Daily Archives: Jun 28, 2026

Some handguns build a strong reputation from looks, size, brand history, or a clever design brief. Range stress tends to be less forgiving. Once a pistol is pushed through mixed ammunition, repeated magazines, imperfect grip, and ordinary fouling, the difference between an interesting handgun and a dependable one becomes...

Long-range cartridge talk often gets stuck on familiar names. The 6.5 Creedmoor, 7mm Remington Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, and .308 Winchester dominate shelf space and conversation, but that popularity can hide an important truth: some less-common rounds reveal exactly where the mainstream choices start to give up speed, wind...

Tiny handguns create a large engineering problem. Ammunition that looks acceptable on a box flap or in a catalog often behaves very differently once it is fired through a barrel under three inches and then pushed through heavy clothing into ballistic gel. That gap is not mysterious. It is...