Daily Archives: Mar 13, 2026
7 Rifle Cartridges Hunters Expect Too Much From
Some rifle cartridges earn reputations that stretch well past their real field limits. That does not make them useless. It means hunters often ask them to do jobs they were never built to handle, especially when the target is heavy-bodied game where penetration, bullet behavior, and shot placement matter...
7 Lessons From the Attack on Russia’s Buyan-M Corvette
A missile corvette built for rivers, canals, and shallow coastal waters was never supposed to feel exposed on an inland lake. That assumption no longer looks durable. The strike on the Russian corvette Grad turned attention back to a class of warship that packs outsized firepower into a compact...
8 Handgun Loads Instructors Say Make Poor Defensive Choices
Handgun ammunition arguments often collapse into slogans. The better question is simpler: what gives a defensive pistol the best chance to work consistently from a carry-size gun, through clothing, and under stress?
That is where weak calibers, poor load selection, and excessive recoil start to matter. Ballistic testing does not...
