DoD best-value awards still default to lowest bidder, engineer says
DoD source selection, not the lowest-bidder rule, is where contract awards go wrong, a small arms test engineer argues in a new video on the Boondock Ballistician channel.
Chinese Type 56 video traces the AK from Vietnam to Operation Cyclone
Chinese Type 56 rifles armed both sides of more than one Cold War conflict. A new Lujan video traces the AK clone from Vietnam to the CIA's Afghan pipeline.
Colion Noir makes a bear-defense case for forced reset triggers
Forced reset triggers get a new use-case argument from Colion Noir, who says a charging bear is a volume-of-fire problem rather than a shot-placement one.
ZEV FDP-9 folding SBRs get an akimbo spotlight at Classic Firearms
The ZEV FDP-9 folding 9mm SBR gets a two-gun range demo from retailer Classic Firearms, six months into the first production run of a design that spent nearly two decades as a concept.
CAA MCK Evo turns a Glock into a 93-round carbine, reviewer says
CAA's $329.99 MCK Evo chassis puts 93 rounds on a converted Glock, and reviewer Colion Noir says it might outperform a dedicated pistol caliber carbine.
Classic Firearms ranks the Derya AR-12 above PTR, Mossberg, Benelli
Hosts Ryan and Jason count down five short-barreled 12-gauges, from PTR's new Jack to a magazine-fed Derya AR-12, and sort out which ones are legally SBS, AOW, or neither.
Armed Scholar: SAPA 2.0 is Missouri's answer to a stalled DOJ promise
Missouri's SAPA 2.0 bills — SB 858 and SB 955 — anchor Armed Scholar's charge that the DOJ told the Supreme Court it would narrow the SAPA injunction, then never moved.
Garand Thumb's drone pivot is gun media doing its job
Garand Thumb handed an episode to Powerus military FPV drones instead of rifles — and the pivot says more about where gun media is headed than any review this year.
Ruger RXM clears 1,000 rounds with two stoppages in creator test
The Ruger RXM ran about 1,000 rounds for Boondock Ballistician with two stoppages the creator half-charges to the gun — and the factory Magpul magazines drew the video's only sustained complaint.
In Defense of the Sixty-Second Gel Test
The purists are wrong about short-form gun content. The vertical video is not the death of rigor — it's the front door to it.
Stop Buying Guns Based on Mud
The torture test is the industry's most-watched genre and its least informative. There is a better ledger, and it's boring on purpose.
A Twelve-Million-View Torture Test Unravels, Frame by Frame
A forensic teardown alleges staged footage in one of the year's most-watched gear videos. The accused channel's response concedes more than it contests.