Daily Archives: Dec 16, 2025

Of the numerous calibers offered for contemporary sidearms, the 9mm cartridge has etched a niche as the ultimate balance of stopping power, capacity, and controllable recoil. Across militaries, law enforcement agencies, and civilian shooters, it continues to be a standard against which handgun performance is measured. Across the decades,...

On April 15, 1986, the chill of dawn cloaked the Mediterranean as an SR-71 Blackbird thundered toward Libyan airspace. Piloted by Major Brian Shul and Reconnaissance Systems Officer Major Walter Watson, the mission was as dangerous as it was historic: document the aftermath of Operation El Dorado Canyon, the...

General George S. Patton Jr. remains one of history's greatest and most controversial warriors, not just famous for his bold battle strategies but also for his larger-than-life personality. One aspect of the persona that he created was his legend-in-his-own-time sidearms a pair of pistols whose ivory and stag horn...