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S11E7: The Latest Guns and Gear 2025
Riley and Jacob explore the latest trends and innovations from SHOT Show 2025. We discuss a memorable find at the show and reveal the advanced Ruger RXM, designed with Magpul. We also highlight the competitive features of the Rost Martin lineup and the new Titan X laser training pistol from Mantis, aimed at improving dry-fire training. Our discussion includes weapon-mounted lights, comparing innovations from Streamlight and Surefire
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Own an AR-15? Check out the Blackbeard from Mantis
The Blackbeard AR-15 laser training device is relatively new to the market. However, it’s already dominating the competitive products in the space with its impressive features and performance. For those…
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Mantis Reveals The 3 Handgun Companies Shooters Love Most
What manufacturers’ handguns do people use and train with most? The company Mantis looked at user data from their popular training devices to come up with the answer to that…
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Review: The New Mantis Laser Academy
What is the Laser Academy from MantisX? Mantis Laser Academy is a laser, shot recording smartphone application with built-in training modes. The app is from the same well-known company that…
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Episode 469: The Mantis Elite Marksman
Jacob welcomes Ratigan back as a guest to help discuss a series of free training courses Jacob just completed via the Mantis app; and what he learned from them. Tune in to understand how you too may benefit from Jacob’s takeaways or from completing the training program yourself.
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What I Learned, Mantis Elite Marksman
I’ve been familiar with Mantis since they had their “popup” booth at SHOT Show in 2016. We’ve been resellers of the product here on our site since 2017. About a…
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Episode 424: Gunfight Hit Factor – Processes & Results
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster talk about an intriguing topic with broad implications. USPSA competitions use a metric known as “hit factor” to measure shooting performance in a match. “Points” per second is an idea that can be directly applied to defensive situations as well. So how can we increase our defensive “hit factor?”
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Mantis X Prooves Finger Placement Is Overrated
In this episode of SHOP Talk, Riley busts the trigger finger placement myth that has been running around shooting circles for a long time. The myth, of course, is that…
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