How stamping and production runs make some guns unexpectedly expensive

The history of Soviet silencers — from WWII Bramit to PBS-1 and PBS-4 and 9x39mm

What subsonic armor piercing 9x39 actually gets you

Why the FN MAG has stayed a global 7.62 NATO standard for 70 years

The split second delay that makes a shell detonate inside

7N21: Russia's high pressure, armor‑piercing 9mm round (but not in civilian pistols)

The offset barrel with no purpose on the S11 prototype

Why Paris Police were limited to semiautomatic