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Grant Gillespie - Viking Armament

KIFARUCAST

Kifaru International

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness, Education

4.92.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Aron welcomes our good friend Grant Gillespie from Viking Armament back to the podcast. Grant and Viking built Aron's 6.5 PRC "Thor" that has put down numerous animals, talk shop on all their rifles including all the popular calibers, different actions, optics options, and new specialty offerings as well as trade stories from the guiding world. With numerous employees and Kifaru owners using their rifles, you can trust a Viking will put down the animal when the time comes. Season is here! Be sure to tag Kifaru and KifaruCast on Social Media using your Kifaru products! Be sure to #RHINOTOUGH and #GEARFORLIFE so we can share in your adventures. Head over to our YouTube channel as well and check out some of our latest videos, tons of new content going out weekly! Click the subscribe button to stay up to date on the latest tech tips, gear reviews, and new product launches! Be sure to follow us on social media:Instagram: @kifaru_intl | @kifarucast Facebook: /kifaruinternational | /kifarucast YouTube: /kifarutube Did you like this episode? If you like what you hear go over to our Patreon and check out our levels of support, it helps up keep the lights on.

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0:00.0

So you got a whole alpha team now, don't you?

0:02.9

But you have a wealth of knowledge that is beneficial to a lot of people and we can move the needle.

0:08.4

How often do you hear a hunting podcast?

0:10.9

We were talked about this. People relate to this.

0:20.4

What's up everybody? I've got Grant Gillespie with Viking Armament and I guess

0:25.6

Grant, you do all kinds of stuff but Viking Armament for people that don't know that's who built

0:30.9

my rifle for the one that I use and then multiple rifles for people in the company.

0:37.2

And then you also, you know, you also guide quite a bit.

0:41.3

You've got a crazy-ass brother that does the same thing but what's going on, dude?

0:47.2

Man, just doing the daily deal here kicking off our day at the shop.

0:52.0

I've also got our gunsmith Jeremiah Greenfield with us and it's just been crazy.

0:56.9

This time of year is totally hectic. All of us here in the shop as far as the rifle builds

1:04.0

themselves go. Everybody kind of decides that, hey, I drew a tag or I'm going on this hunt and

1:10.0

it's time to gear up with a new rifle or get theirs tuned up and taking care of.

1:14.4

And then every year, this time of year, it seems like the bug really comes around and

1:19.5

hits myself and my brother and all the guys here on the shop as far as getting our own hunts

1:24.4

fired up for the year. Obviously, I'm sure you guys are in the same boat over there.

1:30.4

Ram and Jam and with gear and getting stuff rocking and rolling for people, aren't?

1:35.8

Yeah, it's been crazy busy. I'm actually getting ready to leave for I'm going to be up in BC for

1:42.2

five weeks or at least Friday for that and then back like the first part of September and then

1:48.8

Anders and yeah, there's all kind of downers and Dan are going on a caribou hunt and you know,

1:53.6

you know how it is, whatever. It's the time of year you get in trouble because people are pissed

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