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FNP 152 : Eric Grauffel - 7 Time World Champion in Practical Shooting Jun 08, 2020

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Eric Grauffel is by far one of the best shooters in the world. He's won seven World Championships in Practical Shooting (IPSC) and shoots in several divisions. Eric always dominates the competition and is known for being a Terminator on the range.

Eric is from France and was a guest on the 2017 Shooter's Summit. He also has been going at the fitness aspect of shooting and totally changed his program to include workouts along with shooting practice. With the COVID pandemic, Eric was able to start instructing online and now has a waitlist to get into the program.

Links mentioned in the podcast:

Eric's website

Eric's Instagram profile

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FNP 151 : BJ Norris - You Want to Shoot Fast? May 25, 2020

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BJ Norris is a World Champion. BJ shoots a bunch of shooting sports but is known for his killer speed at Steel Challenge. He has won numerous World Championships in that sport as well as top placements in USPSA, IDPA, IPSC, and 3 Gun.

What does it take to be fast? In this replay of a recording I did in 2017, BJ goes into detail on how he practices, what type of guns he likes, and what it takes to go faster at shooting.

Links mentioned on the podcast:

My Gun Tips (BJ's site)

Link to PewPew Tactical's "10 Best New Optics for 2020"

FNP 150 : Pat McNamara - Competition and Fundamentals May 18, 2020

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Pat McNamara served over 22 years in special operations and worked in the Unit. Like so many of the top tier cadre, they focused heavily on the fundamentals of marksmanship followed up with major doses of competition.

Pat is a highly motivated individual who inspires thousands of Instagram fans with his Sentinel Sermons and Basic Dude Skills clips. Pat has a podcast, The School of Badassery, and has written two books and an e-book (along with writing in several magazines.)

Pat teaches both firearms and his Combat Strength Training full time and recently launched his online training site (linked below.).

Links mentioned in the episode:

Pat's website TMACS inc.

Combat Strength Training

Pat's Online Coaching

Pat's book "T.A.P.S. Tactical Application of Practical Shooting"

PewPew Tactical's article on "The Ammo Equation"

FNP 149 : Chili Palmer - Military Advisor on the New Movie Extraction May 02, 2020

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Chili Palmer (his nickname) was one of the military advisors for the hit Netflix film "Extraction" starring Chris Hemsworth. If you haven't seen the movie yet, I have to say why not? If you are into excellent action movies with fantastic gunplay, then "Extraction" is for you. Too often Hollywood gets it wrong with things like taking the safety off a Glock or holding a pistol with a crazy grip. What about non-existent reloads?

All of this can take people in the know (like the folks of the Firearms Nation) out of the movie and walking away with a big thumbs down. Well, the producers of "Avenger's Endgame" and "Captain America: Civil War" got it right. They hired Chili Palmer.

Chili was not the only advisor on the film but his contributions made the climax of the film stand out as one of the best action sequences in a long time. Watch it you'll see what I mean.

The movie "Extraction" came out last weekend and after watching it, I reached out to Chili who graciously accepted to come on and share some of his experiences and participating on the set.

Chili served in the Army for 25 years and had over 13 deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. His first mission was the historic raid in Panama taking in the corrupt Manuel Noriega into custody. Chili served in the Unit alongside Kyle Lamb, who happened to be on last week's episode and is an instructor for Viking Tactics as well.

Links mentioned in the show:

http://www.vikingtactics.com/

PewPew Tactical's Beginner's Guide to Guns

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FNP 148 : Kyle Lamb - The Guy Behind Viking Tactics on a Crusade Apr 27, 2020

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Kyle Lamb is a former Army veteran who served the majority of time in Special Operations, and in the Unit (SOFD-D Delta Force). Most people just say "The Unit". During that time he served in Iraq, Bosnia, and fought in the Battle of Mogadishu.

Once he left the military, Kyle starting teaching firearms instruction and also formed his gear company, Viking Tactics. Kyle has also written several shooting books and a book on leadership called "Leadership in the Shadows" (which he narrates the audiobook version). Kyle also has a very successful podcast, "Team VTAC Podcast" where he interviews other gun industry people and covers historical events.

Kyle is currently writing two more books that we talk about on this show.

Links mentioned on the podcast:

Viking Tactics

"Leadership in the Shadows" Audiobook

Team VTAC Podcast

PewPewTactical.com article on 6 Best Guns for Concealed Carry Under $400

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FNP 147 : Jack Carr - Navy SEAL, Author of "Savage Son" Apr 12, 2020

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Jack Carr is a former Navy SEAL who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Once he retired from the Navy, Jack went on to pursue his second career goal of becoming a fiction writer.

Jack released his first book, "The Terminal List" in 2018 and followed up with the highly successful "True Believer" in 2019. Both stories contained the same main character, James Reece who was also a Navy SEAL. The great thing about those two novels was the fact the Jack was a been there, done that kind of guy so he infused the stories with realistic tactics and a strong knowledge of guns and gear.

On April 14th, 2020, Jack's third book, "Savage Son" will be released. It was great having Jack on the podcast to discuss his new book as well as other interesting topics.

Links mentioned in the show:

Jack's website

Jack's Instagram page

Link to PewPew Tactical's article on 10 Things New Gun Owners Need to Know

FNP 146 : Steve Anderson - Live Q&A Apr 06, 2020

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Steve Anderson is a firearms instructor as well as the host of the popular podcast "That Shooting Show". Steve has also written three books and dryfire practice and competition shooting. Recently Steve became a certified instructor of the Mental Management system developed by Lanny Bassham, who was an Olympic gold medalist and World champion.

In this episode, I did a live Q&A with Steve and took the audio as well for the podcast. If you have any more questions for Steve, you can send it to:

andersonshooting.com

Here is a link to the article on facemasks and gasmasks on PewPew Tactical.

And you can watch the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGAEqpWc2Qk

FNP 145 : My Gift During the Coronavirus Mar 28, 2020

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Get all three Shooter's Summits for FREE until May 1st. Go to the link:

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All the Summits will be yours to get all the content, over 70 hours, for free. Use this time to study and learn how to get better at shooting.

Please be safe and take care of yourselves and families.

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FNP 144 : Joel Park - Match Mentality Part Two Mar 20, 2020

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This is the second part of the interview with the authors of the book "Match Mentality". In the first interview, I spoke with world champion Ben Stoeger and in this interview, I'm speaking with grandmaster shooter Joel Park.

Joel is a competitive shooter in USPSA and also is a firearms instructor. One of the unique competitions Joel shoots are bowling pin matches. Bowling pin competitions are fast and it's "man on man" shoot-offs. The mental challenges are very high and Joel's methods of practice and mental management lead him to success.

Links mentioned on the show:

Midwest Competitive Shooting

Link to PewPewTactical.com article on Prepping 101

Buy "Match Mentality" book

FNP 143 : Ben Stoeger - Match Mentality Part One Mar 13, 2020

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Ben Stoeger is a world champion pistol shooter. Ben is also a national champion many times over here in the USA and now teaches firearms classes as well. I've had Ben on the podcast before and he also was a Shooter's Summit instructor.

One of Ben's passions is writing books and he believes it's important for instructors to write and get their thoughts out. Ben's latest book "Match Mentality" was co-written with Joel Park, who is also a grandmaster shooter in USPSA. Joel will be featured in Part Two of this podcast.

"Match Mentality" is more than just the mental game in competition. Ben gets personal on his match technique and ways he achieves success at competition.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Ben's Website

Practical Shooting Training Group

Article on High End Optics from PewPew Tactical.com

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