Today on the show we have Chris and Kevin Graham from Yankee Hill Machine. 

Founded in 1951, Yankee Hill began by manufacturing parts for the defense and aerospace industries and was well known for making M16 cleaning kits for the Army.  Two generations later, YHM manufactures everything from complete firearms to sound suppressors and nearly everything in between. 

Last year Chris and Kevin started a new company called Graham Brothers Rifleworks which manufactures the new MARC bolt action chassis and a line of complete pistols. YHM also proudly sponsors TFB’s Silencer Saturday. 

Today on the show we have Mikey Hartman, CEO of CAA Gear Up.

Mr. Hartman is a retired Lt. Colonel who commanded the IDF Sharpshooting and Marksmanship School, graduating over 500,000 soldiers. He is also a law enforcement and military trainer who has instructed thousands of operators around the world. As CEO of CAA Gear Up, Mr. Hartman oversees the manufacturing, distribution and sale of their 100% American made products to military, law enforcement and civilian shooters around the world.  

Please welcome our friend, Mikey Hartman.

Today on the show we have Miles Vining from TFBTV. Miles is a veteran combat Marine infantryman who now travels to war torn areas in the Middle East to support relief efforts. In addition to writing for TFB and producing videos for TFBTV, Miles runs the Silah Report. a research center that explores contemporary and historical small arms in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.

Please welcome my friend Miles Vining.

Today on the show we have Matt Moss and Hrachya Hayrapetyan, assistant editors of The Firearm Blog.

Matt lives in the United Kingdom and has a passion for military and firearms history. Besides his work at TFB, Matt oversees OvertDefense,com, our defense focused blog as well as the armourersbench.com, his own firearms history website.

Hrachya lives in Armenia, speaks and reads Russian and focuses on military arms as well as ammunition and cartridge development. In addition to his work at TFB, Hrachya contributes to the Silah Report, a research center that explores contemporary and historical small arms in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.

Please welcome my friends, Matt and Hrachya.

Today on the show we have Aaron Hampton from Eotech.

Aaron retired from the US Army with 20 years of service and 12 years as a leadership member of the Army Marksmanship Unit. He is also the Managing Director of The Committee Consulting, LLC, a boutique product development consulting firm specializing in products for the firearms, outdoor, and Military and Law Enforcement industry.

EOTECH is the pioneer and current leader in Holographic weapon sights for small arms. Recently awarded the USSOCOM contract for the Close Quarter Sight, Eotech's newest release is the VUDU Line of riflescopes. this year we they launched a 1-8 power second focal plane optic.

Please welcome Aaron Hampton from Eotech.

Today on the show we have Rich Angstadt of Angstadt Arms. Rich is a serial entrepreneur, having founded his previous company Radium, a digital marketing agency. Angstadt Arms launched in 2014 and released their flagship firearm, the UDP-9, pistol caliber carbine and sub machine gun in 2015. Last year the SCW-9 was Angstadt's submission to the U.S. Army's sub compact weapon program. In addition, Angstadt Arms recently announced the MDP-9 - a roller delayed AR-9. And yes, all the Angstadt models take GLOCK mags.

Today on the show we have Larry Zanoff. Larry is a combat veteran of the Israeli Army, a former U.S. Law Enforcement officer and a private security professional.

Larry is Assistant Weapons Manager at Independent Studio Services, the largest rental armory in the film and Television industry, providing custom weapons manufacturing, actor training and on set armorer services. He has consulted and provided armorer services for numerous Hollywood action movies.

Larry is the cohost of Hollywood Weapons: Fact Or Fiction, a show that details the differences between movie weapons and tactics as either scientific fact or Hollywood fantasy.

Larry also continues to  provide weapons training to the military and law enforcement agencies.

On this episode of Behind the Gun we have Chuck Rossi. Chuck is A Long time Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur with a string of 6 successful startups. Chuck Spent two years as an SME for Facebook working to improve and clarify firearm policy for advertising and Content on the platforms. Chuck is also a consultant to the NSSF on social media issues for the organization and its members. 

He is also the Co-founder of Open Source Defense, a pro-2A organization dedicated to advocating for the Second Amendment in a culture-war free way. Last year Chuck helped TFB restore its instagram page when it was deleted without warning. Please welcome Chuck Rossi.

In the debut episode of TFB's Behind the Gun podcast, Pete sits down with James Reeves. James is the Executive Producer of TFBTV as well as a New Orleans Based Attorney.