Daily Archives: Jul 1, 2026

Army pistols gain their reputations in a few minutes of service, but spend their existence in holsters. That incongruity, between infrequent, high-stakes drop time and the everyday reality of carrying, has surreptitiously informed U.S. Army sidearm cravings over two centuries. The weight, the wear of parts, the ease of...

What actually defeats long-range performance: a bad rifle, or a cartridge that ceases to perform the minute wind, temperature and recoil control become real? In match rifles, hunting rigs, and even gas guns, some chamberings recur many times, and there is a reason behind this, which does not involve hype....

A handgun cartridge is even intended to be the most foreseeable component of a defensive strategy: press the trigger, it is bound to work the same way every time. Once that predictability is lost, either by shallow penetration, or inconsistent growth, or too much recoil or merely by ignition...