Daily Archives: Mar 13, 2026

Ballistic gel testing has a way of stripping drama out of caliber debates. Once rounds are fired through a heavy clothing barrier from realistic carry-length barrels, many long-repeated claims about “stopping power,” hollow points, and pocket-pistol performance start to look less like rules and more like habits of speech. The...

Ruger’s RXM entered the market with a familiar formula: a striker-fired 9mm built around compatibility, modularity, and the enormous installed base created by Glock’s long dominance in the handgun world. That same formula is now drawing pressure from legal activists, state regulators, and a market that has become less...

Home defense ammunition is often discussed as if raw power settles the question. It does not. What matters more is a practical balance of reliability, controllability, and enough penetration to reach vital structures without creating unnecessary risk inside a house. That balance is why some cartridges and loads remain bad...