#334 - When Does Gun Gear STOP Mattering? (Expert Analysis)

In this episode, we tackle one of the most common questions in the firearms community: when does gear stop mattering? Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned competitor, it is easy to fall into the trap of believing that a high-end holster, optic, or custom pistol will instantly transform you into a professional shooter. We break down the reality behind the gear hype and explain why your fundamentals and skills matter far more than the price tag on your equipment.

Through relatable analogies—from woodworking tools to scuba diving—Roy and Brent reveal the psychology behind manufacturers' "good, better, best" pricing models and why the middle-tier option is usually the sweet spot for the average, everyday shooter. We also share our personal rules for upgrading gear, including the vital piece of advice: always spend more than you want to, but never less than you should. Tune in to learn how to make smarter purchasing decisions and avoid a closet full of expensive, unused shooting accessories.

If you are ready to stop buying gear you don't need and start focusing on becoming a better marksman, this episode is a must-watch. Be sure to hit that subscribe button, leave a comment with your own gear-buying experiences, and check out the links below for more expert firearm tips and reviews!

Key Takeaways

· Buying expensive, high-end gear will not automatically make a beginner a better shooter; fundamental skills are the true foundation.

· Entry-level equipment is essential for learning the basics before upgrading to precision tools.

· When deciding to upgrade your gear, implement a 'cooling off' period—do not buy it on the first day you see it.

· Avoid purchasing the absolute cheapest options on the market, as they usually lack reliability and lead to buyer's remorse.

· The 'sweet spot' for most normal shooters lies in mid-range gear, which provides the best balance of performance and value.

· Manufacturers purposefully structure their products in a 'good, better, best' pricing tier to encourage upsells and comprehensive kits.

Episode Transcript

Speaker: Hi there and welcome to the guns podcast, us one of the world's (00:07):
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Speaker: Thanks for joining us here as we talk about interesting stuff in (00:13):
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Speaker: the world of shooting. (00:16):
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Speaker: Of course, I'm your host, Brent Weed, and I'm joined by my (00:17):
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Speaker: co-host Roy Huntington. (00:20):
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Speaker: And we're going to cover some good stuff today. (00:21):
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Speaker: So Roy, let's get started. (00:24):
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Speaker: Uh, how's it going? (00:26):
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Speaker: I'm just I want to get started. (00:29):
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Speaker: Okay. (00:33):
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Speaker: Because we have some stuff to say today. (00:34):
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Speaker: We do, we do. (00:38):
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Speaker: And, uh, this is a topic that kind of came from. (00:39):
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Speaker: It's kind of a combination topic. (00:43):
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Speaker: And I think it's a important thing to talk about. (00:45):
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Speaker: And we're going to talk about when does gear stop mattering? (00:48):
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Speaker: And this is kind of a theme we (00:51):
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Speaker: have talked about a lot here on (00:53):
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Speaker: this program. (00:55):
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Speaker: But I thought let's drill down specifically into it today. (00:56):
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Speaker: And the topic itself. (01:00):
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Speaker: What I'm saying here is, as we have. (01:02):
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Speaker: If you've watched any of our (01:05):
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Speaker: previous episodes, is at some (01:06):
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Speaker: point we all upgrade our gear (01:08):
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Speaker: and we all have the mistaken (01:11):
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Speaker: belief. (01:12):
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Speaker: Even at my age and Roy's age, (01:13):
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Speaker: where we think, you know, if I (01:15):
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Speaker: just buy that holster, that (01:16):
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Speaker: optic, that scope, that master (01:18):
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Speaker: blaster five thousand, suddenly (01:22):
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Speaker: I will be Robbie Latham and, uh, (01:24):
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Speaker: Lena Misclick. (01:27):
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Speaker: And it never works out that way. (01:28):
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Speaker: So we're going to kind of (01:30):
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Speaker: analyze where it falls on the (01:31):
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Speaker: sweet spot and, uh, kind of our, (01:34):
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Speaker: our take on what we've seen over (01:37):
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Speaker: many, many decades of, of (01:39):
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Speaker: shooting. (01:41):
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Speaker: So Roy, uh, gear does matter, but it doesn't matter that much. (01:42):
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Speaker: Is that a about as an ambiguous (01:46):
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Speaker: statement as I could possibly (01:48):
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Speaker: make? (01:49):
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Speaker: I know you're exactly right. (01:51):
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Speaker: I mean, you know, if you gave I don't know if you gave the (01:53):
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Speaker: average decent shooter. (01:57):
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Speaker: I know even if they have higher (01:58):
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Speaker: end equipment, if you gave them (02:00):
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Speaker: a box stock, Glock pistol or a (02:02):
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Speaker: box stock, you fill in the (02:05):
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Speaker: blank. (02:08):
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Speaker: Maybe even like a high point. (02:08):
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Speaker: And you had them shoot the weekend match. (02:11):
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Speaker: I bet you they would do really well. (02:13):
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Speaker: You know, I mean, I a few (02:15):
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Speaker: percentage points below maybe (02:18):
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Speaker: what they normally would have (02:19):
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Speaker: scored, you know, but if you (02:21):
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Speaker: take another shooter who's a (02:22):
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Speaker: beginning shooter, uh, and you (02:24):
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Speaker: give him that competitor's high (02:26):
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Speaker: end fancy ass double stack, red (02:28):
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Speaker: dot scoped, you know, pistol, (02:30):
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Speaker: the the beginning shooter is not (02:32):
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Speaker: going to shoot really any (02:34):
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Speaker: better. (02:36):
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Speaker: You know, I mean, they're still gonna miss they're still going (02:37):
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Speaker: to fumble their reloads. (02:39):
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Speaker: They're still going to do all that kind of stuff. (02:40):
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Speaker: So I mean, I equate it to tool usage. (02:42):
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Speaker: I think virtually everyone watching or listening to this is (02:45):
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Speaker: a tool user. (02:49):
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Speaker: It's just because that's what we do, right? (02:50):
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Speaker: You know, and I first started (02:52):
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Speaker: doing lathe work and machine (02:55):
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Speaker: work. (02:57):
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Speaker: Oh, I know, forty years ago. (02:58):
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Speaker: Well, I started with a little (03:00):
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Speaker: tiny unimat lathe, and I had no (03:01):
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Speaker: idea what I was doing, and I (03:03):
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Speaker: messed everything up as I (03:04):
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Speaker: learned it. (03:07):
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Speaker: I began to understand how the (03:08):
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Speaker: machine works better, and my (03:09):
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Speaker: hand eye coordination skills got (03:11):
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Speaker: better. (03:13):
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Speaker: And then I realized the machine was limiting what I wanted to do (03:13):
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Speaker: and could do. (03:18):
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Speaker: So I bought a bigger, better one, right? (03:19):
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Speaker: And at first I couldn't really (03:21):
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Speaker: use the machine to its full (03:24):
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Speaker: ability. (03:25):
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Speaker: Uh, you know, and I was, I was (03:26):
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Speaker: wasting the machines time kind (03:28):
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Speaker: of, you know, I would turn it (03:30):
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Speaker: on. (03:32):
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Speaker: You could hear it groan and say, oh, great. (03:32):
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Speaker: He's what's he gonna mess up this time? (03:34):
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Speaker: You know, I'll get one of those fingers if I can. (03:36):
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Speaker: I know that's the thing. (03:39):
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Speaker: And but yet, you know, twenty five years goes by or something (03:40):
