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Black Rifle Coffee Podcast

#086 - Jim Staley - TacGas

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Free Range American: Ep 086 Jim Staley - TacGas Media Evan Hafer and Logan Stark welcome Jim Staley, CEO of TacGas Media. The three discuss the humble origins of both TacGas and Black Rifle Coffee, reminisce on difficult training course experiences, and share some key lessons learned along the way.

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0:00.0

We're rolling. We're rolling. Just daily. Welcome to FRA. Holy shit. How you doing, man? Good, man.

0:23.3

And my brain's just been humming because Jim walked in the coffee shop and he's like, so I got

0:29.0

an armored personnel carrier. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Just for you. No, I'm trying to flip it actually,

0:35.6

but really with it for a little while. What is it? It's called a GPV. I think armor group made it.

0:42.0

Okay. It was like 2.9 originally. What? Yeah, it's like almost brand new. It was like their trade show

0:49.2

model. Holy shit. It looks like something out of a Batman movie. Really? It's like a pack level

0:54.8

seven thermal cameras all throughout. It's six wheels, 40,000 pounds. Holy crap. So if you've

1:03.0

been driving it around a little bit, it drives pretty good. It drives pretty well. It's

1:08.5

they said it's street legal. I don't know who is the people that I paid the money to.

1:15.4

I don't see how it could be though. Because even if you, I mean, where do you go to ensure that thing?

1:24.7

Well, I mean, I've never had to, yeah, I've never had to ensure an APC. I would

1:31.5

40,000 pounds. Yeah. Can you even drive that over some bridges? Like you're not going to go to

1:37.0

it. It's heavy. It's heavy. It goes like 65 miles an hour. It has like the front wheels turn

1:44.4

and the back wheels turn. So the turn is pretty sharp. It has a ram on the front. Go electronic

1:49.0

ram. So are you just using it for content? No, I got it because I got it for a deal. I don't

1:53.7

want to flip it and make money and then use it for content in between. But I knew as soon as it

1:58.8

showed up, I wasn't going to want to sell it. I already have like 10 different ideas. That's what I'm

2:04.0

saying. I'm like, do you have these coffee delivery? Here's the thing you guys should be the

2:11.2

customer that buys it. It'd be great. Then I can still play with it. But we can do it with your money

2:19.8

we just all up to events like what's the only you for a $3 million APC? You're going to want to hold on

2:24.9

that. You're going to want to hold on. This was actually your plan all along. I just need to get

2:32.3

this vehicle in front of these knuckleheads. Yeah. Yeah. I told him I'm like, maybe I'll just

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