How a Pharmacist in South Dakota Built a Silencer Empire
The Rich Outdoors
Cody Rich
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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In this episode, I’m thrilled to welcome Brandon Maddox, the visionary founder and CEO of Silencer Central, to the podcast. Prepare for an enthralling journey as Brandon shares his evolution from a pharmacist with a side hustle dream of paying for silencers to becoming the driving force behind one of the nation’s largest silencer companies. Delving into the entrepreneurial landscape, Brandon offers invaluable insights, detailing the hurdles he faced, particularly in navigating the intricate regulatory framework and ATF dealings.
What sets Brandon and Silencer Central apart is their bold approach to innovation and regulatory compliance. By tackling the toughest aspects of the business head-on, they’ve not only pushed the boundaries but also unearthed loopholes and solutions previously unseen by industry peers or even the ATF themselves.
Furthermore, our conversation delves into the role of silencers in the hunting realm and Brandon’s visionary outlook on the future trajectory of the industry. From regulatory challenges to groundbreaking advancements, this episode offers a captivating exploration of a remarkably successful enterprise. Join us as we uncover the fascinating journey of Silencer Central and the indomitable spirit of its founder.
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| 0:00.0 | The courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. |
| 0:14.0 | I can't even make this up. |
| 0:18.0 | He starts walking, I draw back, and he's down. |
| 0:21.0 | He's right there. Right there. |
| 0:23.0 | All right, today's episode is brought to you by the good folks over at Mountain Tough Fitness. |
| 0:32.0 | This year I've been back on the Mountain Tough |
| 0:33.5 | bandwagon and I just want to say I'm stoked about it. I've been crushing the |
| 0:37.3 | KB diesel workout which is like minimal gear kind of a kettlebell workout and man it's just reminding me of muscles that I forgot I had which is so good so good for me |
| 0:47.2 | Kind of that core strength that foundational strength which is really really great and I love Mountain Tough because I'm not really a gym person. I don't love going to the gym. But with the app, you know, I can work out at home. I can work out when I have time on my schedule. But you're kind of get the accountability of doing that class type |
| 1:03.8 | workout where you're working out with a trainer they're kind of walking you through it |
| 1:06.9 | and you have other athletes to keep up with and I like that aspect of it so it's kind of |
| 1:10.9 | the best of both worlds and they have a ton of workouts from |
| 1:13.8 | minimal gear to all the gear so whatever you're looking for they have a workout |
| 1:18.3 | and a program for you check them out head over to the Mountain Tough app actually if you go through the link in the show notes, there's a special offer just for the TRO audience. You use the code TRO 24. You'll get a free trial and that free trial is going to be long enough that you could even |
| 1:36.7 | do the entire KB Diesel program and decide if this is the type of workout you want to do. But for me, man, they have some really great |
| 1:44.3 | workouts that really push you in kind of that hunting mountain fitness specific routine. So it's |
| 1:50.8 | building that core strength and that's exactly what I wanted out of it |
| 1:54.4 | so check him out mountain tough fitness use the code TRO 24 and you get that |
| 1:59.8 | exclusive free trial this episode is also brought to you by Wilderness Athletes. |
| 2:05.0 | So whether you're just finishing up that Mountain Tough workout |
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