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Speaker: and I, I, you reach a point where you realize you're working (03:44):
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Speaker: this machine at its limits, you know, uh, and, and your skill (03:49):
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Speaker: set is good enough that it's like you want you want better. (03:54):
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Speaker: Like now I can make use of it. (03:58):
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Speaker: So a couple of years ago, I bought a really, really nice (04:00):
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Speaker: lathe and milling machine. (04:03):
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Speaker: And it was so satisfying because it was, it allowed me to do that (04:05):
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Speaker: extra kind of like five percent. (04:10):
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Speaker: You know, it's, it's, it's more accurate. (04:13):
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Speaker: It runs a little smoother. (04:16):
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Speaker: It's more predictable. (04:17):
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Speaker: It gives me, you know, (04:19):
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Speaker: information I didn't have (04:20):
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Speaker: before. (04:21):
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Speaker: And shooting is exactly the same way. (04:22):
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Speaker: And I know it's like people (04:25):
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Speaker: accuse us of beating this into (04:27):
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Speaker: the dirt, but it's in the (04:29):
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Speaker: comments constantly. (04:31):
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Speaker: What gun should I buy? (04:32):
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Speaker: I want to participate in weekend matches. (04:34):
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Speaker: And I don't know, this guy has a (04:36):
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Speaker: five thousand dollar nineteen (04:39):
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Speaker: eleven. (04:40):
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Speaker: Do I need to have that in order to compete? (04:41):
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Speaker: You know, you've heard him. (04:43):
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Speaker: You got all the same comments and questions that I do. (04:44):
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Speaker: Uh, and then they almost don't want to believe you when you say (04:47):
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Speaker: that's absolutely true. (04:50):
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Speaker: Yeah. (04:52):
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Speaker: You really don't need to do that. (04:52):
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Speaker: Well, you know, the guy at the gun store said that I, you know, (04:54):
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Speaker: I, I would be shooting myself in the foot, literally and (04:57):
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Speaker: figuratively if I just bought an entry level, you know, gun. (05:00):
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Speaker: And it's like, you can't you I mean, you can't explain that. (05:05):
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Speaker: It's why I like to teach women because when women are women, (05:08):
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Speaker: often it's really interesting. (05:11):
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Speaker: We're getting more and more women watch our videos and, and (05:12):
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Speaker: listen to the YouTube, uh, you know, our stuff here. (05:15):
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Speaker: And, but most of them are a little older. (05:18):
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Speaker: And when they ask a question (05:22):
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Speaker: like, hey, I want to go squirrel (05:24):
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Speaker: hunting. (05:26):
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Speaker: And I'm not sure which gun I should buy. (05:26):
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Speaker: And if I tell them, oh, well, (05:29):
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Speaker: just go get yourself this simple (05:30):
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Speaker: entry level savage Bolt action (05:33):
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Speaker: twenty two with an affordable (05:35):
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Speaker: scope. (05:36):
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Speaker: They go like this. (05:37):
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Speaker: They go, oh, okay, yeah. (05:38):
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Speaker: And then they go do it. (05:42):
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Speaker: And then usually a month or two (05:43):
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Speaker: later, I get a comment back (05:44):
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Speaker: saying, wow, Roy, you were (05:46):
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Speaker: exactly right. (05:47):
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Speaker: It's so interesting. (05:48):
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Speaker: I'm learning how to use it now. (05:49):
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Speaker: And I can see someday I may want a better gun, right? (05:50):
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Speaker: Yeah. (05:54):
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Speaker: No. (05:55):
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Speaker: If. Yeah, if we male egotistical idiots would only just do the (05:55):
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Speaker: same thing, we'd be all right. (05:59):
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Speaker: Yeah. (06:01):
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Speaker: Well, there was a point I wanted to make before we get too much (06:02):
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Speaker: further out of the gate. (06:04):
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Speaker: And that is this is sort of kind of directed at the new shooter, (06:05):
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Speaker: but it applies to every single solitary one of us. (06:10):
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Speaker: And we've we've talked about this before, that I still fall (06:13):
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Speaker: prey to it. (06:16):
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Speaker: I get a press release. (06:17):
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Speaker: You know, we get, uh, fifty to one hundred a day, both of us. (06:18):
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Speaker: So anything and everything under (06:22):
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Speaker: the sun is coming our way (06:24):
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Speaker: saying, please, you know, try (06:25):
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Speaker: this. (06:27):
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Speaker: And and most of them would be (06:27):
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Speaker: kind enough to at least send it (06:28):
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Speaker: on a loan basis so we could try (06:30):
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Speaker: it. (06:31):
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Speaker: So you've got to think, okay, is (06:32):
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Speaker: that something my audience (06:34):
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Speaker: wants? (06:35):
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Speaker: Is that something I'm interested in? (06:35):
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Speaker: And could I effectively test it and get a meaningful way? (06:37):
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Speaker: And I still fall prey to that, that, oh, that's kind of cool. (06:41):
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Speaker: And I've got little alarm bells that go off because I think, (06:46):
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Speaker: okay, is it really cool or is it just new and unique? (06:50):
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Speaker: And that's, that's the part that I'm enjoying or, uh, considering (06:54):
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Speaker: important as opposed to will it solve my problem? (06:59):
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Speaker: Which is truly the basic question you need to be asking (07:02):
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Speaker: of all of your gear and tools and everything else. (07:05):
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Speaker: Will this solve my problem better? (07:08):
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Speaker: Or at least as good as something (07:10):
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Speaker: more expensive or less (07:11):
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Speaker: expensive? (07:13):
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Speaker: So don't when you hear us, we'll (07:14):
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Speaker: talk a lot about, uh, newer (07:16):
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Speaker: shooters, less experienced (07:18):
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Speaker: shooters in this episode, but it (07:19):
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Speaker: applies to every ding dang (07:21):
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Speaker: single one of us that's in this (07:23):
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Speaker: audience because, uh, especially (07:26):
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Speaker: the guys, we all fall prey to (07:27):
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Speaker: it. (07:28):
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Speaker: And I gotta say, uh, we need to (07:28):
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Speaker: have a mea culpa, uh, moment (07:30):
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Speaker: here that it's kind of our fault (07:33):
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Speaker: as members of the, the gun (07:35):
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Speaker: press, the whole thing is (07:37):
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Speaker: basically built on promoting new (07:39):
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Speaker: product. (07:40):
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Speaker: Um, and that's one of the things that I do think Roy and I and (07:41):
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Speaker: FMG publications, which we're still part of, uh, have kind of (07:44):
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Speaker: railed against that. (07:48):
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Speaker: It's, it's the shooter, not the (07:49):
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Speaker: gun or the gear or the holster (07:50):
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Speaker: or whatever. (07:52):
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Speaker: But, uh, you know, we don't (07:53):
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Speaker: ignore new gear and we don't (07:54):
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Speaker: ignore increases in technology, (07:56):
