Daily Archives: Mar 18, 2026

The wrong caliber not only misses the mark it risks the hunt and the game. That harsh fact, echoed in many a hunting camp, supports a maxim familiar to seasoned hunters: not all cartridges belong in the field when the quarry is measured in terms of several hundred pounds....

"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...

Can one rifle change the way an entire branch fights? For the United States Marine Corps, the answer has been yes, more than once. Over 249 years, the Corps has updated its arsenal to keep up with a changing cast of threats from jungle ambushes to urban firefights. Each...