Daily Archives: Jul 1, 2026

Correct may have a variety of meanings. On a clear day, sitting on a bench, almost any good rifle may appear good. Those to which a reputation is attached are, however, those which remain reliable in moments when the shooter is fatigued, when the wind is jumpy, and when...

Disputes on the topic of the best Army pistol tend to degenerate into caliber and nostalgia. What is more useful is influence: the handguns that compelled the institution to redefine assumptions regarding training, logistics, safety, and what a typical sidearm should be capable of withstanding. In the whole century-long history...

Handgun arguments are fond of circling around the issue of stopping power, but the mechanics of the real world keep hauling the discussion back to an ugly fact: a bullet must hit something meaningful. In test culture, that typically is diagrammed into the 12-18 inches of penetration by the...