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Speaker: but buying something just for (07:58):
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Speaker: the sake of buying it and new, (08:00):
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Speaker: uh, we've been pretty guilty of (08:02):
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Speaker: that. (08:03):
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Speaker: Uh, and it still goes on and I (08:04):
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Speaker: frankly think it's getting (08:06):
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Speaker: worse. (08:07):
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Speaker: So, you know, as an educated consumer, when you're reading (08:07):
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Speaker: online gun mags, uh, especially blogs and especially YouTubers, (08:11):
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Speaker: it's, it's okay to get information there, but, but be (08:16):
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Speaker: educated and think, why are they talking about this? (08:19):
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Speaker: If they mention the product name seventy two times in a four (08:22):
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Speaker: minute video, that should be a clue to thinking people. (08:26):
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Speaker: So I've given you about fifteen (08:30):
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Speaker: threads there, Roy, so I'll be (08:32):
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Speaker: interested to see where you go (08:34):
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Speaker: with it. (08:35):
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Speaker: Well, one thing I think we do (08:37):
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Speaker: and I know I demanded it excuse (08:38):
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Speaker: me when I was editor of (08:41):
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Speaker: Handgunner, is that we could (08:43):
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Speaker: talk about all the new stuff, (08:44):
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Speaker: because that's why they buy the (08:46):
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Speaker: magazine. (08:47):
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Speaker: That's why they tune into the YouTube channel. (08:47):
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Speaker: That's why where they want to see what's new. (08:49):
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Speaker: But it was always important that (08:52):
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Speaker: the delivery wasn't, hey, here's (08:54):
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Speaker: this cool new thing and you need (08:57):
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Speaker: it, right? (08:59):
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Speaker: The delivery was here's this cool new thing. (09:00):
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Speaker: It does this and this and this and this. (09:03):
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Speaker: Or if any of these features and benefits are things that you (09:06):
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Speaker: think might benefit you, well, then here's one. (09:09):
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Speaker: Yeah. (09:12):
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Speaker: Right. (09:13):
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Speaker: Uh, I mean, because it, I equate it. (09:13):
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Speaker: I'm going to go back to tool use. (09:16):
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Speaker: When I started woodworking twenty years ago, I went out and (09:18):
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Speaker: I bought all kinds of tools that I didn't need. (09:20):
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Speaker: And I thought I needed them because you look at it and you (09:24):
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Speaker: think, oh, that looks cool, I'll, I'll be able to use that. (09:27):
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Speaker: And then as my experience grew, I realized that the only tools I (09:30):
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Speaker: bought eventually were tools that I actually needed to do the (09:35):
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Speaker: job, you know? (09:39):
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Speaker: So if I, if I was building a (09:41):
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Speaker: table and I needed a special (09:42):
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Speaker: router bit, I bought the special (09:44):
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Speaker: router bit. (09:47):
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Speaker: I didn't buy the fifty bit set and which I had done before. (09:48):
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Speaker: Sorry, Roy. (09:54):
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Speaker: Guilty. (09:54):
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Speaker: Oh, I know we all are. (09:56):
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Speaker: I mean, I've got like, this one (09:57):
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Speaker: hundred bit super big in a (09:59):
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Speaker: wooden crate, you know, router (10:01):
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Speaker: bit set that I bought twenty (10:03):
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Speaker: years ago. (10:04):
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Speaker: And I think I've used like maybe eight of them. (10:05):
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Speaker: Yeah. (10:09):
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Speaker: All the time. (10:09):
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Speaker: You know, those are the ones you use all the time. (10:10):
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Speaker: But shooting is exactly the same way. (10:12):
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Speaker: And I think if you, as you say, just because they say, hey, (10:14):
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Speaker: here's this really cool, neat new thing, uh, they do tend to (10:17):
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Speaker: want to make you get passionate and excited and get that (10:21):
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Speaker: endorphin dump and think that, oh, I need that, you know, but, (10:26):
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Speaker: and so what I caution people to say to do is you bought your (10:29):
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Speaker: basic entry level gun. (10:34):
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Speaker: Now you've been practicing with it. (10:35):
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Speaker: You're learning how to use it. (10:37):
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Speaker: You're beginning to hit the target. (10:38):
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Speaker: You haven't shot yourself in the foot. (10:39):
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Speaker: The the indoor range hasn't banned you from shooting there. (10:42):
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Speaker: So you're doing pretty good. (10:45):
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Speaker: Yeah, we all know these people. (10:48):
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Speaker: And yeah, now when you find yourself, it's like, you know, (10:50):
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Speaker: when I draw from my holster, I, I wish I could get a better grip (10:56):
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Speaker: on the gun, you know? (11:01):
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Speaker: Okay. (11:03):
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Speaker: Well, now then, let's look at holsters. (11:04):
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Speaker: You know, you don't just buy the (11:07):
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Speaker: first holster that you see on (11:08):
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Speaker: Amazon. (11:10):
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Speaker: Yeah. (11:11):
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Speaker: Now you know what you're looking for, right? (11:12):
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Speaker: So you look at reviews. (11:13):
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Speaker: You look at what people say about it. (11:15):
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Speaker: Hey, this holster gives me a (11:17):
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Speaker: much better grip than I ever had (11:19):
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Speaker: before. (11:20):
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Speaker: Okay. (11:21):
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Speaker: Well that's good. (11:21):
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Speaker: So now you're buying something that actually improves on, uh, a (11:22):
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Speaker: technique that you have that you want improvement on. (11:30):
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Speaker: And so let's say you're shooting and you find yourself after a (11:32):
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Speaker: little while that you're, the sights are not working for you (11:35):
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Speaker: as well as they could be working, you know, maybe you (11:39):
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Speaker: need bigger, bolder sights. (11:41):
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Speaker: And so then you, so you go to bigger, bolder sights. (11:43):
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Speaker: I the perfect, uh, I can equate this perfectly to something. (11:46):
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Speaker: If anyone out there is a scuba (11:50):
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Speaker: diver, I know you are, I am, I'm (11:52):
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Speaker: sure there's a lot of people out (11:55):
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Speaker: Well, I vividly remember the and I remember the instructor (11:57):
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Speaker: because he was really funny. (12:01):
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Speaker: He knew exactly what was going to happen. (12:02):
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Speaker: We're all on the edge of the pool. (12:04):
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Speaker: We're, you know, we're all geared up. (12:06):
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Speaker: We we've been told all the safety things. (12:08):
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Speaker: We've been practicing breathing on the edge of the pool. (12:11):
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Speaker: And then he said, all right, now (12:14):
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Speaker: I just want you to go and go (12:15):
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Speaker: under the water and clear your (12:18):
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Speaker: noses and just sit there for a (12:19):
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Speaker: And so. (12:21):
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Speaker: So you do. (12:22):
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Speaker: And what do you think? (12:24):
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Speaker: You go, oh my God, I'm breathing underwater. (12:25):
