Daily Archives: Mar 17, 2026

A new year tends to show what an ammunition maker thinks shooters will actually use, not just admire on a catalog page. Federal’s latest lineup leans hard into practical niches quiet shooting with suppressors, high-BC hunting bullets for modern magnums, purpose-built 6mm ARC loads for AR-15s, and competition shotshells...

The 9mm handgun’s dominance in the American market is often described as culture, preference, and habit. The manufacturing record shows something blunter: output. In the most recent full-year federal manufacturing dataset, a handful of brands accounted for the bulk of domestically made 9mm pistols and one company did it...

"Choosing the "best" Army sidearm usually devolves into a caliber argument inside 30 seconds. A more useful question is which handguns actually changed the way the Army armed, trained, and equipped its people - because influence leaves a paper trail in procurement decisions, doctrine, maintenance realities, and what stayed...