https://thereticle.com/An independent desk that reads firearms media closely — news reported straight, opinion argued from a Second Amendment rights perspective.enhttps://thereticle.com/articles/colion-noir-forced-reset-trigger-bear-defense-case.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/colion-noir-forced-reset-trigger-bear-defense-case.htmlSat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Ballistics & ScienceForced 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/zev-fdp-9-folding-sbr-akimbo-classic-firearms.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/zev-fdp-9-folding-sbr-akimbo-classic-firearms.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Industry & GearThe 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/caa-mck-evo-glock-chassis-93-round-carbine-review.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/caa-mck-evo-glock-chassis-93-round-carbine-review.htmlThu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Industry & GearCAA'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.https://thereticle.com/articles/classic-firearms-top-five-short-barreled-shotguns.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/classic-firearms-top-five-short-barreled-shotguns.htmlWed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Industry & GearHosts 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/armed-scholar-missouri-sapa-2-0-doj-promise.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/armed-scholar-missouri-sapa-2-0-doj-promise.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Policy & LawMissouri'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.https://thereticle.com/articles/garand-thumb-drone-pivot-gun-media.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/garand-thumb-drone-pivot-gun-media.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Media & CultureGarand 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/ruger-rxm-1000-rounds-boondock-ballistician.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/ruger-rxm-1000-rounds-boondock-ballistician.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Industry & GearThe 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/in-defense-of-the-60-second-gel-test.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/in-defense-of-the-60-second-gel-test.htmlWed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Media & CultureThe purists are wrong about short-form gun content. The vertical video is not the death of rigor — it's the front door to it.https://thereticle.com/articles/stop-buying-guns-based-on-mud.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/stop-buying-guns-based-on-mud.htmlWed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000Industry & GearThe torture test is the industry's most-watched genre and its least informative. There is a better ledger, and it's boring on purpose.https://thereticle.com/articles/torture-test-unravels.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/torture-test-unravels.htmlTue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000Media & CultureA 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/caliber-wars-are-over.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/caliber-wars-are-over.htmlSat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000Ballistics & ScienceForty 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/shot-timer-more-honest-than-instructor.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/shot-timer-more-honest-than-instructor.htmlWed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000Training & SkillsAn unregulated training industry has one incorruptible auditor, and it costs less than a case of ammunition.https://thereticle.com/articles/data-driven-training-moment.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/data-driven-training-moment.htmlSat, 20 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000Training & SkillsA 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/one-barrel-ten-cuts.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/one-barrel-ten-cuts.htmlFri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000Ballistics & ScienceBy sawing a single 5.56 barrel down an inch at a time, a lab channel eliminated the variable every previous dataset tripped over.https://thereticle.com/articles/regulate-by-statute-not-by-memo.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/regulate-by-statute-not-by-memo.htmlWed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000Policy & LawThe brace saga's real lesson isn't about braces. It's that compliance-minded gun owners cannot comply with a rulebook that rewrites itself.https://thereticle.com/articles/algorithm-never-deserved-gun-culture.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/algorithm-never-deserved-gun-culture.htmlMon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000Media & CultureThe platforms are welcoming firearms creators back. Take the reach — and keep building the exits.https://thereticle.com/articles/quiet-unbanning-of-gun-media.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/quiet-unbanning-of-gun-media.htmlFri, 20 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000Media & CulturePlatform 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.https://thereticle.com/articles/shot-2026-the-2011-goes-mainstream.htmlhttps://thereticle.com/articles/shot-2026-the-2011-goes-mainstream.htmlWed, 28 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000Industry & GearReading the year's trade-show coverage as a single text, one trend dominates — the double-stack 1911 pattern is no longer a boutique curiosity.