Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026

There is handgun-defense fetish-ing that is the subject of debates the way sports teams are, but the press of life deprives any caliber of its romanticism. Once the sights wobble, hands become greasy and time seems short, a cartridge either provides a sufficient degree of penetration and reliability to...

Big game will make a small equipment advantage a liability. The same cartridge that feels good at the bench may seem quite different when a steep quartering angle, a heavy shoulder bone or a shot presentation that is longer than intended appears in the timber. The issue is that these...

Development of cold war fighters was rewarded with boldness punished with detail. The air forces were fast, maneuvered on high altitudes and required new missions, which could not afford much time to aerodynamic uncertainty, propulsion immaturity or the reality of maintainability. The most impressive aspect of the most heinous misfires...