Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Charles Mitchell

The Striker-Fired Trigger Myth: 7 Things Shooters Get Wrong

Striker-fired pistols are the central figure of the modern handgun culture and the majority of the arguments always lead to one point the trigger. Shooters use striker triggers as intrinsically bad or as intrinsically best and both camps tend to discuss past the mechanical fact. It is more helpful to...
James Thompson

7 Ballistics Myths That Get Concealed Carriers Hurt Under Stress

Ballistics talk has a tendency of transforming simple and testable principles into catch phrases. When under pressure, such slogans may influence the kind of shot that is taken, the type of ammunition loaded, and the expectations so that they are not similar to how handgun bullets actually perform. The current...
James Thompson

7 Mistakes That Destroy Rifle Precision Even With “Match” Ammo

Match ammo can eliminate much of variations, but it cannot save a rifle-and-shooter system which is mechanically loose, optically mis-set, or broadly inconsistently supported. When groups suddenly open, the villain is invariably something earthly, a screw that is backing out, a scope that is being strained in the rings,...