P&S ModCast 438 examines ballistic misinformation and advertising presented as education on YouTube and similar platforms. Mark Fricke, Chuck Haggard, Steve Shields, and Matt Landfair discuss how viewers can evaluate claims about ammunition and terminal performance with more care, context, and skepticism.
Released: August 29, 2025
Runtime: 2 hours, 33 minutes
Host: Matt Landfair
Panel: Mark Fricke, Chuck Haggard, Steve Shields, and Matt Landfair
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Episode overview
Online ballistic content can be useful, entertaining, or commercially motivated—and sometimes all three at once. This discussion gives viewers a framework for separating demonstrations from conclusions, recognizing the limits of informal testing, and asking better questions before accepting strong claims about ammunition performance.
Topics discussed
- How ballistic misinformation spreads through online video
- Advertising, incentives, and the appearance of independent testing
- The difference between a demonstration and reliable evidence
- Context, repeatability, and limits in terminal-performance claims
- Questions viewers should ask when evaluating ammunition content
- Building better information habits around equipment and defensive choices
Related resources
- P&S ModCast 125 — Terminal Ballistics
- P&S ModCast 308 — Pistol Bullet Performance
- P&S ModCast 400 — The Return of DocGKR
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Association map
Terminal Ballistics → ammunition claims, ballistic testing, media literacy, evidence evaluation, and advertising disclosure.