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Full time law enforcement officer and firearms instructor. Also a competitive shooter. Avid gear, guns and tactics aficionado. Bringing value to the shooting world...

Shane Coley – Hard Work to Get Better (2018 Summit)

Shane Coley is captain of Team Glock. This year he is dominating USPSA Area matches on his way to compete in the National Championship in under two months. Shane was on Episode 52 of the Firearms Nation Podcast and also was a part of the last year's Summit. I wanted ...

By |2019-08-05T02:26:01+00:00August 5, 2019|0 Comments

Riley Bowman – Safe Travels with your Gun

Riley Bowman runs ConcealedCarry.com and is the host of the Concealed Carry Podcast. Riley also has been a guest on the Firearms Nation Podcast as well as an instructor on the 2017 Shooter's Summit. I wanted to talk to Riley this week since I heard from a friend ...

By |2019-07-20T16:08:31+00:00July 20, 2019|0 Comments

Charlie Perez – The Big Panda Returns (2018 Summit)

This is a replay of the interview I did with Charlie Perez who is a grandmaster competitive shooter. Charlie was a guest before on the podcast when he released his book "The Path of Focused Effort". He has his own shooting and training company called Big Panda Performance ...

By |2019-07-13T15:43:04+00:00July 13, 2019|0 Comments

Kerry Davis – Do Tourniquets Still Matter?

Kerry Davis is the man behind Dark Angel Medical. His company not only sells tourniquets, chest seals and pressure bandages, but pushes out a ton of training. In Kerry's mind, everyone should have a tourniquet and get the necessary training. In this podcast we discuss if tourniquets are ...

By |2019-06-21T10:41:15+00:00June 21, 2019|0 Comments

Jon Dufresne – Principles of Low Light Shooting

Jon Dufresne is a former US Army Ranger and now teaches firearms full time. Part of Jon's curriculum focuses on low light shooting and shooting with night vision. An often overlooked aspect of self-defense and law enforcement operations is developing the skills needed to succeed in low light ...

By |2019-06-14T18:14:55+00:00June 14, 2019|0 Comments

Steve Anderson – The State of Steve and Why We Succeed

Steve Anderson is a well know instructor in the competition shooting world. He has also been a guest of this podcast and the Shooter's Summit many times. In 2019, Steve's coaching career went into overdrive and now he is booked across America every weekend teaching a class. Steve ...

By |2019-06-07T10:21:24+00:00June 7, 2019|0 Comments

Patrick Kelley – Sweep the Gun!

Patrick Kelley has been shooting for a long time. He is an avid competitor, mostly known his shooting on the TV show "3 Gun Nation". Patrick starting shooting bowling pins and bullseyes and quick moved on to practical shooting. Patrick has an active YouTube channel and still competes ...

By |2019-06-01T03:00:12+00:00May 31, 2019|0 Comments

Andrew Branca – The Law is Back

Andrew Branca is a lawyer who specializes in self-defense cases. Andrew has been a guest before on both the podcast as well as the Shooter's Summit. On this show, we get into some updates in the legal system and then talk about defending your castle and the legalities ...

By |2019-05-24T03:17:49+00:00May 24, 2019|0 Comments

Hilton Yam – The Man Behind 10-8 Performance

Hilton Yam is a retired FBI Agent who spent a career putting away violent criminals and teaching firearms. He got started in shooting by competing in IPSC and learning about firearms from Bruce Gray. Along the way, Hilton began his work on 1911 guns and eventually formed his ...

By |2019-05-18T20:09:27+00:00May 18, 2019|2 Comments