Daily Archives: Jun 28, 2026

A familiar rollmark still carries enormous weight in the firearms world. For generations, some makers built reputations so strong that buyers treated the name on the barrel or slide as a shortcut for trust. That shortcut has weakened. Ownership changes, factory moves, broader product lines, and faster production have...

Long-range shooters often talk about speed as if more of it automatically fixes everything. It does not. A rifle can post impressive muzzle numbers, print tidy groups at 100 yards, and still become harder to manage once the shot spends real time in moving air. The trap is not velocity...

Duty pistols are usually discussed in terms of sights, grip texture, trigger feel, or magazine capacity. This redesign debate is different. It centers on whether a service handgun can be made materially harder to convert with a tiny illegal device that alters the firing cycle. That question has moved from...