About Me
My name is Patrick McCarthy, and I’m an Arizona-based photographer and writer with more than 14 years of experience working in the firearm industry and automotive industry.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to travel the country with my camera in hand, meeting a variety of interesting people and shooting photos for major publications. My job titles have included Editor in Chief, Social Media Manager, and Marketing Director. For more details on my background, refer to my LinkedIn page.
You can follow my latest projects on Instagram at @pmccarthy10.
What is Match Grade Media?
In the firearms world, the term “match grade” refers to products manufactured to a higher standard of precision and consistency. Through tighter tolerances, enhanced materials, and more stringent quality control processes, match grade ammo yields results that are suitable for competitors and professionals.
The goal of Match Grade Media is the same: superior creative content that you can trust to hit the mark every time.
We’re living through a pivotal time in history — an era of low-effort, AI-generated slop that’s increasingly flooding the market and diluting our sense of what’s real and true. We all deserve better. We deserve content created by real humans, but more importantly, by subject matter experts who take pride in every step of the creative process. Accept nothing less.
