Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Over the past 50 years the most identifiable rifles of the Marine Corps have not been about style but rather hard necessities: the ability to move faster, to see more and to put rounds where they count. Through-line is also similar, despite the change in materials, optics and ergonomics. It...

On paper plenty of rifle cartridges are impressive. High groups at 100 yards, crisp velocity figures, a reputation that is based on coyotes or steel can turn a round into one that is good enough when the tag is in the pocket. Big game audits such assumptions. Once the...

Other gun designs are truly brilliant on paper: reduced overall length and yet no reduction of barrel length, increased capacity in a smaller package, or mechanisms of ignition that appear to be mechanically unavoidable. The engineering may be graceful, the packaging may be future-oriented and the handling may seem...