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Vortex Nation Podcast

Ep. 197 | The T.REX Arms Story ­– Lucas Botkin

Vortex Nation Podcast

Vortex Nation Podcast

Sports, Vortex Optics, Shooting, Scope, Gun, Long Range, Wilderness, Hunting, Riflescope, Vortex, Vortex Nation Podcast, Binoculars, Vortex Nation, Optics, Rifle

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Lucas Botkin from T.REX Arms joins Mark and Jimmy to give us the who, what, where, why, and how of his company T.REX Arms came to exist. How does a farm kid who got his start making AR-15 mag holders with kydex material he stole off his brother wind up creating one of the most well-known companies in the industry manufacturing their own gear in-house, selling their own curated assortment of firearms accessories, and hosting a firearms and shooting YouTube channel with more than a million followers? Good question! The answers over the course of this podcast won’t disappoint!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public

0:09.4

lands, the Second Amendment, and good food.

0:13.8

All right, what is up everybody?

0:19.7

I have Jim to my right, yes, I repeat Jim to my right, Jim your life.

0:25.0

Not dead.

0:26.0

You're not dead.

0:27.0

You're just talking about this, apparently there was quite some concern about your brief

0:31.4

absence, your own little vacation there.

0:33.6

I feel like we would have addressed, if you had died, like I think we would have mentioned

0:38.8

that.

0:39.8

I like actually the thought that you would have gone on just like everything is normal,

0:43.4

but thanks to those who were concerned enough to bring it up, appreciate that.

0:47.2

Yeah, Jim, you were saying it was kind of like a wonderful life thing where you kind

0:51.8

of got to see from the outside in, and people cared.

0:55.0

Yeah.

0:56.0

A couple of followers out there, wow, one of them even said, man, we're going to miss

1:00.0

him even if we don't actually miss his car references.

1:03.0

So, yeah, but more importantly, I was going to say more importantly than you being alive,

1:08.6

Jim.

1:09.6

Yeah, we are joined by Lucas Bodkin from T-Rex Arms, special guest today, we can kind of

1:15.3

hang out at Vortex HQ.

1:17.8

So Lucas, welcome, it's been a pleasure having you.

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