Shawn Ryan's Everyday Carry: 2026 Edition

Shawn Ryan’s 2026 everyday carry video is framed as possibly his last, and the core argument is that his gear choices are driven by three forces: proven reliability, sentimental attachment, and a single major upgrade—a brand-new, unreleased SIG Sauer P385 pistol. The episode is less a gear review and more a personal inventory of what he carries, why he carries it, and what those objects mean after decades in the SEAL teams, CIA contracting, and building a media company.

The philosophy: stick with what works, trade only for better

Ryan opens by explaining that when he finds something that works, he does not change it unless something genuinely superior appears. Most of his carry has remained the same since his last EDC video in 2024. The one exception is his firearm, which he switched to the SIG P385—a pistol that, at the time of recording, no one outside the factory had seen. He calls it “perfection” and says he tested it at SIG’s facility two months prior and fell in love immediately. The P385 takes 320 magazines (17 rounds plus one), has a flat trigger with an integrated safety tang, a textured “gas pedal” for thumb placement, an adjustable mag strap for 15- or 17-round magazines, and a built-in compensator on one model. It mounts RMR, Delta Point Pro, and SIG optics directly to the slide without an adapter. Ryan emphasizes that this is the first public appearance of th