The Caliber Wars Are Over. The Data Won.
Forty years of barstool ballistics, settled by people with chronographs and the patience to publish. What's left is preference — which is fine, if we'd only say so.
Your Shot Timer Is More Honest Than Your Instructor
An unregulated training industry has one incorruptible auditor, and it costs less than a case of ammunition.
Data-Driven Gun Training Is Having Its Moment
A instructor channel published its students' timer data — before-and-after, warts included. The transparency is rarer than it should be, and it appears to be contagious.
One Barrel, Ten Cuts: The Velocity Study Forums Will Cite for Years
By sawing a single 5.56 barrel down an inch at a time, a lab channel eliminated the variable every previous dataset tripped over.
Regulate by Statute, Not by Memo
The brace saga's real lesson isn't about braces. It's that compliance-minded gun owners cannot comply with a rulebook that rewrites itself.
The Algorithm Never Deserved Gun Culture's Best Work
The platforms are welcoming firearms creators back. Take the reach — and keep building the exits.
The Quiet Un-Banning of Gun Media
Platform policies that once throttled lawful firearms content are being rolled back with none of the fanfare that accompanied their arrival. A new documentary tallies the damage — and the thaw.
SHOT 2026 Coverage Confirms It: The 2011 Has Gone Mainstream
Reading the year's trade-show coverage as a single text, one trend dominates — the double-stack 1911 pattern is no longer a boutique curiosity.