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Speaker: Oh, yep. (12:28):
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Speaker: Oh my God, oh my God. (12:29):
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Speaker: And you look around and everyone's got big wide eyes (12:31):
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Speaker: behind their mask. (12:34):
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Speaker: And bubbles are coming out in big streams and everything. (12:35):
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Speaker: Right? (12:38):
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Speaker: You know, we've all been there. (12:38):
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Speaker: So. And then after a couple minutes, he goes down and taps (12:39):
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Speaker: you on the shoulder and we come up and he it goes, fun, huh? (12:43):
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Speaker: It's like, yeah. (12:46):
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Speaker: He said, all right, now you know what to expect. (12:47):
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Speaker: Now let's get down to business. (12:49):
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Speaker: And so in a microcosm, the shooting is the same way. (12:52):
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Speaker: not a video game now, right? (13:08):
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Speaker: And he puts it into the gun and racks the slide. (13:09):
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Speaker: And it's like, oh my gosh, this, you know, I'm breathing (13:12):
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Speaker: underwater, you know, and and then he pulls the gun up and (13:15):
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Speaker: there's a guy holding his arm so he doesn't shoot himself or the (13:19):
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Speaker: wall and he pulls the trigger and the gun recoils. (13:23):
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Speaker: And he's like, oh my God, oh my God, I'm shooting. (13:25):
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Speaker: Well, he should not go out Monday and buy a five thousand (13:30):
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Speaker: Because he has absolutely no idea what he needs or wants. (13:37):
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Speaker: I was going to say my first lesson in the pool. (13:40):
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Speaker: And what do you do at the end of the lesson? (13:44):
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Speaker: You put away your gear, get everything cleaned up, and then (13:46):
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Speaker: you walk out through the shop. (13:48):
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Speaker: I free these and I want to buy that. (13:50):
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Speaker: And what's the most expensive BC and regulator and yeah, yeah, (13:52):
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Speaker: charge card gets maxed out. (13:56):
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Speaker: I bought diving gear that I (13:58):
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Speaker: I, when I was quit diving on the (14:05):
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Speaker: police department, I had this (14:07):
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Speaker: like raggedy old wetsuit with (14:08):
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Speaker: I had a soft white belt. (14:12):
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Speaker: Remember those where you put lead shot in it, right? (14:13):
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Speaker: Yeah. (14:16):
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Speaker: I had a soft white belt that I (14:16):
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Speaker: had stitched up a half a dozen (14:17):
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Speaker: You know, my BC was worn, my mask was worn, you know, and I (14:20):
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Speaker: could walk right through a diving store and see all the (14:25):
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Speaker: fancy stuff in the world. (14:28):
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Speaker: And it didn't interest me at all because what I had worked fine. (14:31):
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Speaker: You know, and you know, you you raise an interesting point. (14:35):
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Speaker: I'm going sidebar here. (14:37):
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Speaker: When we buy stuff and you go to the range, you go to the dive (14:40):
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Speaker: site or whatever. (14:44):
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Speaker: At least with me, I always look (14:46):
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Speaker: at the guy with the kind of gear (14:48):
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Speaker: that's not in disrepair, but (14:49):
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Speaker: it's obviously been really well (14:51):
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Speaker: used. (14:52):
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Speaker: And you know, they call it salty. (14:53):
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Speaker: Your fatigues are coated in salt and worn. (14:54):
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Speaker: And on one hand, I've got all this shiny new stuff. (14:57):
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Speaker: And to me that just screamed, oh, he's a newbie, you know, he (14:59):
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Speaker: doesn't know what he's doing. (15:03):
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Speaker: But that guy. (15:04):
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Speaker: And whether he knew what he was (15:05):
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Speaker: doing, at least his gear was old (15:06):
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Speaker: enough. (15:08):
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Speaker: It looked like it was worn and had been there, done that. (15:08):
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Speaker: And you know the old saying he had the t shirt and wore it out. (15:11):
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Speaker: So it's funny. (15:14):
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Speaker: Think about that before you you plunk buy now and put down that (15:15):
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Speaker: credit card that there's going to come a moment where you're (15:19):
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Speaker: going to go, oh, this is cool and shiny and new, and then (15:22):
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Speaker: you're going to go, oh, but it doesn't look as experienced as (15:24):
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Speaker: that guy in the next lane over. (15:27):
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Speaker: Well, and it doesn't do what you (15:30):
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Speaker: thought it was going to do (15:31):
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Speaker: because you would think that, (15:32):
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Speaker: oh, this is going to make me a (15:33):
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Speaker: better shooter. (15:34):
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Speaker: No. (15:35):
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Speaker: Yeah. (15:36):
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Speaker: Only you can make you a better shooter. (15:36):
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Speaker: Right. (15:39):
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Speaker: And you become a better. (15:39):
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Speaker: There's the crux of what we're talking about right there. (15:40):
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Speaker: You just said and, and, and only you can learn what other tools (15:43):
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Speaker: and equipment will help you to hone that edge. (15:50):
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Speaker: Yeah. (15:53):
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Speaker: And the problem too, is that we have to wrestle with that again, (15:53):
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Speaker: back to the endorphin dump. (15:57):
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Speaker: We all like to buy stuff. (15:59):
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Speaker: You know, I, I have to say, the (16:01):
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Speaker: older I get, the less interested (16:03):
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Speaker: in that. (16:04):
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Speaker: I mean, I can go to Harbor Freight, walk around the entire (16:05):
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Speaker: store and come out and maybe have bought a bag of zip ties. (16:09):
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Speaker: Yeah. (16:15):
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Speaker: You know, I mean, there was a time when I would like, I would (16:15):
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Speaker: get heart palpitations, you know, in your hands would shake. (16:19):
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Speaker: Right. (16:22):
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Speaker: And it's like, I really need that purple jack or, you know, (16:23):
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Speaker: and, uh, all that stuff. (16:26):
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Speaker: So. Well, I've said that going to the outdoor store or the gun (16:28):
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Speaker: store, you know, there used to be a time I would, I'm like you. (16:31):
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Speaker: I would be like almost quivery to go and I could add this and I (16:35):
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Speaker: ought to buy that. (16:38):
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Speaker: And now I walk through and it's like, well, that's interesting, (16:39):
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Speaker: but I don't need it. (16:41):
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Speaker: I know, and you walk out with nothing and it's like, did (16:42):
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Speaker: something happen to me? (16:45):
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Speaker: Or I guess I feel better about it. (16:46):
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Speaker: Well, you know what I do. (16:48):
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Speaker: It's like if you go to like a Cabela's or a Bass Pro or (16:49):
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Speaker: something, those used to be just I mean, the angels would sing (16:52):
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Speaker: This is Nirvana, right? (16:55):
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Speaker: I walked into the front door of (16:57):
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Speaker: a Bass Pro and it's like, oh my (16:59):
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Speaker: God. (17:01):
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Speaker: Right. (17:01):
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Speaker: Well, the mothership is only an hour from you. (17:02):
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Speaker: And I specifically drove there just to walk into that store. (17:04):
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Speaker: Oh it's true. (17:08):
