Daily Archives: Jun 28, 2026

Military sidearms rarely earn their reputations through mystique alone. They shape trust by surviving hard use, matching doctrine, and proving that a handgun can be drawn under stress and still do its job without surprises. Across more than a century, a few U.S. Army-issued pistols and revolvers helped define what...

Glock’s commercial lineup is being cut back in a way the pistol market rarely sees from a brand this entrenched. The change is not just about retiring old SKUs. It reflects legal pressure, manufacturing simplification, shifting product architecture, and a redesign aimed at a problem that has followed the...

Army sidearms rarely dominate official histories. Rifles, machine guns, and artillery usually carry the strategic narrative, while pistols are treated as secondary tools. Yet several Army handguns did something more consequential than fill holsters: they pushed doctrine toward new ideas about stopping power, standardization, training, logistics, and mechanical reliability. That...