Daily Archives: Dec 15, 2025

"Caliber is irrelevant if you get your shot in the correct location." It's a mantra mindlessly repeated at gun stores and online. But in actual lifesaving interactions, the cartridge can decide success almost as much as firearms skill. Contemporary ballistics research, decades-long law enforcement careers, and street-tested defensive interactions...

What distinguishes a cartridge that impresses on paper from one that performs in the field? For hunters, competitive shooters, and rifle shooters, the difference is in consistent accuracy irrespective of rifle platform, weather, or range. Some cartridges are forgiving, predictable, and repeatable, and thus become reliable partners from the...

Few 9mm handgun calibers on the planet have more history and devotion than the 9mm. Military duty, police service, and carrying concealed 9mm handguns have defined eras, commanded doctrine, and endured for decades. Every handgun in this top ten has a story to tell, not of engineering, but of...