Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2026

Some firearms look like a sure thing until the first few magazines put real stress on the design. The disappointment usually does not arrive as one dramatic failure, but as a slow leak of confidence: a trigger that refuses to cooperate, magazines that never quite behave, or tolerances that...

Is lighter always good where the purpose is to be able to control, repeatable shooting? Polymer frames gained their niche by simplifying carrying and living with handguns and reducing their production cost. Steel frames did not go away as they address another set of concerns, in particular, as the...

It is the refusement of certain designs of firearms to become period pieces. They are displayed in holsters, on firing lines, and in hunting camps not due to nostalgia, but due to underlying mechanisms that continue to address issues of importance: reliability, controllability and repeatable performance. It is hardly a...