. Notorious guns can hardly malfunction because of a reason. They fail...

Army pistols gain their reputations in a few minutes of service, but spend their existence in holsters. That incongruity, between infrequent, high-stakes drop time and the everyday reality of carrying, has surreptitiously informed U.S. Army sidearm cravings over two centuries. The weight, the wear of parts, the ease of...