Firearms

Chrisitan Sailer – This 22-Year-Old’s Secret to Winning World Championships
Christian Sailer won the 2022 IPSC World Shoot in the Open Division. He is 22 years old. How did he do it? Christian started shooting when he was a “short” kid of 13 when his mom took him to the range the first time. He then started competing and learned

Keith Garcia – The One Thing New Shooters Need to Know
Keith Garcia is a 3 Gun champion. He made a name for himself winning the 3 Gun Nation championship back when “they” allowed it to be on NBC Sports. Keith always distinguished himself as a very fast and efficient shooter with a pistol, rifle, and shotgun. Keith also retired from

Yong Lee – Replay “Training with Obsession”
What does it mean to train to “obsession, dedication, and madness”? 4 time grandmaster practical shooter Yong Lee says it took him to train six days a week, 2 hours each day to make GM. Yong is a retired police officer, SWAT team member, and firearms instructor. Yong also competes

Eric Grauffel – I Compete, That’s What I Do
Eric Grauffel is now a 9 time World Champion. There is no one like him in shooting sports. He has dominated practical shooting for over 20 years. What makes him so special? Why does someone consistently win? Is Eric ever going to lose? I was able to talk with Eric

Julie Golob – Giving Guns as Gifts
Julie Golob is a professional shooter. She is sponsored by Smith and Wesson and has been in shooting sports for over 25 years. Julie’s accomplishments include winning the IPSC World Championship in her division. She was the US Army Athlete of the Year. Julie is also the first and only

Best of Firearms Nation – Hwansik Kim
The episode is a replay of an interview I did with Hwansik Kim back in 2018. Right now, Hwansik is currently representing the USA at the 2022 World Shoot in Thailand. It’s quite an accomplishment to make the World Team amongst all the great competitors in the United States. In

Steve Anderson – The 200th Episode!
Steve Anderson is back to be my guest on the 200th Episode of the Firearms Nation Podcast. As always, we have a great talk on the mental aspect of shooting and competing plus Steve drops some awesome knowledge bombs! Thank you to all the listeners who have been with the

John Simpson – Former Sniper and Flash Recognition
John Simpson is a US Army Sniper and instructor. John also teaches at SniperCraft alongside Derrick Bartlett, who was on Episode 187. I had a great talk with Derrick about “Tactical Blindness” and when I heard that John teaches a technique called “Flash Recognition,” I wanted to bring him on.

Chris Kuras – Tactical Human Performance
Chris Kuras is a full time police officer assigned to the Training Unit of his agency. Chris is also on the department’s SWAT team where he utilizes his background in athletics to help push the officers to be better at shooting and fitness. Chris is also an instructor for Condition

Josh Shaw – Shooting a Stock Pistol
Josh Shaw is a grandmaster shooting in USPSA (United States Practical Shooting Association). He is also an instructor for Green Ops which teaches people how to shoot different firearms in both the tactical and competitive arenas. Josh worked for the Department of Defense as an intel officer and deployed multiple