Gun Talk

In This Hour:

--  No registration on suppressors!  In some states.  For some people. Dave Matheny, from Silencer Shop, explains what happened, who can buy cans without registration, and how to go about it.

-- Staccato makes great pistols, but it stirred up an online hornet's nest with a recent letter dumping half of its dealers.  CEO Buck Pierson tells what was behind the move.

--  It's official.  You can now carry your gun into a post office.  BUT ... there are still limiations.

Gun Talk 08.16.26 Hour 1

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In This Hour:

-- Ammo supplies are lower, but prices have not gone up. Are we about to see a jump in the cost of ammmunition? Dan Wolgin of Ammunition Depot dives into it.

--  His FN pistol just wasn't reliable.  Would the company fixed it?

--  Swapping out recoil springs on semi-auto pistols can change they way they feel and increase reliabilty.  Plus, it's cheap.

Gun Talk 08.16.26 Hour 2

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In This Hour:

--  Are top-quality optics worth the extra money? Kyle Brown runs down a few options from the Zeiss lineup.

--  The Twin Falls Idaho murders were stopped by good guys with guns, but they never actually hit the bad guy. 

--  When a wild hog charges, would you rather have a semi-auto rifle in a big caliber?

Gun Talk 08.16.26 Hour 3

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In This Hour:

-- It's time to return to short barrel lever action rifles.

--  The .338 ARC cartridge offers a bigger bullet option to the .300 Blackout.

--  Bear attacks on people appear to be increasing. Between bear spray and a handgun, what's the smart choice?

Gun Talk 8-16-26 After Show

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At 12:01 a.m., Silencer Shop handed over the first legally unregistered suppressors transferred in over 90 years. Silencer Shop CEO Dave Matheny joins Ryan Gresham to break down exactly what the court injunction means, who's covered, which states still have issues, what happens to pending Form 4s, and why your tax stamp is about to become a collector's item. This is the episode you need before you do anything.

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Gun Talk Nation 08.13.26

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