Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Charles Mitchell

8 Handgun Calibers That Can Fail You When It Matters Most

Self-defense handgun discussion circles around the stopping power, although the actual construction issue is how to balance reliability, penetration and shootability under stress. In case any of those legs give way the entire platform may become a loser-notwithstanding what a caliber has accomplished on paper or in the pet...
Charles Mitchell

Five Under-the-Radar Hunting Cartridges That Make Clean Kill Easier

Fashionable cartridges come and go but those which continue to win their place on scuffed shelves are no different in their quiescent clockworking: smooth-lined cases, sensible speeds, and bullet weights that will get you to shoot in the real world on your knees, over the pack, off-angle and in...
Thomas Reed

5 U.S. Army Sidearms That Became Legends for True Reasons

The army sidearms seldom mark a unit as a rifle marks one, and the history of the small arms of the United States is full of fingerprints. As the service switches pistols, something has most likely altered, such as ammunition, training realities, logistics or the manner in which handguns...