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Speaker: It's got the NRA museum. (17:08):
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Speaker: It's got I mean, it's unbelievable. (17:10):
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Speaker: Even smells right in there. (17:12):
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Speaker: You know, it's like leather and gun oil and the. (17:14):
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Speaker: I don't know what it is, but, uh, I'm old enough now that I (17:17):
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Speaker: look at things and I think, wow, that's really cool. (17:22):
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Speaker: I mean, God forbid I even do this with guns now. (17:25):
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Speaker: But I look at things and I think, well, that's really cool. (17:28):
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Speaker: And then I envision it sitting (17:31):
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Speaker: in my closet, gathering dust, (17:34):
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Speaker: gathering dust. (17:37):
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Speaker: Or it's like, wow, that's a (17:38):
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Speaker: really good looking jacket, you (17:40):
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Speaker: know? (17:42):
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Speaker: Yeah. (17:42):
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Speaker: It's like, yes. (17:42):
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Speaker: And then I would buy it and I would be happy and I would go (17:44):
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Speaker: home and wear it a couple times. (17:47):
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Speaker: And then I would go in my closet with my twenty five other really (17:49):
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Speaker: cool jackets that I bought. (17:53):
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Speaker: And so just, you know, try to rein that in initially. (17:56):
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Speaker: I mean, I think if, if somehow, I'm sorry, manufacturers that (17:59):
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Speaker: were saying these things, you know, but I think in the long (18:03):
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Speaker: run, it pays dividends because you get people who then when (18:07):
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Speaker: they buy your product, when they really need it, and they put it (18:10):
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Speaker: to use and it performs well, well, then they're going to want (18:13):
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Speaker: to buy more products from you. (18:16):
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Speaker: But if somebody buys a five (18:19):
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Speaker: hundred dollars red dot sight (18:20):
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Speaker: from you, and they don't even (18:22):
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Speaker: know how to put it on their gun, (18:24):
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Speaker: much less use it to its best (18:25):
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Speaker: ability, you know, well, then (18:28):
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Speaker: they're going to be (18:29):
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Speaker: dissatisfied. (18:30):
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Speaker: They're going to think it's your fault. (18:31):
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Speaker: They're going to blame it on the site. (18:32):
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Speaker: They're going to blame it on, (18:34):
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Speaker: you know, the guy who sold it to (18:34):
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Speaker: him. (18:36):
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Speaker: So yeah, the part I wanted to get to in this is the actionable (18:37):
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Speaker: intelligence part of the program in the time we've got left. (18:42):
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Speaker: So I think we've made that point pretty clear. (18:45):
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Speaker: And I think if you've watched us at all, you kind of get where (18:47):
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Speaker: we're coming from on this. (18:50):
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Speaker: And hopefully we're making sense (18:51):
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Speaker: from here on out, whether you're (18:53):
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Speaker: a brand new shooter or a very (18:54):
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Speaker: experienced shooter. (18:56):
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Speaker: I want to talk about what is the sweet spot because use red dots (18:58):
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Speaker: as an example. (19:03):
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Speaker: You can go on Amazon and get one for less than fifty bucks. (19:04):
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Speaker: Or you can buy, say, Trijicon. (19:07):
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Speaker: I just happen to be wearing their hat today. (19:10):
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Speaker: Um, top quality stuff and uh, vortex, very popular. (19:13):
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Speaker: Loopholed. (19:17):
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Speaker: I mean, I could go on and on. (19:17):
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Speaker: So there's everything from fifty (19:19):
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Speaker: dollars to probably the top end (19:21):
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Speaker: eight, nine hundred thousand (19:24):
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Speaker: dollars optics. (19:26):
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Speaker: And there's no right or wrong answer here. (19:28):
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Speaker: But Roy, your philosophy on where's that sweet spot for the (19:30):
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Speaker: majority of folks? (19:33):
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Speaker: Because, you know, like you said, Harbor freight. (19:35):
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Speaker: I've got I've got my own, uh, cost benefit analysis that with (19:37):
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Speaker: a tool, if I'm going to use it one single time, I'll try to get (19:42):
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Speaker: a harbor freight job. (19:44):
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Speaker: But if I know I'm going to use (19:46):
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Speaker: it for three weeks and I'm going (19:47):
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Speaker: to build a new room, I'll (19:49):
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Speaker: probably buy a better quality, (19:50):
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Speaker: more mainstream name brand (19:52):
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Speaker: thing. (19:54):
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Speaker: But when we're talking about gun stuff, whether guns or (19:54):
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Speaker: accessories, how do you, uh, make that kind of, uh, purchase (19:57):
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Speaker: decision when you're looking at the range of stuff? (20:02):
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Speaker: Well, I've learned to, and it takes time. (20:06):
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Speaker: Uh, and it takes willpower. (20:08):
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Speaker: So I have two rules. (20:10):
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Speaker: The first rule is I want to buy a new fill in the blank, right? (20:12):
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Speaker: So I'll look online. (20:17):
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Speaker: I'll go to the store, I'll handle them how everything. (20:18):
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Speaker: But I do not buy one that first day. (20:23):
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Speaker: In other words, don't. (20:28):
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Speaker: Yeah. (20:30):
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Speaker: Because you are going to learn more. (20:30):
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Speaker: You know, I mean just the act of (20:33):
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Speaker: doing the research into looking (20:34):
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Speaker: for what you think you want to (20:36):
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Speaker: buy, you're going to learn a (20:37):
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Speaker: lot. (20:39):
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Speaker: Uh, and then as a matter of (20:39):
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Speaker: fact, sometimes you do a one (20:41):
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Speaker: eighty and you realize, you know (20:42):
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Speaker: what? (20:43):
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Speaker: Maybe I really don't need one of those or I need one of these, (20:44):
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Speaker: you know, so that's rule one. (20:49):
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Speaker: The rule two is if you decide (20:51):
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Speaker: for sure that you need to put a (20:55):
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Speaker: red dot on your gun, don't go (20:57):
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Speaker: cheap because you will regret it (21:01):
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Speaker: instantly and you will waste (21:04):
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Speaker: that eighty dollars or, you (21:06):
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Speaker: know, one hundred dollars (21:08):
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Speaker: because you're now going to have (21:09):
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Speaker: to buy a three hundred and fifty (21:10):
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Speaker: dollars one, which now costs you (21:12):
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Speaker: four hundred and fifty dollars (21:14):
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Speaker: because you just waste one (21:15):
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Speaker: hundred dollars on the other (21:16):
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Speaker: one. (21:17):
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Speaker: Right. (21:18):
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Speaker: And it's guns are the same way. (21:19):
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Speaker: You know, you're going to say, well, I'm, you know, I really (21:21):
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Speaker: want a twenty two pistol. (21:23):
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Speaker: And there's this like old rusty something, something, and it's (21:24):
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Speaker: only one hundred and ninety five dollars and I'll buy that. (21:27):
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Speaker: Don't stop. (21:30):
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Speaker: Right. (21:31):
