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  • Oct 14, 2024 · 1 hr 12 min

    Ep. 362 | Spartan Precision — Ultralight and Adaptive Rifle Support

    Spartan Precision — intelligent, ultralight, practical, fast, versatile, and adaptive rifle support. Rob Gearing, founder of Spartan Precision, joins Mark Boardman and Ryan Muckenhirn for an entertaining and informative podcast detailing the Spartan Precision story and their products. Getting steady in the heat of the moment is critical for executing any rifle shot. Spartan Precision may be your solution to that problem.

  • Oct 1, 2024 · 27 min

    #10MinuteTalk - The .458 SOCOM — SO COOL or SO-SO

    A big pill, a badass name, and…maybe that’s it? Why do we have this cartridge? What was/is it used for? Should it receive the dreaded “lead balloon” status? Decide for yourself as we chat about this curious cartridge born from serious talk yet saw little action.

  • Sep 30, 2024 · 1 hr 15 min

    Ep. 360 | The 6mm ARC — Is it Really a Big Game Cartridge?

    Testing complete, Mark Boardman, Ryan Muckenhirn and special guest Reuben Aleckson break down their 6mm ARC terminal test. One factory offering is contrasted with handloads intended to maximize the performance of this petite cartridge in the bolt rifle platform. Listen as they dissect the project, the gel blocks, and Reuben’s field experience shooting deer with it. In certain cases, could a lower impact velocity be advantageous for this cartridge? Tune in to hear it all.

  • Sep 26, 2024 · 31 min

    Best Projectile for Big Game? | Spaghetti Shootout Ep. 19

    Rock — Paper — Scissors — Spaghetti Shootout. Your favorite series is back for its third and final season! Can Mark Boardman turn the tide against his good friend/Spaghetti Shootout arch enemy Ryan Muckenhirn to pull out a winning season, or will he, in classic form, blow a trivia question he’s known the answer to his entire life due to a deep-seated and not yet understood need for self-sabotage? Will Jimmy Hamilton be biased as ever? What hard-hitting questions will get asked? Tune in to find

  • Sep 24, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min

    #10MinuteTalk - Suppressor Care and Cleaning with SilencerCo

    Silencers live their suppressing lives subjected to extreme conditions to say the least. Like most things, a little maintenance is required for optimal performance. Chase Glenn from SilencerCo joins Mark Boardman and Scott Parks to chat suppressor care and cleaning. It may be simpler than you think.

  • Sep 23, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min

    Ep. 359 | What are Your 5 Non-SHTF Guns?

    You get five guns. What are they? One of our listeners asked this very question – so we sat down to answer it. Tune in for four different takes on the perfect five-gun repertoire.

  • Sep 16, 2024 · 1 hr 38 min

    Ep. 358 | The 1911 — Best Pistol Design Ever?

    The 1911 Stood up for America and its soldiers as a service pistol for nearly 80 years — and still stands today as one of the most capable pistol designs in existence. 1911 enthusiast, expert competitive shooter, amateur historian, and Vortex Mil/LE account manager, Adam Maxwell, joins the crew to chat all about this more than iconic pistol.

  • Sep 9, 2024 · 1 hr 25 min

    Ep. 357 | My Scope Don’t Shoot — Well, Not Exactly

    Riflescopes are often wrongly accused suspects when it comes to accuracy issues. A complete rifle with mounted optic is a system. It must be set up correctly with all the right components working in harmony. If one variable is out, you’ll likely see it rear its ugly head in the form of inconsistent impacts down range. Tune in for troubleshooting tips to make sure your rifle and you are set up for success.

  • Sep 3, 2024 · 23 min

    #10MinuteTalk - Dan Staton’s Arrow Setup(s) — For Today at Least

    ElkShape’s Dan Staton works hard at everything bowhunting and is never satisfied. This includes his arrow setups. Dan’s “Always be Tinkering” (ABT) attitude is fueled by passion and a perpetual search for optimal bow performance. Tune in to hear about his elk and whitetail arrows at the time of this recording. It’s more than 24 hours later, so they could be different by now.

  • Aug 27, 2024 · 42 min

    #10MinuteTalk - Light Transmission — More than Meets the Eye

    Light transmission isn’t one dimensional. Multiple factors play into this important, but often misunderstood attribute of an optic. Rob Morell (Vortex® New Product Development) joins Mark Boardman and Ryan Muckenhirn to shed some light on this subject.

  • Aug 26, 2024 · 53 min

    Ep. 355 | Backcountry Water Treatment with Ryan Lampers

    Backcountry hunting expert, Ryan Lampers, talks all about water treatment methods and best practices. From what he used back in the day to the system he uses today; he provides important tips to keep you healthy and hunting.

  • Aug 20, 2024 · 19 min

    #10MinuteTalk - Vortex® Eyewear – Just Another Pair of Sunglasses?

    High-end eyewear that fits your face and the demands of your active hunting, shooting, outdoors, and daily life. Polarized, ballistic-rated, shatter-resistant lenses are at home on the range, on the water, and at your kid’s soccer game. Lenses also cover your tears when at some less-than-ideal obligatory function not doing what you really wish you were. Tune in to hear about the cool tech integrated into these 100% UV blocking sunglasses – get a pair to wear it.

  • Aug 19, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min

    Ep. 354 | The Second Amendment Foundation – Get in the Fight and Look Good Doing it

    Adam Kraut from the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) joins Mark Boardman and Sawyer Briel to chat SAF, current 2A battles, where the money goes, and the Vortex®/SAF Crafted Impact T-shirt collaboration. When you purchase one these special-edition, limited run, cool-as-heck shirts, you support the Second Amendment Foundation in their mission to foster and defend the 2A and all it stands for.

  • Aug 13, 2024 · 29 min

    #10MinuteTalk - Remi Warren’s Hunting Mantras — Hunting Words to Live by

    Remi Warren is one of the most experienced hunters in the world. That experience has led him to develop several hunting mantras that if followed, deliver time and again. Choosing the right approach, to finding your knife when the dirty work is done, Remi gives us hunting words to live by.

  • Aug 12, 2024 · 55 min

    Ep. 353 | Backcountry Food and Nutrition — with Elk Shape’s Dan Staton

    Elk Shape’s Dan Staton joins Mark to chat backcountry food and nutrition. They cover stuff they like, their food strategies, and break down Mark’s daily ration. They even find a nutritional hole in Mark’s food game he will want to fill with additional items. The best part about a week of food in the field — the greasy burger you get at the local diner on your way home. Hit play and channel your inner backcountry foodie.