Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2026

Army handguns provoke the discussion concerning caliber, nostalgia, and what the so-called stopping power actually means. The tougher tale is the institutional one: what were the sidearms which made the Army reform its approach to purchasing and maintaining and training and even measuring reliability. Within two centuries of issue pistols...

Shadow has become a household word ever since the first image of a black hole was produced. The more difficult part has been in transforming that figure into an operating map--the connection of the hot plasma ring of brightness to the great jets reaching out thousands of light-years. In the...

The predator control can make normal distances big decisions. A raccoon on top of a line of fences at 25 yards is another matter than a coyote hanging on a cut field across the way, and the cartridge that is “plenty” in one spot can look anemic or reckless...