Daily Archives: Mar 21, 2026

Few 9mm handgun calibers on the planet have more history and devotion than the 9mm. Military duty, police service, and carrying concealed 9mm handguns have defined eras, commanded doctrine, and endured for decades. Every handgun in this top ten has a story to tell, not of engineering, but of...

What distinguishes a cartridge that impresses on paper from one that performs in the field? For hunters, competitive shooters, and rifle shooters, the difference is in consistent accuracy irrespective of rifle platform, weather, or range. Some cartridges are forgiving, predictable, and repeatable, and thus become reliable partners from the...

The wrong caliber not only misses the mark it also 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...