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This week Michael takes us back in time to the “glory days” of AAC and the birth of the .300 Blackout cartridge, then compares the classic AAC .300 Blackout pistol with the newest version from Sig Sauer, the MCX. The first 17:05 minutes of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here.  

Episode #549.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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Sig Sauer MCX

Advanced Armaments Corp

Sig Romeo Red Dot Sights

Aimpoint Comp M4

Winchester X2

The X2 Series has been steadily upgraded; Winchester is now on the X4; you, however, want the X3 Sporting if you want to shoot clays with it

For you hunters out there...

National Sporting Clays Association list of Level III Instructors

Rick Moore

(970) 488-0556

Great Guns Sporting

Tandemkross Plus 1 Followers for Mk Series Rugers

PROOF Research “Switch”

The Music of the Byrds of Paradise

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Birds_of_Paradise/

https://www.distorsionpsychfest.com/byrds-of-paradise/

The Music of theNew Millennium String Ensemble

The Music of Christian Vestergaard

This week Michael introduces everyone to “The Big Pig,” plus a surprise 10mm revolver from Ruger. The first 17:43 minutes of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here.  

Episode #548.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

Rock Island Armory

Cylinder & Slide Shop

Ruger 10mm Super Redhawk

ARMSCOR Ammuniiton

DoubleTap Ammunition

Buffalo Bore Ammunition

"Gunmaker Remington Faces Default as Americans Buy Fewer Firearms"/Philadelphia Inquirer

"FBI receives single day record of over 200,000 requests for gun background checks on Black Friday — smashing record set on same day last year"/U.K. Daily Mail

"A Tale of Two Failures"/Dustin Salomon 1

"A Tale of Two Failures"/Dustin Salomon 2

BUILDING SHOOTERS: APPLYING NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH TO TACTICAL TRAINING SYSTEM DESIGN

Dustin P. Salomon

MENTORING SHOOTERS: THE GUN OWNERS GUIDE TO BUILDING A FIREARMS CULTURE OF SAFETY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

Dustin P. Salomon

The Music of Bureaucratica

This week, Michael reports from his trip to FTW where he produced a handgun hunting show for next season of Shooting Gallery. The first 17:43 minutes of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here.  

Episode #547.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

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This week, Michael takes you through the timeline and configuration of his original Thompson Center Contender. Then he moves on to talk about the firearms market and what super deals that are out there. The first 16:50 minutes of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here.  

Episode #546.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

Hunters Gold Shooting Glasses

Thompson Center

SSK Industries (Gunsmith JD Jones)

BSA Optics

CDNN

Ruger LCR .22 Magnum

Will Ghormley Leather

Big Horn Armory

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This week, Michael revisits the topic of rimfire pistols and then shares his thoughts after the shooting in Sutherland Spring, Texas.  The first 15:45 minutes of this podcast (covering rimfire pistols) is also available on video and can be watched here.  

Episode #545.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

Ruger 22/45 Lite

Tactical Solutions

Volquartsen Firearms

Hogue Grips

The Music of Borrtex

The Music of Brian Darnell

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This week,Michael Bane hauls out the big boys and gets ready for carpal tunnel syndrome! (The first segment of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here).

Episode #544.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

Magnum Researtch BFR Revolvers

S&W .500 Magnum

Ruger Super Blackhawk .454 Casull

Desert Eagle

Knife Laws

A Summary — BTW, Pennsylvania is the ONLY state I can find that bars open carry of hunting knives…pretty funny for the biggest deer hunting state in America!

https://gizmodo.com/what-knives-you-can-carry-where-in-the-united-states-1697091171

Buck Knives

Ten Buck Hunting Knives Under $100

The Music of Walter Brennan

The Music of Red Sovine

The Music of the Geezinslaws

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This week, check out Michael’s spectacular new 6.5 Creedmoor Montana Rifles bolt action! Plus, more info on the Stag 10 .308. (The first segment of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here).

Episode #543.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

Montana Rifles

Swarovski 3.5-18

Stag M10

Nikon Optics M308

Nikon Spot On App

Nikon Optic Mount

.308 Ammo:

Hornady Steel Match

Federal Fusion MSR

Black Hills 168-gr Match

Hornady 178-gr ELD-X Precision Hunter

 

Ruger SP-101 9mm

Lipsey’s Ruger Redhawk 4” Round Butt

Boston’s Gun Bible

PTR Industries

DSA FN-FAL

DPMS II .308

This week, a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Effective 1 January 2018, the NSSF Rimfire Challenge will hand over the reigns to the non-profit Rimfire Challenge Shooting Association (RCSA), headed by none other than Michael Bane and Ken Jorgensen! Big fun comin’!!! In Show & Tell, Michael’s Ruger SR762 and his plan to “JP-er-ize” it. (The first segment of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here).

Episode #542.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

NSSF’s Rimfire Challenge Makes Transition

NSSF RIMFIRE CHALLENGE

JP Rifles

Ruger SR-762

JP Muzzle Treatment

Geiselle Triggers

JP Flat-Top Scope Mount, 34mm

MagPul PRS

JP Enterprises Captive Spring System

Hogue Stocks

Burris XTRII 5-25X 50mm

Why Guns Detonate

.44 Russian

Michael Bane Blog on Project .44 Russian

http://michaelbane.blogspot.com/2010/02/sunday-morning-brainless-mental.html

http://michaelbane.blogspot.com/2005/09/super-625-45-acp-revolver.html

http://michaelbane.blogspot.

This week, Michael brings out and shows some of his custom single action revolvers, then talks about the unthinkable in relations to the shooting massacre in Las Vegas. (The first segment of this podcast is also available on video and can be watched here).

Episode #541.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

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The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

Understanding Ruger Blackhawks:

http://sportsmansvintagepress.com/3-screw-ruger-blackhawk/

http://www.gunblast.com/Hamm_Ruger-SA-GripFrames.htm

Lee Martin on Sevilles

Bowen Classic Arms

Clements Custom Guns

Doug Turnbull Restoration

Belt Mountain base pins

The Lessons of Las Vegas/Gabe Suarez

Some Lessons from the Las Vegas Attack/Grant Cunningham

Six Reasons Your Right-Wing Friend Isn’t Coming To Your Side on Gun Control/Meredith Drake-O’Conner

The NRA’s Position on Bump Fire Stocks was Genius/TTAG

To Win the Second Amendment War/Spike Hampson

Why Gun Experts Don’t Support Banning — Or Buying — ‘Bump Stocks/CSM

Normalcy Bias/BreachBangClear

As we mourn our dead, we marvel at the resiliency, the tenacity, the bravery not just of our amazing first responders, but of the everyday people who just came to hear some country music.... (The video version of this podcast is available here).

Episode #540.

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Host: Michael Bane

Producer: Marshal Halloway

Find this episode of Down Range Radio on: iTunes | Stitcher

More information and reference links:

The Michael Bane Blog

Michael Bane on Facebook

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