Ep. 29: Tales of borrowed guns and pirate ships

Brief Summary of Show:

In Episode 29 of the Silvercore Podcast, Travis speaks Ryan Steacy, a six time National Service Rifle champion and technical director for International Barrels and they talk about the current state of service rifle, how to get into precision rifle series shooting, pro tips to help you with your marksmanship. As well as stories and adventures from working on farms, working anti-piracy security off the coast of Somalia.

 

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Topics discussed in this episode:

• Intro [00:00:00 - 00:01:08] 
• Recap of last podcast with Ryan & Mental Management [00:01:08 - 00:07:53]
• How COVID-19 has affected IBI [00:07:53 - 00:11:08]
• Can I borrow a gun? My brother is coming to town [00:11:08 - 00:16:14]
• Can you help us kill a cow? [00:16:14 - 00:17:45]
• Anti-piracy, fur & animal spine [00:17:45 - 00:24:06]
• Gun ban & effects on Service Rifle [00:24:06 - 00:25:51]
• CCFR court case & political points [00:25:51 - 00:29:06]
• Precision Rifle Series (PRS) shooting & baking [00:29:06 - 00:35:12]
• How other PRS matches have gone [00:35:12 - 00:36:40]
• Warhorse shooting bag [00:36:40 - 00:38:14]
• Kestrel with Applied Ballistics & Rangefinders [00:38:14 - 00:44:02]
• What do you need to get into PRS style shooting? [00:44:02 - 00:53:54]
• Squads in PRS helping each other out [00:53:54 - 00:59:13]
• Outro [00:59:13 - 00:59:31]

 

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:

 

• Silvercore [00:00:10] [00:00:21] [00:00:24] [00:00:31]
• Service Rifle [00:00:45] [00:00:53] [00:01:24] [00:24:23] [00:25:15] [00:29:12] [00:29:15] [00:30:12] [00:32:52] [00:34:51] [00:51:30] [00:56:07]
• International Barrels (IBI) [00:00:48] [00:08:00] [00:09:00] [00:58:10] [00:58:16]
• Mental management [00:01:27] [00:02:22] [00:02:33] [00:02:43] [00:02:45] [00:03:56] [00:04:35] [00:05:04] [00:30:36] [00:58:24] [00:58:43]
• The Secret by Oprah Winfrey [00:02:10]
• Manifest destiny [00:02:25] [00:02:27]
• .22 [00:15:17] [00:16:02] [00:16:03] [00:16:09] [00:16:34]
• Hereford Bull [00:16:41] [00:17:37]
• Special Air Service (SAS) [00:18:49] [00:18:50] [00:19:56]
• CCFR [00:25:55] [00:26:08]
• Precision Rifle Series (PRS) [00:29:10] [00:33:01] [00:33:04] [00:34:16] [00:34:41] [00:34:43] [00:34:57] [00:44:03] [00:44:47] [00:49:14] [00:51:00] [00:53:55]
• MilCun Training Centre [00:29:31] [00:30:20] [00:30:21]
• BC Rifle Association (BCRA) [00:29:59]
• Kestrel [00:35:13] [00:35:30] [00:38:15] [00:38:18] [00:39:00] [00:39:26] [00:39:37] [00:39:44] [00:39:59] [00:40:09] [00:40:13] [00:40:26] [00:40:32] [00:41:17] [00:41:33] [00:41:58] [00:42:02] [00:43:39] 
  • Horus Ballistics Version [00:38:20] [00:43:07]
  • 5700 Elite [00:43:11] [00:43:26]
• Data On Previous Engagement (D.O.P.E.) [00:35:20] [00:39:45] [00:39:53][00:41:39] [00:56:23]
• Warhorse Developments [00:36:43] [00:36:44] [00:36:45] [00:36:55] [00:37:18]
• Applied Ballistics [00:38:22] [00:38:25] [00:43:03]
• SIG Kilo Rangefinders [00:38:33] [00:39:13]
  • 2200 [00:39:19]
  • 2400 [00:39:20]
• SHOT Show [00:38:41]
• Leica [00:38:43] [00:38:57]
• Reticle [00:39:46] [00:49:35] [00:50:01][00:53:42]
• G7 [00:42:21] [00:42:24] [00:42:37] [00:42:56] [00:43:35]
• G1[00:42:36] [00:42:55] [00:43:34]
• Custom Curve [00:42:27] [00:42:38] [00:42:49] [00:43:58]
• Bryan Litz [00:43:17]
• .223 [00:44:39]
• .308 [00:44:41] [00:44:44] [00:45:09]
• Muzzle break [00:45:15] [00:45:53] [00:49:01] 
• MDT [00:41:08] [00:46:01]
  • MDT Chassis [00:46:00]
  • MDT ACC [00:46:03]
  • MDT Ckye-Pod [00:48:13]
• Harris Bipod [00:48:23] [00:48:31]
• H32 [00:49:44]
• H59 [00:49:45]
• Minutes of Angle (MOA) [00:49:07] [00:52:05] [00:56:51]
• Mil dot [00:50:08]
• Milrads (Millradians) [00:52:06]

 

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