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Speaker: Look at it. (21:32):
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Speaker: Get that feeling out. (21:33):
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Speaker: Go home. (21:35):
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Speaker: Calm down. (21:36):
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Speaker: You know, and now revisit that. (21:39):
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Speaker: Maybe I should wait a month. (21:41):
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Speaker: I'll have two hundred more dollars I can spend. (21:43):
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Speaker: And then you go back and you find, oh, there's that. (21:46):
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Speaker: Ruger twenty two forty five. (21:48):
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Speaker: That's nice and clean. (21:49):
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Speaker: You know, it's lightly used. (21:51):
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Speaker: Maybe that's the one I should buy. (21:52):
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Speaker: But, you know, they said before was it buy once, cry once. (21:53):
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Speaker: Once. (21:57):
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Speaker: And I have never not known that to be the case. (21:59):
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Speaker: You know, it just. (22:03):
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Speaker: And I think so shooting accessories are the same thing. (22:04):
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Speaker: Don't it's not. (22:07):
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Speaker: Whoever has the most toys wins. (22:09):
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Speaker: It's really not. (22:11):
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Speaker: I mean, whoever has the most (22:12):
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Speaker: toys I think is an idiot and (22:14):
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Speaker: failed. (22:16):
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Speaker: So. Wow, that's pretty plain. (22:17):
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Speaker: No, but I mean, unless you're using them all. (22:20):
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Speaker: Yeah. (22:23):
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Speaker: You know, I mean, if you're a (22:23):
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Speaker: competition shooter and you're (22:24):
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Speaker: traveling, you're going to, you (22:26):
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Speaker: know, yes, you probably have a (22:27):
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Speaker: half a dozen competition guns (22:28):
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Speaker: and you've got, you know, all (22:29):
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Speaker: that. (22:31):
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Speaker: But if you're a weekend warrior, you know, and I mean, you don't (22:31):
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Speaker: need much there, you know? (22:35):
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Speaker: Yeah. (22:37):
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Speaker: You need a decent holster, a gun (22:38):
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Speaker: that's going to run a half a (22:39):
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Speaker: dozen magazines, you know, some (22:40):
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Speaker: good ammo, uh, glasses and (22:42):
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Speaker: hearing protection and then show (22:46):
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Speaker: up. (22:47):
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Speaker: Yeah. (22:49):
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Speaker: You know, so. (22:49):
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Speaker: Well, you know, I think that that dovetails into the final (22:50):
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Speaker: point I was going to make. (22:54):
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Speaker: And I think this is very (22:56):
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Speaker: important and it's (22:57):
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Speaker: philosophical. (22:58):
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Speaker: And I'd like to hear your thoughts, Roy, the idea that (22:59):
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Speaker: it's all about satisfaction, because if you buy a cheap (23:02):
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Speaker: whatever of any kind, are you going to be satisfied with that? (23:07):
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Speaker: But if you buy the same kind of mid-grade, which is where the (23:11):
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Speaker: vast majority of folks buy, I mean, that's that's almost a (23:14):
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Speaker: given that and manufacturers know this, they'll give you a (23:17):
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Speaker: real cheap one. (23:20):
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Speaker: They'll give you real expensive one, and know that eighty to (23:21):
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Speaker: ninety percent of sales will be that middle one, whether it's (23:24):
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Speaker: the same product or not. (23:27):
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Speaker: If it's got the middle price, (23:28):
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Speaker: that's where everybody (23:29):
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Speaker: Compromises. (23:31):
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Speaker: But if you do buy that middle ground gun or, uh, you know, a, (23:31):
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Speaker: there's a custom nineteen eleven, a Nighthawk, a Kimber or (23:37):
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Speaker: something like that. (23:41):
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Speaker: Or you can get a good quality (23:42):
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Speaker: Springfield, you know, Ruger, (23:44):
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Speaker: whatever. (23:46):
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Speaker: Are you going to be satisfied? (23:47):
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Speaker: And if you're not, you'll end up spending more money. (23:49):
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Speaker: You'll probably start by two or three cheap ones. (23:52):
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Speaker: Get the middle grade, not be satisfied by the most expensive, (23:54):
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Speaker: and then you're not going to be satisfied either because it's (23:57):
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Speaker: like, well, now as we've said, I'm not, you know, shooting in (23:59):
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Speaker: the professional leagues because it didn't make me any better. (24:03):
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Speaker: So that's the question I think (24:05):
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Speaker: we've all got to get to in our (24:07):
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Speaker: own minds is you got to be (24:09):
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Speaker: satisfied. (24:11):
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Speaker: You know, intellectually, the cheap, cheap version probably is (24:12):
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Speaker: not that good. (24:16):
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Speaker: That's cheap for a reason. (24:17):
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Speaker: The most expensive is probably very high quality. (24:18):
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Speaker: And if you're a pro level, (24:22):
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Speaker: whatever, you probably need (24:24):
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Speaker: that. (24:25):
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Speaker: But if you're like the vast majority of what Eric Gillhaus (24:26):
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Speaker: calls normal earth people. (24:29):
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Speaker: Me and you and Roy and everybody else. (24:30):
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Speaker: The middle ground is probably (24:33):
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Speaker: the best way to go, but the key (24:34):
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Speaker: there is just be satisfied with (24:36):
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Speaker: it. (24:38):
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Speaker: So I know you're. (24:38):
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Speaker: We call you the Missouri Buddha. (24:39):
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Speaker: Roy. (24:41):
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Speaker: So your thoughts on being satisfied with what you buy? (24:41):
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Speaker: Well, people may not realize how manufacturers play that card. (24:45):
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Speaker: Uh, every manufacturer I know who sells anything other than (24:49):
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Speaker: Rolls Royce has has the good, better, best, right? (24:55):
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Speaker: If you're a, if you're a, a (25:01):
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Speaker: leather maker, you'll, you'll (25:02):
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Speaker: say, well, you can buy this belt (25:05):
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Speaker: and it's seventy five dollars, (25:06):
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Speaker: but you can buy a belt and a (25:08):
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Speaker: holster for one hundred and (25:11):
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Speaker: fifty dollars, or you can buy a (25:13):
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Speaker: belt and a holster and a mag (25:17):
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Speaker: pouch for one hundred and ninety (25:19):
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Speaker: five dollars. (25:20):
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Speaker: Well, see, that's good. (25:21):
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Speaker: Better, best. (25:22):
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Speaker: So a guy goes to their website and he wants to buy a gun belt. (25:23):
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Speaker: So there it is. (25:27):
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Speaker: Right. (25:28):
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Speaker: But he's going to look and just say, well, you know, just for a (25:29):
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Speaker: few more dollars. (25:31):
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Speaker: Heck, I can get a holster too. (25:32):
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Speaker: Right. (25:34):
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Speaker: And and then it goes and, and that's where many people stop. (25:35):
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Speaker: Right. (25:39):
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Speaker: But then the smart people might (25:39):
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Speaker: go, yeah, but for just a few (25:41):
