High End Pistol Craze; Has The 9mm Beaten The 45?; Shooting Fundamentals

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In This Hour:

-- Mark Stone, of Nighthawk Custom, addresses the increased interest in high-end pistols, and what makes a handmade 1911 "worth it."

-- Has the 9mm cartridge completely the 45 Auto in the pistol market?

-- Tom heads to the range with friends and revisits the need to work on fundamental skills.

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0:00.0	The Ruger LC carbine is the ultimate range companion.
0:03.6	Chambered in 5-7 by 28 is fun to shoot and low recoiling.
0:08.3	A folding stock and collapsible sites make it compact.
0:11.5	Learn more at Ruger.com.
0:14.2	He was the first and he's still the best.
0:17.6	For 30 years, Tom Gresham has been your trusted source on all things ballistic.
0:22.9	New guns, Second Amendment, personal protection, be part of it. Call Tom Talk Gun. Now, here's Tom.
0:33.8	All right, let's do this thing. Hey, I'm Tom Gresham. I am your host. It's this gun talk where we gather. You know what we do around here? We talk about guns. Big surprise, right? If you want to join me, if you want to be a part of this, give me a call 866 Talk Gun or Tom Talk Gun. It's easier that way, honestly. Tom Talk Gun will get you in here. A lot of things going on on in the news, newsbreaking this morning as we're talking, another assassination attempt on
0:59.8	President Trump. Yeah, didn't go real far. The guy's DRT. He's dead right there. But there's
1:08.2	some takeaways from this story that we'll be talking about a little later in the show about what could it mean to you and maybe, maybe changing the way that you prepare with your everyday carry or your home defense gun.
1:20.3	We'll talk about that.
1:21.5	A lot of things going on, we're going to talk about some cool guns, some new guns, some expensive guns, and what makes them maybe worth it? What are the most
1:30.6	worthless questions I ever get? Somebody says, well, is that worth it? Well, I don't know.
1:37.8	If you don't want to pay the money, it's not worth it to you. It might be worth it to me.
1:42.3	It's like, it's one of the silliest questions you get.
1:44.2	Is that really worth it? I don't know. You know what? If somebody's willing to pay it, then yes, it's worth it. Simple as that. And we are blessed with having so many great guns available to us these days. Yeah, you can get them cheap and they're good. And then you can spent a good bit of money, and what do you get with that? Well, let's talk to a guy who makes
2:03.0	really good good. And then you can spend a good bit of money. And what do you get with that?
2:01.7	Well, let's talk to a guy who makes really good guns.
2:05.8	Mark Stone is the owner and CEO of Nighthawk Custom, makers of really fine 1911s and also a bunch of other guns.
2:14.8	Hey, Mark, welcome again.
2:16.7	Hey, Tom. It's great to be on your show, and
2:19.4	thanks for the opportunity. And I was looking back, I think it was like July of 23 the last time I was
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