USPSA
Getting Back Into the Game: Recap of 2025 Wyoming Governor’s Match
Competing in his first major USPSA match in over a year, Riley shares highlights, gear insights, and takeaways from the 2025 Wyoming Governors’ Match—including video footage, long-range hits, and lessons learned.
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Riley Bowman Joins Team HK
At SHOT Show 2024 in Las Vegas Heckler & Koch USA announced the addition of Riley Bowman to team HK. Riley Bowman is a relative newcomer to the competitive shooting…
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S7E16: Iron Sights or Red Dots? with Tim Herron Part 2
Riley Bowman brings on Tim Herron to discuss a topic that has been popular as of late…red dots or iron sights on handguns. Tim is a USPSA Grand Master and is a national-level top competitor in Single Stack Division. He KNOWS irons sights really well. He also trains hundreds of shooters each year through his training at TimHerronShooting.com. Riley is a bit more comfortable with red dots, but spent the last 6 weeks shooting iron sights getting ready for Production Division Nationals and will bring his perspective as well.
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S7E16: Iron Sights or Red Dots? with Tim Herron Part 1
Riley Bowman brings on Tim Herron to discuss a topic that has been popular as of late…red dots or iron sights on handguns. Tim is a USPSA Grand Master and is a national-level top competitor in Single Stack Division. He KNOWS irons sights really well. He also trains hundreds of shooters each year through his training at TimHerronShooting.com. Riley is a bit more comfortable with red dots, but spent the last 6 weeks shooting iron sights getting ready for Production Division Nationals and will bring his perspective as well.
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S5E4: The Random Show with Riley Bowman
Riley Bowman brings a unique format to the show for the first time, something we’re calling “The Random Show.” Meaning Riley’s going to cover a wide-array of topics and ideas, sometimes bringing on various guests or hosts. While we will tend to stay focused in the firearms/self-defense space, anything is on the table.
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S4E11: Achieving Max Cold Performance with Charlie Perez
Riley Bowman interviews Charlie Perez of Big Panda Performance to discuss how we can get max performance WHEN IT COUNTS…or from the first round fired…cold. As defensive shooters, this is CRITICAL because we only get one chance. Something for everyone, so tune in!
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S4E6: Lessons Learned From the 2021 USPSA Nationals
Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster discuss lessons learned from Riley’s recent return from the 2021 USPSA Carry Optics Nationals. Many of these lessons are directly applicable to shooting skill for concealed carry folks even if you do not compete.
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Episode 465: The Path of Focused Effort with Charlie Perez
Today, Riley Bowman interviews USPSA Grand Master Charlie Perez to talk about training methodologies and what he calls “The Path of Focused Effort.” It should be a GREAT episode, so tune in!
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Episode 463: Optimizing Performance Practically with AJ Zito
Today, Riley Bowman interviews AJ Zito of Practical Performance to discuss methods and means we can enhance and optimize our training and performance in a way that’s practical. AJ is a USPSA Master shooter, as well as a multi-division Master in IDPA. He is an active competitive shooter, firearms instructor, and custom gunsmith specializing in 1911 and 2011 pistols. Plus he’s a great all-around guy, so tune in!
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Episode 457: Outsider Looking in at Competitive Shooting
Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen talk about the recent USPSA 2020 Area 2 Championship they both attended–Riley as a competitor and Jacob as an observer. Riley picks Jacob’s brain on what he learned about competitive action shooting events and competitive shooters.
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Episode 453: Performance When it Counts with Greybeard Actual, Matt Little
Riley Bowman sits down and talks with Matt Little of Greybeard Actual. Matt has a unique life experience of having worked actively and retired from US Army Special Forces and a major metropolitan SWAT team while also being a Master-class USPSA competitor. Matt’s truly one of those that has “been there, done that” and we will be discussing lessons for concealed carriers that we can pull from all of that plus with his current civilian life and work as STI’s LE/MIL Business Development Manager. Trust me, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!
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3 Ways Shooting in Competitions Can Up Your Defensive Skills
I have a confession to make, I’m not a competitive shooter. I’ve done a couple mock competitions, but that’s really about it. But I have done a lot of research…
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Episode 274: Talking With the Best Shooters in the World – Arik Levy
Today Riley interviews Arik Levy of Firearms Nation and the Firearms Nation Podcast about the BIGGEST lessons he’s learned in interviewing the world’s best shooters through his Shooter’s Summit series. As a law enforcement officer, we’ll also dig into current issues with Arik and get his thoughts on recent mass shootings. Don’t miss it, listen in!
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Episode 204: Shane Coley – Try to Get 1% Better Everyday
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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