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Speaker: more dollars, I get a complete (25:42):
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Speaker: set. (25:43):
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Speaker: And and you can't tell me that. (25:44):
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Speaker: That's not very satisfying feeling. (25:46):
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Speaker: And even though at the time they go, well, that's more money than (25:50):
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Speaker: I wanted to spend, when the box shows up from the holster maker (25:53):
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Speaker: and they have a new belt, a new holster, and a new mag pouch. (25:57):
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Speaker: They feel pretty nice about that because think about it, right? (26:02):
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Speaker: Because otherwise you get the gun belt. (26:05):
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Speaker: You'd say, oh man, I wish I would have bought the holster. (26:07):
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Speaker: Yeah. (26:10):
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Speaker: And I think guns and accessories (26:12):
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Speaker: of all kinds are exactly the (26:13):
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Speaker: I mean, Ruger makes the basic ten twenty two. (26:17):
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Speaker: two and then they make a high (26:22):
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Speaker: end target. (26:23):
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Speaker: Ten twenty two and I mean, many people are happy with the entry (26:24):
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Speaker: level gun and there's nothing wrong with that. (26:29):
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Speaker: And if that's what you want to (26:30):
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Speaker: do, then that's what you should (26:32):
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Speaker: do. (26:33):
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Speaker: There's nothing wrong with that. (26:33):
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Speaker: But I think if you really want to be shooting and you're going (26:35):
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Speaker: to go hunting and you have some experience and all that, I think (26:38):
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Speaker: you'd make a mistake doing almost anything entry level. (26:41):
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Speaker: You you'd have to do just what you're talking about, which is (26:45):
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Speaker: at least go mid-range, you know, and then as you get more (26:48):
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Speaker: sophisticated, as your tastes change, as you get more (26:52):
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Speaker: experience, as your income grows, as you get older, you (26:54):
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Speaker: know, then now you can explore maybe getting that, you know, a (26:58):
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Speaker: little higher end. (27:01):
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Speaker: I just did a video on the (27:03):
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Speaker: Bighorn Armory, their model (27:04):
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Speaker: eighty nine. (27:06):
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Speaker: It's a six thousand dollars lever action rifle. (27:06):
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Speaker: And the comments were really interesting. (27:10):
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Speaker: There were well, I have a Rossi lever action and it's just as (27:12):
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Speaker: good, you know. (27:18):
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Speaker: Well, good. (27:20):
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Speaker: And you should probably keep that Rossi, you know, because (27:22):
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Speaker: here's someone who would probably not really understand (27:25):
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Speaker: what's going on here with this Bighorn Armory gun. (27:28):
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Speaker: Then there were a lot of people who said, boy, you know, I've (27:31):
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Speaker: got a marlin, I've got a this. (27:34):
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Speaker: I've always admired these high quality guns. (27:36):
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Speaker: My rifle does the job for me, but I can see where one of those (27:39):
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Speaker: would just be so much fun to use and, and buy. (27:43):
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Speaker: And it's like, yeah, it is right. (27:46):
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Speaker: But they did good. (27:49):
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Speaker: They bought a good tool for what they needed. (27:50):
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Speaker: And then there's a few people who say, you know what? (27:52):
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Speaker: I saved my money, I bought one. (27:55):
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Speaker: It is the best, funnest darn thing. (27:57):
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Speaker: I love it every time I shoot it. (28:01):
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Speaker: I just love it. (28:03):
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Speaker: Everybody I show it to loses their minds, you know? (28:05):
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Speaker: And so that's I think that's the balance, you know, so if you (28:08):
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Speaker: can't appreciate that, then you shouldn't waste your money on (28:12):
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Speaker: it, you know, but if you can't appreciate it, it's better to do (28:15):
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Speaker: that than start at the bottom and slowly work your way up. (28:18):
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Speaker: Well, that word is another great word to highlight in this (28:22):
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Speaker: episode is appreciate. (28:25):
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Speaker: I would say, you know, what are they? (28:28):
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Speaker: What's another saying? (28:31):
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Speaker: Always spend more than you want to. (28:32):
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Speaker: Never less than you should. (28:36):
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Speaker: Good point. (28:38):
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Speaker: Right. (28:39):
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Speaker: Yeah. (28:39):
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Speaker: And and guns and gear are the same way. (28:40):
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Speaker: I mean, everything there is. (28:43):
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Speaker: So if you're serious and you want to to get into shooting, (28:45):
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Speaker: for instance, you know, go to the range, rent different guns, (28:50):
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Speaker: talk to all your friends, shoot their guns, educate yourself. (28:53):
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Speaker: And then when you go to buy that first gun, spend more than you (28:56):
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Speaker: want to, but not less than you should, because chances are (29:01):
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Speaker: good, then you're going to be satisfied with that, and it'll (29:05):
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Speaker: be a gun that you can grow with. (29:08):
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Speaker: Uh, it'll be a gun that you'll likely keep in your collection. (29:10):
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Speaker: You might pass it on to your son or daughter or something. (29:13):
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Speaker: Um, but because nothing is worse than I mean, we make fun about (29:16):
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Speaker: harbor freight, but I mean, nothing truly is worse. (29:21):
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Speaker: I not so much now, but years ago Harbor Freight was just terrible (29:25):
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Speaker: to up their game. (29:29):
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Speaker: And they really have. (29:31):
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Speaker: I mean, pretty much everything works there. (29:32):
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Speaker: But I mean, I remember buying an electric tool thinking, oh good. (29:34):
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Speaker: You know, I've got this like really cool electric tool now. (29:37):
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Speaker: Yeah. (29:40):
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Speaker: You know, and you bring it home (29:40):
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Speaker: and when you plug it in, you (29:42):
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Speaker: hear the gears grind, you know, (29:43):
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Speaker: or, and then the magical blue (29:45):
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Speaker: smoke. (29:47):
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Speaker: Yeah. (29:48):
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Speaker: You know, and it's just like so unsatisfying. (29:48):
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Speaker: And you realize, well, I just spent, you know, eighty nine (29:50):
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Speaker: dollars on this. (29:53):
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Speaker: And so then, you know, you take that back or maybe you can't (29:53):
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Speaker: take it back. (29:56):
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Speaker: And then now you go to Home Depot or someplace and you spend (29:57):
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Speaker: one hundred and fifty dollars, which you should have spent to (30:00):
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Speaker: begin with, you know, and then when you get home and you're (30:03):
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Speaker: running it, oh, it's quiet, it's smooth, it's got a lot of power. (30:06):
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Speaker: You know, there's that (30:09):
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Speaker: satisfaction because man, I and (30:10):
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Speaker: I've seen a lot of people get (30:12):
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Speaker: disillusioned, you know, (30:14):
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Speaker: they'll, they, they go out and (30:15):
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Speaker: they buy some fill in the blank (30:16):
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Speaker: name brand cheapie gun, you (30:18):
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Speaker: know, us. (30:22):
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Speaker: And they go and they shoot it and it's just not satisfying. (30:24):
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Speaker: Yeah. (30:28):
