Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

The arguments about handgun caliber invariably conclude with the statement that the placement of the shots counts. This remains until the bullet can no longer hit something that will effectively close the system down. It is due to this that serious testing culture continues to revert toward 12 to 18...

Defensive handguns exist in a compromised world. Each cartridge is a trade-off between reliability, penetration, recoil control and the post-penetration consequences (or lack thereof). Rounds that are fired with handguns do not provide temporary-cavity shock in a rifle-like manner either. They push with all their might to get at something...

Tight groups can hardly be a result of a single magic upgrade. It is more frequently lost to little, piled-up problems; one trivial in itself, but many enough to become a machine of exasperation to a so-called half-minute rifle. The majority of these issues reside within the interfaces; ammo to...