Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2026

Thomas Reed

Ten 9mm Pistols That Made “Modern” Means Something

The 9mm handgun world seems to be fond of declaring everything as modern even when the fundamental concepts are decades old. The point where the legendarily good pistol and the popular pistol part ways is when the pistol altered the expectations capacity, materials, lockup, triggers, ergonomics or just what...
Charles Mitchell

8 Handgun Calibers That Create Risky Tradeoffs in Home Defense

The debates on handgun caliber are typically set up as a choice between stopping power and recoil. Within a house, the more practical tension is dissimilar: reliability, sufficient penetration and controllability all have to co-exist, and some cartridges cause some serious trade-offs exactly where margins are low. Gel tests, barrier...
Charles Mitchell

Seven Gun Mechanisms That Still Dictate What “Reliable” Feels Like

A rollmark or a tale of arms is what makes a great many guns collectibles. The designs which have not worn out are doing so in a more tedious reason that their mechanical decisions continue to accomplish the same object supply, ignition, lockup, and recoil control, without exceptional requirements. Over...