Ep. 413 | The Evolution of the Battle Rifle

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

Vortex’s Alexander Lewis and Adam Maxwell team up to talk battle rifles. We cover what a battle rifle is, their evolution, applications where they shine, drawbacks, if you need one, and what the modern battle rifle looks like for today’s warfighter. One thing is certain; we’ve come a long way.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Got a great episode coming up here in just a few seconds. But before we get started,
0:06.0	got to do a little bit of housekeeping, because within the conversation on the video,
0:10.3	we're going to be talking about and showing our M157 optic. So here goes.
0:18.5	Efforts sponsored by the U.S. government under other transaction number W15QKN-22-9-P-001 between
0:30.7	sheltered wings, Inc., DBA vortex optics, and the government.
0:35.4	The U.S. government is authorized to reproduce and distribute
0:40.1	reprints for governmental purposes, notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon. The views and
0:47.6	conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily
0:53.8	representing the official policies
0:56.3	or endorsements either expressed or implied of the U.S. government. Let's start the show.
1:07.8	Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast, brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment, and good food.
1:21.1	What is up, everybody? Mark on the mic. Jim to my right, Mr. Adam Maxwell and Mr. Alexander Lewis across from us.
1:29.3	Gentlemen, the podcast ring is packed today. We have a bit of a battle royale going on a battle rifle
1:38.1	royale. And Jim, we got just the guys to talk about this topic with us today. He came up with that 10 seconds ago?
1:46.7	Yeah.
1:47.3	I got to give you credit words, too.
1:49.1	I appreciate that.
1:50.5	Guys, we've had this on the books for a while.
1:53.2	I've been pumped about this for a while.
1:55.1	We're going to talk about battle rifles, you know, maybe where they've been, where they are today. If you're watching
2:03.2	on YouTube, you can maybe see a little bit about where they are today. Maybe where we're going
2:08.6	and then contrast it with, you can't have this conversation without contrasting it with your
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