Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Does a larger caliber automatically equal a bruised shoulder? Many shooters believe so, but recoil is influenced as much by design as by ballistics. The proper development of weight, action type, ergonomics, and recoil mitigation features can transform a cartridge with a scary reputation into a manageable, even enjoyable,...

"The universe is not obliged to be coherent to you," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once said. That reality becomes excruciatingly applicable when considering the arrival of an interstellar object that could be anything other than a rock, but rather a technological device from a different civilization. The recent path...

In aerospace history, few statements are truer than Dr. Roger Bilstein's statement: "The fallout was far-reaching in numerous crucial areas." The North American X-15 was not just a rocket airplane it was an experiment that tested the limits of speed, altitude, and human endurance, and where the engineering building...