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What is going on everybody, welcome back to The Shooters Apprentice Podcast. This week we sit down and talk about the all new Smith & Wesson Night guard pistols, specifically the 396 chambered in 44 special. We talk about some of the upgrades that Smith & Wesson made to the new run vs the older ones and talk about my thoughts on the pistol after running a few hundred rounds through it. Grab a seat and let's hang out!

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Welcome back everyone! This week we talk about my thoughts on the dreaded question "What if I could only have one?". We cover what my pick would be if I was restricted to only having one wheel gun and why I would pick it. We also talk briefly about the new Smith & Wesson Night Guard 396 44 special and a new show supporter. Pull up a seat and let's hang out!

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What is going on everybody, welcome back to The Shooters Apprentice Podcast! This week we sit down and talk about my new Silencer Co Sparrow 22 suppressor, how long it took to get it with the new zero dollar tax stamp and what I thought of it both on 22 pistols and a 17 HMR rifle. Pull up a chair and let's hang out!

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What is going on everybody, welcome back to The Shooters Apprentice Podcast! This week we talk about the first USPSA match of 2026, how it went, why I shoot a 9mm 1911 for single stack division and some of my ideas and goals for shooting USPSA in 2026. Pull up a chain and enjoy the show!

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Whats going on everybody, welcome back to The Shooters Apprentice Podcast! Pull up a chair and let's hang out for a bit!

This week I share my excitement about the new Lipseys Exclusive 396 Night Guard revolvers that were announced at shotshow, and then we talk about how cast bullets need to be fit to revolvers to achieve ultimate accuracy. We also talk a little bit about the Ruger GP100 44 Special that I picked up a few weeks ago.

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What is going on everybody welcome back to The Shooters Apprentice Podcast!

In this episode of The Shooter’s Apprentice Podcast we take a look at the Belt Mountain base pins for Ruger single-action revolvers make by Skinner Sights, what they are, why they exist, and whether they’re worth your money or just another shiny distraction.

We’ll talk about why the factory base pin can become a weak point under heavy recoil, how base pin walk affects reliability, and why serious revolver shooters, hunters, handloaders, and hard-use field guys often upgrade this one small component before anything else.

Sometimes the difference between a revolver that’s “fine at the range” and one you trust in the field comes down to a single piece of steel you never think about until it fails.

We also talk about the budget Arasaka project and a few other things we have going on at the shop like bullet casting.

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What’s going on everybody—welcome back to The Shooter’s Apprentice Podcast.

This week I’m ditching the script and just giving a good old weekly update. We cover my first acquisition of 2026, what it’s like running 1911s in the cold, and I talk about  something I did that was genuinely stupid and what I learned from it.

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Happy New Years everybody! In this episode of The Shooter’s Apprentice Podcast, Daniel looks back at the guns that followed him home in 2025 — the good ideas, the questionable decisions, and the ones that instantly earned a permanent spot in the safe.

This isn’t a “top ten list” or a spec-sheet rundown. It’s a year-end conversation about what caught his eye, why certain guns spoke to him at that moment, and what each purchase says about where his shooting interests are headed. Some were practical, some were nostalgic, some were projects, and a few were bought purely because they were too cool to leave behind.

If you enjoy honest gun talk, personal stories, and the kind of conversations that usually happen leaning against a workbench or sitting around the shop after hours, this episode is for you.

Pull up a chair and let’s talk about the guns of 2025.

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This week I sit down and discuss some very interesting findings that I found while experimenting with powder coated cast bullets vs traditionally lubed cast bullets. If you're a reloader or love experimenting with different stuff this is the episode for you!

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In this episode, we dive into the wild and underestimated history behind the Interarms Virginian Dragoon.

What starts as a simple look at a single-action revolver quickly turns into a journey through CIA front companies, Swiss engineering, American manufacturing, and one of the most overlooked wheelguns of the 20th century.

From Sam Cummings’ shadowy beginnings to Interarms’ rise as the largest privately owned arms dealer in the world, we trace how the Virginian Dragoon came to be — and why it might be one of the most underrated big-frame revolvers ever made.

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