Daily Archives: Jul 1, 2026

Charles Mitchell

Steel-Frame Pistols Keep Winning Where Recoil Control and Round Counts Matter

Polymer frames have been the popular choice in duty holsters and everyday carry since they address the issue of weight. Steel frames never tried to. They solve the shooting issue, how to make a handgun stable, predictable, and mechanically dependable when the number of rounds increases, and the rate...
Charles Mitchell

8 Defensive Handgun Calibers That Create the Wrong Kind of Risk

A home-defense handgun round must perform two tasks simultaneously: find the vital organs when the angles, clothing and movement become messy, and not cause additional harm in crowded areas. It is that commensuration which makes caliber debates immortal because the failures, the obstructions, the tension, all appear simultaneously. The test...
James Thompson

Spacecraft That Track the Sun’s Power and the Risks It Sends...

One of the spacecrafts has already flown past a border that used to be considered a science fiction movie. In 2021, Parker Solar Probe flew through the Earth of the Sun, being the first human-made object to sample the upper atmosphere of a star. The importance of that milestone is...