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Review: The New Mantis Laser Academy

By Matthew Maruster / March 25, 2021

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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What I Learned, Mantis Elite Marksman

By Jacob Paulsen / January 7, 2021

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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Mantis X Prooves Finger Placement Is Overrated

By Joshua Gillem / July 9, 2019

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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MantisX Training Tool

By Joshua Gillem / December 14, 2018

Our 12 Days of Giveaways is about half over at this point in the game (12/9/2018) – 12/20/2018), but there are still several chances to win excellent products for doing…

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12 Days of Christmas Giveaways – 2018

By Jacob Paulsen / December 7, 2018

I’m pleased to announce our first ever 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. This kicks off next week on December 9th and what follows are some of the relevant details! WHAT…

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Episode 214: Kydex Holsters – Interview with Bill Rogers

By Riley Bowman / April 6, 2018

Today on the podcast Riley and Matthew share the interview with Bill Rogers, father of the modern kydex holster, founder of the world-renowned Rogers Shooting School, all-around legend. Plus Riley has a special surprise!!

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MantisX Firearms Training System, You’re Going to Want This! [VIDEO]

By Matthew Maruster / November 20, 2017

Regardless of how long we have been shooting, every one of us can improve. Most people will tell you that practice makes perfect. But if you are practicing poor technique,…

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Episode 160: Handgun Lights & Lasers – Part 1

By Riley Bowman / September 29, 2017

A podcast listener requested we give our take on lights and lasers for handguns. Jacob and Riley did their best to do so, but after an hour of just talking about the lights piece, they decided to break it up into 2 parts! More to come obviously on the topic, but don’t miss this episode to get everything you wanted and then some on handheld and weapon mounted lights for your handgun.

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Episode 151: 2017 NRA Carry Guard Expo Highlights

By Riley Bowman / August 30, 2017

Riley and Jacob are back from Milwaukee, Wisconsin after attending the 2017 NRA Carry Guard Expo. They talk about a number of interesting and new products they found there including an innovative speed loader for revolvers, guns that fold in half, guns that load cartridges “backwards,” and of course they talk about the newly released Gen 5 Glocks.

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Episode 96: Interview With Ratigan From MantisX

By Riley Bowman / February 15, 2017

Oftentimes mixing digital technology with firearms is a mistake in our opinion, or at least it is executed poorly. Smart guns that require a special watch to be within inches in order to fire, biometric safes that fail to open when you need them to, or even the government trying to force you to use certain “safety” products…but how about one product that makes a lot of sense, is executed very well, and actually can make you a better shooter…a much, MUCH BETTER SHOOTER?! Check out this interview we do together with Ratigan from MantisX that is making a product that is revolutionizing the shooting world…it’s like “having an instructor in your pocket!”

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Episode 90: SHOT Show 2017 Wrap-up

By Riley Bowman / January 26, 2017

Riley and Jacob just returned from SHOT Show 2017 to report on their overall impressions of this year’s show and state of the industry. Also they discuss their top picks for new handguns, rifles, shotguns, optics, accessories and more! Check it out….

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