competitive shooting

S12E4-Weapon Striking and Failure Points with Mike Seeklander

S12E4: Weapon Striking & Failure Points with Mike Seeklander – Re-Release!

By Riley Bowman / July 11, 2025

In this rerun episode, Mike Seeklander discusses weapon striking, the failure point cycle in order to improve our training, as well as other useful topics!

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A reactive shooting system featuring Throom Targets mounted on a wooden stand at an outdoor shooting range, with a blue barrel in the foreground.

Throom Targets & Lazarus Targets Unveil the Ultimate Reactive Shooting System at SHOT Show 2025

By Mitch Goerdt / February 19, 2025

SHOT Show 2025 was packed with groundbreaking innovations, but one collaboration stood out: Throom Targets and Lazarus Target Systems have joined forces to create the most advanced, shoot-through, no-ricochet reactive…

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Episode 426: Performance at the Highest Level – B.J. Norris

By Riley Bowman / June 25, 2020

Today, Riley Bowman interviews world champion shooter B.J. Norris (while on his lunch break) on what it takes to perform at our best…especially in stressful situations. B.J. has been competing since his youth and has numerous National and World titles to his name. He is also an avid practitioner of the defensive handgun.

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Episode 290: Tactical and Competitive Shooting Tips With Chad Enos and Pat Kelley

By Riley Bowman / February 3, 2019

Today Riley releases the interview from SHOT Show 2019 he had the pleasure of doing at the Kel-Tec booth together with Chad Enos and Patrick Kelley. These are two solid dudes in the industry, Chad the Marketing Director for Kel-Tec and a talented competitive shooter, and Patrick a mainstay in the shooting world, one of the best all-around shooters in the industry. We get into shooting fundamentals, tactics, competitive shooting, gear, and training with holsters. Plus we take a look at the two new product offerings from Kel-Tec, the CP33 and the KS-7 shotgun. Leave us your thoughts about this fun interview!

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Episode 230: Getting Kids Into Shooting From a Young Age

By Riley Bowman / June 8, 2018

Today Riley and Matthew interview Nami and her dad. She is a 12-year-old girl who is being taught from an early age about firearm safety, shooting, and is getting into competition shooting as well. Nami and her parents have also received some criticism for encouraging her to pursue the firearms sports. We’ll ask about that as well.

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Episode 210: Encouraging American Innovation at Kel-Tec and Talking With Kids About Guns

By Riley Bowman / March 24, 2018

Today Riley and Jacob answer some questions that have come into the Podcast Mailbox including one about talking with kids about guns and concealed carry, plus we play back the interview we did with our friend, Chad Enos, back at SHOT Show 2018. Chad is the Marketing Representative at Kel-Tec. He is a professional 3-gunner and all around good dude. You’ll enjoy listening to this entertaining interview with him and his buddy, Devaughn, from Canada. We dive into some of the background of Kel-Tec and what makes them a great American company.

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Episode 204: Shane Coley – Try to Get 1% Better Everyday

By Riley Bowman / March 3, 2018

Today’s episode of the Concealed Carry Podcast features an interview with Shane Coley, Glock Shooting Team Captain, 2017 USPSA Handgun National Champion, and all-around good dude. There’s some seriously great advice in this interview that we’re confident will help you with handgun mastery. But at the core of it, Shane encourages us all to try to get just 1% better each day, and eventually it will pay off in a big way–on the competition stage or on the street. Enjoy!

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Episode 132: Interview with Rob Leatham – Jerk the Trigger the Right Way!

By Riley Bowman / June 21, 2017

Today is a special episode together with Rob Leatham where Riley and Jacob sit down with him to talk about Rob’s philosophy and secrets behind shooting accurately and shooting fast! After listening to Rob you’ll see that there’s really only 3 things you need to be concerned with in order to master these skills. One of the things that might surprise some shooters is Rob’s advocacy for jerking the trigger–but it’s about learning to jerk the trigger correctly! Don’t forget that Rob Leatham is also our special guest for this month’s Guardian Nation Live Broadcast. Learn more at www.guardiannation.com.

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