Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Charles Mitchell

8 AR-15 Misconceptions That Turn Safe Handling Into Guesswork

Almost all safety errors of the AR-15 do not begin with imprudence. They begin with some common knowledge that is correct until the rifle begins acting in a way that it is not supposed to: a round is acting strangely behind an interior wall, a build will not cycle,...
William Harrison

7 Marine Corps Marksmanship Shifts That Changed Infantry Combat Forever

Marksmanship has never been the sole aspect of Marine Corps marksmanship. It has been a method of transferring doctrine how Marines act, advance, and engage into a personalized repeatable ability, extending to squads, platoons, and companies. The Corps redesigned that translation layer several times between the past hundred years. It...
Charles Mitchell

9 Ballistic Gel Myths That Keep Gunfights More Dangerous Than Necessary

The tool is ballistic gelatin and not a crystal ball. When properly utilized, it offers an empirical method to make comparisons of the behavior of bullets in a uniform soft-tissue simulant. Misused or spoken about carelessly it becomes internet folklore which confuses ammunition selections and training priorities. The danger is...