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Speaker: You know, and then they think, (30:28):
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Speaker: well, this isn't any fun, you (30:30):
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Speaker: know. (30:32):
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Speaker: You know, and you're it is fun. (30:32):
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Speaker: You just did it the wrong way. (30:34):
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Speaker: Exactly. (30:36):
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Speaker: Well, uh, great. (30:38):
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Speaker: Uh, points. (30:40):
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Speaker: And again, I don't think there's a right or wrong answer here, (30:40):
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Speaker: but just be educated. (30:43):
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Speaker: Try to take your emotion, your, (30:44):
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Speaker: uh, reptile brain, out of it a (30:47):
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Speaker: little bit. (30:49):
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Speaker: Don't fall for the marketing hype. (30:49):
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Speaker: And again, even we do it, but I (30:51):
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Speaker: was going to point out the, the (30:53):
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Speaker: big dichotomy going away is when (30:54):
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Speaker: I got to be editor of guns (30:57):
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Speaker: magazine, you know, it's, it's (30:58):
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Speaker: by virtue of what we do, it's (31:00):
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Speaker: wonderful. (31:01):
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Speaker: It's a blessing. (31:02):
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Speaker: We get gear all the time. (31:03):
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Speaker: And there reaches a point where you get beyond, oh, cool. (31:05):
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Speaker: The, the, as we call it, the brown truck of joy showed up. (31:08):
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Speaker: And now and some of this is Roy's influence, but I've got (31:11):
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Speaker: too much crap here and I just give away stuff. (31:15):
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Speaker: And I'm trying to downsize from two story paid storage units to (31:18):
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Speaker: at least one. (31:23):
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Speaker: And a lot of it's just stuff (31:24):
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Speaker: that I got and there's nothing (31:25):
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Speaker: wrong with it, but it just it's (31:26):
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Speaker: not something that makes my life (31:29):
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Speaker: better. (31:30):
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Speaker: And you, you're kind of conflicted and getting rid of (31:31):
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Speaker: it, but, uh, have it. (31:33):
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Speaker: What my point I'm trying to make here is having more gear does (31:35):
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Speaker: not make you the winner. (31:39):
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Speaker: And it certainly doesn't change your skill level. (31:41):
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Speaker: And, uh, I've got a friend who (31:43):
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Speaker: owns a burial vault company, and (31:44):
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Speaker: he often points out he so far in (31:47):
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Speaker: the thousands of funerals he's (31:49):
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Speaker: worked, he's never seen a hearse (31:50):
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Speaker: with a luggage rack or pulling a (31:52):
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Speaker: trailer. (31:53):
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Speaker: So that kind of kind of puts it in perspective, you know, you (31:54):
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Speaker: know, die hard hunters. (31:59):
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Speaker: And you're probably one of (32:00):
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Speaker: these, uh, that you go to, (32:01):
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Speaker: they're like hunting room, you (32:04):
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Speaker: know, or the portion of their (32:07):
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Speaker: garage that has the hunting (32:08):
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Speaker: stuff. (32:10):
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Speaker: And there's, you know, a dozen different packs and, you know, (32:10):
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Speaker: five different waiters and yeah, yeah, thirty five spinning reels (32:14):
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Speaker: and, you know, the list goes on. (32:19):
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Speaker: I've just got that in my garage. (32:22):
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Speaker: Well, shooters are the same way. (32:26):
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Speaker: And I. So I think that the (32:27):
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Speaker: biggest thing for me is because (32:29):
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Speaker: I've done it and you've done it (32:31):
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Speaker: and everybody does it, but is (32:32):
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Speaker: don't be in a rush to buy (32:35):
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Speaker: everything. (32:37):
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Speaker: Uh, because you're going to end up like that. (32:38):
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Speaker: You're going to have a shelf full of holsters. (32:40):
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Speaker: You're gonna have a shelf full of other things that you never, (32:42):
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Speaker: ever, ever use. (32:44):
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Speaker: So if you, if you could be smart enough to just step at a time, (32:46):
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Speaker: it's more satisfying. (32:51):
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Speaker: You'll save your money. (32:53):
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Speaker: You won't waste it on things you don't need. (32:54):
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Speaker: You'll be able to buy better (32:56):
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Speaker: things when you finally make the (32:57):
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Speaker: buying decision, you know, uh, (32:59):
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Speaker: and, and frankly, I almost (33:01):
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Speaker: across the board, fewer is (33:04):
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Speaker: usually better because you can (33:06):
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Speaker: focus on learning to use what (33:07):
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Speaker: you have rather than just (33:09):
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Speaker: acquiring. (33:11):
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Speaker: Yep. (33:12):
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Speaker: The more crap you have, the less freedom you have in your life. (33:13):
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Speaker: And I, I truly believe that. (33:16):
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Speaker: So. Well, Roy, a great topic, great discussion. (33:18):
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Speaker: We need to get on out of here. (33:21):
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Speaker: Of course, if you're watching on (33:23):
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Speaker: Apple Podcasts, some of those, you can always reach out and (33:32):
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Speaker: send us an email that's editor at podcast dot us. (33:36):
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Speaker: And, uh, I, I've been bad lately not responding to the emails, (33:41):
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Speaker: but I do certainly read them and we certainly appreciate it. (33:45):
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Speaker: So, uh, before we get out of here, of course, make sure you (33:47):
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Speaker: check out guns magazine dot com. (33:50):
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Speaker: I just had a piece this week. (33:52):
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Speaker: It should be published now where I went back and reviewed stuff (33:53):
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Speaker: that I reviewed two or three years ago in guns magazine. (33:57):
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Speaker: And, uh, it's kind of funny not to get off on a separate topic, (34:00):
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Speaker: but I realized there's a lot of gear that we review, and then (34:03):
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Speaker: that's the last time it sees the light of day. (34:06):
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Speaker: It goes on the shelf. (34:08):
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Speaker: And then there's gear that I still use almost every day. (34:09):
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Speaker: And I thought, I'll go back and (34:12):
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Speaker: do the, uh, the redo, uh, gear (34:14):
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Speaker: And you can also see some of my (34:29):
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Speaker: writing and other fun stuff (34:31):
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Speaker: there. (34:32):
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Speaker: It's kind of just a junk drawer (34:32):
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Speaker: of, of fun and interesting (34:34):
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Speaker: stuff. (34:36):
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Speaker: And, uh, so you can check that out. (34:36):
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Speaker: Guns podcast dot us and guns magazine dot com. (34:38):
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Speaker: So anyway, Roy, let's get on out of here. (34:42):
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Speaker: I appreciate you talking, uh, taking time to talk about this. (34:44):
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Speaker: As always, you've got great (34:47):
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Speaker: insight from many years of (34:49):
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Speaker: shooting. (34:50):
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Speaker: So on behalf of Roy Huntington, I'm Brent Wheat, the host of (34:51):
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Speaker: guns podcast us. (34:53):
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Speaker: And as I always remind you, now (34:55):
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