Make Ready with the Experts

In conjunction with his video release "The Snubbie Revolver," now available from Make Ready.tv, we sit down with legendary firearms instructor Mike Boyle.

Boyle has been a firearms and use of force instructor for 37 years. He served with New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife, Bureau of Law Enforcement where he held the rank of Captain. He was the primary trainer of his agency for 22 years and is certified instructor in multiple firearms, chemical agent, impact weapon and empty hand disciplines. Mike has been an assistant police academy director and an adviser to the Police Training Commission on firearms training issues. He continues to maintain his certification as a police academy rangemaster and firearms instructor and his responsibilities include providing basic training as well as instructor level courses.

For over 30 years, Mike has been a contributor to various law enforcement and firearms periodicals and has written in excess of 700 published articles on weapons, training and tactics. He served on the Board of Directors of The International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors for 21 years where he conceptualized and implemented the IALEFI Master Instructor Development Program. Currently he is employed as a law enforcement training specialist with the Bureau of Law Enforcement.

Just days after the 9/11 attacks, several teams of Green Berets were inserted into Afghanistan to liberate the region from the Taliban in a mission known as Task Force Dagger. One of those teams, Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595, had to rely on horses instead of trucks and tanks to accomplish their mission. Their story is the subject of the book, “Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan” that was published in 2010. The members of ODA 595 were also featured in a 2017 documentary called “Legion of Brothers” and then came the Jerry Bruckheimer–produced film, “12 Strong” that was released in 2018. It starred Chris Hemsworth as Capt. Mitch Nelson, a character based on Mark Nutsch, and Michael Shannon as Hal Spencer, a character based on Bob Pennington. Mark and Bob along with Scott Neill and other Green Berets got back together and founded the American Freedom Distillery. Their flagship product is Horse Soldier Bourbon Whiskey. The Horse Soldier bottle features an image of a soldier mounted on a horse with glass molded in steel from the World Trade Center to remember those who lost their lives on 9/11. This documentary is their story and a look at the bourbon they created.

Sergeant Major (r) Jamey Caldwell, spent more than 21 years in the United States Army, serving his entire career in Special Operations. SGM Caldwell served 7 years with the 75th Ranger Regiment then spent the following 14 years in a Special Missions Unit that maintained a high operational tempo in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and numerous other countries in the world. He has deployed to combat 14 times and has conducted well over 500 missions. SGM Caldwell has been awarded three medals for valorous actions in combat while under direct fire from the enemy. During his career SGM Caldwell has consistently dedicated himself to the success of the mission and put the unit’s goals in front of his own. He has been sought after for his leadership skills, planning, leading combat operations, marksmanship and CQB instruction, culminating from years of adaptive thinking in combat situations.

Keith Garcia, Panteao Productions and 3-Gun Nation teamed up together to produce a comprehensive, 4-hour long training series for the sport of 3-Gun shooting. In todays episode we sit down with Keith to discuss his shooting career in 3-Gun Nation as well his 3-Gun instructional video available now on makeready.tv . This is also a hilarious episode you won't want to miss. NSFW!

Panteao Productions takes you to the Walther Arms factory in Ulm, Germany where Larry Vickers from Vickers Tactical sits down with Peter Dallhammer, Product Manager of Walther Arms, to talk about the long history of Walther Arms.

Larry Vickers of Vickers Tactical is a retired US Army 1st SFOD- Delta combat veteran with years of experience in the firearms industry as a combat marksmanship instructor and industry consultant. In this episode, Vickers sits down with host Fernando Coelho to discuss his involvement with the historic operation to rescue Kurt Muse from captivity in Panama which led to the book "Six Minutes to Freedom."

Dave Spaulding from Handgun Combatives joins Wes Doss (Khyber Training) and Richard Nance (Wartac CQC) at the Panteao Sportsman’s Club in Swansea, SC. Together they discuss current and somewhat controversial topics based on questions and comments from our viewers.

After filming the "Make Ready with War Hogg Tactical - Practice 2 Protect" video featuring Rick Hogg, host Fernando Coelho sat down with him to discuss Airsoft training. Airsoft guns are a great way to practice your gun handling skills from the comfort of your home or back yard, and Rick details what the video is all about and what viewers will gain from Airsoft training. 

This is the second in a 2-part series on the legendary Jeff Cooper, the inventor of the modern technique of the pistol. In this episode we continue the story of Cooper's Gunsite into the modern era and its new ownership. Also we will hear from past and present instructors as well as the new owner Buzz Mills. 

This is the first of a 2-part series on the legendary Jeff Cooper, the inventor of the modern technique of the pistol. We look at his early years, fighting in WWII as well as the origins of his famed leather slap competitions in California. Leaning heavily on an interviews with his late wife Janelle, we walk through a timeline that ultimately forged defensive pistolcraft for the modern era.