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  SHOW ME THE MONEY!  Payouts at tournaments. It's a tricky thing.  Where is the money going to come from? Is payout that important to you? What if you are in one of the lower classes and could win $300, $400, maybe double that? Would it change your perspective on tournaments? Would you compete more often?                       We are joined by Cory Kruse and RAD Chad Roberts to discuss tournament payouts, where ...

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  Insurance. The one thing you HOPE you will never need, but you better have it right when you do need it! Its a piece of mind for your beloved firearm, and, in this case, your trophy mounts!  Meet Larry and Cole Cushman of Gun & Trophy insurance.  This family owned business specializes in insuring your firearms in a way that no other insurance company can! These guys are hunters and shooters that have been in the...

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   Sporting clays as a whole, is growing. Where we are headed, can be down the right path, or the complete wrong turn. Much like our own personal performance, we often turn to someone who has been there and done that, to give us guidance.  So why not consult someone from a sport that was in the same growing phase years ago, that we are in now. Enter David Pingree. 

    David was a professional Motocross and Supercross ...

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  When you think about the world of clay target shooting, you think of primarily one discipline or another. Trap, Skeet, or Sporting clays. Meet Joe Charnigo. Joe, shoots trap, sporting, ZZ-birds, and pigeons! But to be clear, he doesn't just "shoot" these events, he often WINS these events!   We caught up with Joe while he was at the Indiana state trap shoot, which he went on to win, shortly after reco...

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  Every once in a while, a new product comes along that is just downright fun! Introducing the new Claycopter by Caldwell!  Now this is not a training tool for sporting clays, but if you are looking for backyard fun that will get friends and family out shooting, this fits the bill!  Think of this as a handheld ZZ-bird launcher!  With 100% biodegradable targets in both 110 and 90mm sizes, plus the ability to throw pair...

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  For this months NSCA segment, Michael Hampton Jr. joins us to fill everyone in on the latest Executive Council meeting, as well as some announcements to up coming rule changes. We also addressed a listeners question that wrote in to us. 

   After the discussion with Michael, we decided it was time to talk about a few topics that needed attention. We started with sportsmanship and having ethics on the course and then ...

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  Georgia native Kevin DeMichiel is no stranger to the sporting clays game. Feeling that he needed to make a change, about a year ago, Kevin switched from his Kreighoff to Blaser F3.  While this may not seem like a big deal to some, it's a massive change to others.  Any change to your equipment can take time to get used to. Everything from fit, point of impact, weight, balance, feel, and performance can be affect...

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Dr. Jason Richardson is not only a sports psychologist and mental coach,  but he is also a BMX world champion and Pan-Am gold medalist. He works everyday with professional athletes and he understands what it takes, MENTALLY, to win. Just recently, Dr Jason had joined us for a SCOOPS episode discussing sponsorships. 

   Listen in as we ask Dr, J a host of questions, especially surrounding his 2 books,  It's all BS ...

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  Most recently at the 2025 US Open, Jamie Peckham had a set the FITASC targets, and in 2024, he set the World FITASC at Game Unlimited, here in the USA. After seeing his targets, and hearing that he travels the world over setting targets, it was time to call him up!              Jamie has a unique way of setting a target to make them look not only fun, but easy. Yet he always has the last laugh when the scores are ta...

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This the 3rd installment in our Novice to Masters series, The Pinnacle.   This episode is centered around the AA to Master class. However, there is a ton of great information for all to learn from.   We are joined by world renowned coach and World Champion shooter, Ben Husthwaite. Ben travels the globe teaching and has led many of his students to tournament and championship wins, in ALL classes, all over the world!  H...

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  While at the 2025 U.S. Open, we finally caught up with Joseph Pinchin!  Joe is an amazing young shooter, originally hailing from Jamaica, but raised in Florida. His journey through the SCTP amateur ranks and now into the pro ranks of sporting clays is very interesting and insightful. Joe now calls Covey Rise in Husser Louisiana his home club, where he is teaching now!  

   We are also joined by Shawn Spindel, general...

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Part 2 of 3, of the Novice to Master series, The Climb!  We are joined by Tracy Wright for this episode as Tracy walks us through how he helps his students at this phase of their game.   We cover what should be happening past the foundation stages and how you should be progressing, what you should be doing to help you progress, and a whole lot more!

This is an episode packed full of great information that will help the...

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  Welcome to "Novice to Masters". This is the Foundation, part 1 of our 3 part series.  This episode will focus primarily D&C classes, but you will be surprised what you can learn, or may have forgotten from the basics!  

   For this first episode, we have Karen Miles join us from start to finish! Why did we choose Karen for this part 1? Because her and her husband Gebben Miles have taken students from D ...

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 For this episode, Mrs. Judy Rhodes founder of the "Diva's, Women Outdoors World Wide". The Divas is a world wide organization for women that started in 1999, to help, teach, support, and train women in firearms and shooting sports. Listen and we cover all the ins and outs of this organization, how big they are, how you can join or even help!      We are then joined by Michael Hampton Jr. for this month...

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We are joined by renowned sports psychologist Dr. Jason Richardson, along side RAD Chad Roberts for the topic of Sponsorships! Dr. Richardson specializes in working with professional athletes and often helps them navigate sponsorship negotiations. He is also a BMX World Champion, and a Pan-AM gold medalist!      Chad Roberts is also a BMX World Champion that works for Shimano and spent many years from the corporate si...

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  Rhino Chokes is constantly being innovative and thriving to be at the forefront of technology when it comes to performance. They recently signed with Brandon Powell and have developed a new choke series called the "Alien", Powell Performance Series.   So what's it all about? How can a simple choke tube perform that much better?  Listen in, as we have guests Brandon Powell, along with Scott Dixon of Rh...

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 We are joined by one of the owners of Taconic Distilleries, Paul Coughlin. Paul has a very interesting background from not only the distillery, but his shooting journey and how life lead him to where he is today. This was a great interview and we were very privileged to have him join us on this episode and humbled to have him a part of our program! Tune in to hear for yourself!

   After we wrap up our conversation wit...

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  The NSCA has been having some problems with their classification system. Instead of making assumptions, we called up Michael Hampton Jr. and asked him directly. While he was on the phone, we talked about the upcoming Championship tour and what everyone can expect as the season starts.

    We are then joined by Tim Ward of GTW  Gunsmithing. Tim is a renowned gun smith and his services are at the pinnacle of the sport....

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September 11, 2001 was a tragic day for our country. However, in every negative, there is a positive. Enter Team 911 & T2T (Tunnel to Towers).        We are joined by Frank Bruno and Andrew "Chic" Pisani of Team 911, along with Matt Milazzo from Tunnel To Towers.   The two entities have teamed up to not only bring awareness, but help the families of fallen first responders nationwide!  The work that they...