On this episode of the 2nd Best Gun Podcast, Alexander and Chris sit down and talk about their favorite historical burp guns. Pistol-caliber submachine guns have over 100 years of history, pre-dating the NFA by a generation, and the guys are true fans. Uzi does it!

0:18 You want I should go get a Babka, huh? Maybe a submarine sandwich?
1:50 Why the sub gun?
4:50 Failure to learn from history
8:10 Handguns kinda suck
11:30 Bringing too much gun
12:15 Bridging the gap
13:30 I'm not going to not shoot a sub gun
13:50 MP40 love
14:30 Craftsmanship goes right out the window
15:20 Bicycle workshop STENs
16:20 Can we please get a 7.62x25 Renaissance?
17:50 Cold War Classics
18:30 The downfall of the SMG
20:10 With great conflict comes great regression
23:01 Millions and millions of little mushroom men...
24:40 Is the PCC the SMG we have at home?
26:00 Do you need a mustache to run that gun?
27:20 Oddball favorite sub guns

On this episode of the 2nd Best Gun Podcast, Alexander and Chris delve into the world of modern compensated and/or ported handguns and what makes them so suddenly popular.

1:01 Comped Pistol History
1:58 The Best Punisher is Dolph Lungren
3:20 Downsides of Comped Pistols
4:30 Flash! (And we don't mean Barry Allen)
7:59 More Powah!
9:40 Try it before you buy it
11:10 The Upsides of Using a Comped Gun
13:10 But what will it do to your CoD Stats?
15:39 Compensated 380s?
18:45 Southpaw bennies

On this episode of the 2nd Best Gun Podcast, Alexander and Chris delve into some of the most interesting rare guns that will become available to savvy collectors through the new Guns.com Auctions process.

Why Auctions? 0:46
Ahead of its Time for 1915 2:00
Unloved Smith 7:30
The Boyko Gun 11:10 

The guys dive into the guns they've carried on this week's episode of The 2nd Best Gun Podcast. It's not all glitz and glam when it comes to picking a carry gun and the guys talk about all the choices they've made over the years, both the good and the bad. Stay tuned for some surprise picks towards the end and let us know what you think. What should've made the list?

0:44 Hog legs, Roscoes, and Sidepieces
1:28 Pelican Guns
2:30 The "Gunslinger" law 
3:28 Paging Mr. Foley, Paging Mr. Foley
7:24 Sweet Home, Alabama
10:00 Home of the Trash Pandas
13:10 I Carry So Many More Bullets than You Do
18:50 The White Cardboard Box that says "GUN"
21:05 Can you love a Gluger?
22:40 You could put like, a Light, on here
26:07 Do you have a Prescription for those Glasses?
30:29 Those Poor Guardian Angels
35:20 Pocket Rockets
37:30 Mr. Smith
39:10 Mess with the Bull
41:30 Croatian Sensation

In this inaugural episode of the The 2nd Best Gun Podcast the guys sit down to discuss the ramifications of the Big Beautiful Bill and what that means for the rest of 2025. They talk suppressor ownership now and what it could look like in the future due to the way things are worded. If you need an update on everything BBB from a firearms standpoint, the guys got you covered. 

0:57 The Bad Old Days
4:03 I Can't Make the Government Give You Anything
6:01 Thomas the Tank Engine Birthday
6:59 Tax Me Harder Daddy
8:01 Maxim, Maxim Who?
10:01 Hearing Protection Act
20:01 Something Really Great, or Really Horrible, Can Happen
22:15 See you in Court!
24:38 How Rude, Sir
25:50 HUSH Act
28:50 Steinbeck and Suppressors
30:30 Impact on the Market