Guns & Ammo Buzz Podcast

Guns & Ammo Buzz host Keith Wood sits down with renowned 1911 gunsmith Rob Schauland of Schauland Performance to trace his career from growing up near Springfield Armory to building some of today's most meticulously hand-fit custom pistols.

Schauland discusses his early years at Springfield Armory, learning the craft at Les Baer Custom, founding Alchemy Custom Weaponry, his years working with Cabot Gun...

In the final chapter of our four-part series with legendary pistolsmith Paul Liebenberg, Guns & Ammo's Keith Wood explores the creation of Pistol Dynamics and the craftsmanship, engineering and philosophy behind Liebenberg's custom 1911s.

After leaving the Smith & Wesson Performance Center, Liebenberg moved to Florida and returned to building handcrafted pistols. He explains what separates a truly scratch-built custom gun f...

The Smith & Wesson Performance Center changed the firearms industry—but few people know how it really began.

In Part 3 of this exclusive series, legendary gunsmith Paul Liebenberg joins Guns & Ammo's Keith Wood to tell the inside story of building the original Performance Center from an empty hangar into one of the most influential custom firearm shops in America.

Paul explains the politics inside Smith & Wesson, ...

In Part 2 of our conversation with legendary gunsmith Paul Liebenberg, we dive into one of the most influential periods in custom handgun history.

Paul shares what it was like working at Pachmayr during the golden era of the custom 1911, the development of the famous Combat Special, and the innovations that foreve...

Step inside the world of Benelli as Eric Poole, Steve Gould, Nick Andrews and Bret Maffett travel to Urbino, Italy — the birthplace of Benelli's legendary "Art of Performance."

From Renaissance history and artistic inspiration to cutting-edge robotics, AI-driven manufacturing, cryogenic barrel treatment and advanced shotgun engineering, this episode takes you behind the scenes of one of the most fascinating firearms factories...

In Part 1 of this exclusive interview, legendary pistolsmith Paul Liebenberg sits down to discuss his remarkable journey from South Africa to becoming one of the most respected names in the world of custom handguns and practical shooting.

Paul reflects on h...

The NRA Annual Meetings 2026 in Houston delivered a mix of innovation, controversy, and some seriously interesting firearm trends—and the Guns & Ammo Buzz Podcast crew breaks it all down.

From the unconventional Tokarev TSG-12 "butt pump" shotgun to the rise of slimmer, concealed-carry-friendly 2011-style pistols, this episode covers the products everyone's talking about—and a few that raised eyebrows for all the wr...

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In this episode of the Guns & Ammo Buzz Podcast, publisher Chris Agnes and editors Eric Poole and Jack Oller discuss the rise of Watchtower Defense with its founder Jason Kolosky. From his background as a U.S. Marine in Force Reconnaissance and a DoD contractor for the Pentagon, he recalls the motivations that led him to create an all-American-made firearms company. Learn the story behind Watchtower's mission,...

In this episode of Guns & Ammo Buzz Podcast, we sit down with legendary gunsmith Bruce Gray and Nick Bowles of Grayguns to break down one of the most unique custom pistols ever built—the SIG P210 "Bruiser."

What started as a great factory pistol turned into a 7-year passion project. The result? A no-compromise, hand-built handgun with refined ergono...

World Champion Jessie Harrison discusses the new-for-2026 Taurus TX9 9mm striker-fired pistol, and its place as the brand's flagship model moving forward. Borrowing some feature and handling qualities of the 2019 Guns & Ammo Handgun of the Year — Taurus TX22 — the TX9 exhibits the same reliability and accuracy that has made the GX4 9mm pistol so popular with concealed carry users. The TX9 was released at the 2026 SH...

Glock V models were announced on October 20 in the wake of California's "Anti-Glock" law (AB1127), which targets previous commercial models and some clones capable of being illegally converted to full-automatic machine guns. Controversy surrounding the Glock V models erupted, which was then followed by the announcement of the Gen6 on December 6, 2025. Gen6 is the next generation of Glock, scheduled to arrive on the first day of the...

The 2025 Guns & Ammo of the Year Awards represent the culmination of a year in testing and evaluating new product introductions in the following categories: Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, Ammo, Optic, Technology, Holster, Suppressor, Innovation and Red Dot. Winners were considered for their engineering, durability, intuitive operation, contribution to the masses, availability at retail and value. To read the entire article, pick up a...

Few shooters have accomplished as much as Julie Golob, who has dominated IPSC and USPSA competition since 1999. Golob reflects on her upbringing practicing with her father in upstate New York, her enlistment in the U.S. Army, and time shooting with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) Action Shooting Team, leading her to Smith & Wesson in 2006. She describes the circumstances and explains why she joined Team Springfield Armory...

Jarrod Grove, the senior brand manager of Caldwell, joins the Guns & Ammo Buzz podcast to talk development of the Caldwell Claycopter. Winner of the 2025 G&A Innovation of the Year, the Claycopter is a hand-portable disc thrower for the sporting shotgun. Already popular within the civilian market, law enforcement and some military have approached Caldwell for the Claycopter's potential in practice for shooting down drones. ...

Five years after Richard Dyke sold Bushmaster, Freedom Group moved the company out of Maine and left behind most of its employees.

Founder Richard Dyke then hired the former Bushmaster workers and established Windham Weaponry in 2011.

Dyke passed away in March 2023, leading to the sale of Windham Weaponry to new owners in 2024.

Known for its AR-15-style rifles, Windham Weaponry has reopened under new leadership. Still operating in ...

Gil Ash of the Optimum Shotgun Performance shooting school has been teaching sporting clays for more than 35 years. Managing Editor Jack Oller joined Ash at an OSP travel clinic hosted at the Rock Ridge Sportsmens Club in Illinois. In this episode, Oller, Ash and Editor-in-Chief Eric R. Poole discuss the lessons from the clinic and how far sporting clays has evolved.

Additionally, our hosts review the Guns & Ammo needed for a s...

Don't call it a "shotgun" — or a "pistol!" The Mossberg 990 Aftershock is a compact, hand-held semiautomatic firearm with a 5+1 capacity for 12-gauge loads. Inspired by the success of the new-for-2017 pump-action 590 Shockwave, Mossberg engineers went to work on developing a gas system unique to the short-barreled, gas-operated system required for the 990 Aftershock. It is certainly portable but is it simply a trend or a usef...

For nearly 25 years, the Outdoor Sportsman Group's (OSG) Roundtable has hosted the preeminent industry gathering of professional outdoor media and firearm industry leaders. After four days of morning presentations on the latest firearms, optics, suppressors, ammunition and accessories, attendees were transported to the Cameo Shooting and Education Complex, Colorado's premier shooting destination. Among the highlights revealed was t...