Inside the Gun Industry: Trends, Innovations, and Market Realities | SOTG 1335
Student of the Gun Radio
Jarrad Markel
4.6 • 798 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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In an engaging interview, industry expert David Biggers discusses firearm innovations, industry trends, and the impact of social media on gun development. Gain insights into the evolution of firearm technology, market dynamics, and the importance of innovation versus tradition.
We have an announcement about the latest book from Nicholas Orr, "Book of Five Rings Study Guide" now available as a pre-order on kindle with a paperback coming soon.
For our Tech Talk from EOTech Inc. this week, we consider optics versus iron sights for your shooting experience. The Professor just reviewed the Beretta ARX 100 with the HWS optic.
During our Coffee Corner, from Blackout Coffee (Code: STUDT20) Paul and Jarrad discuss the western canon in literature. Paul a recommended reading suggestion for you.
This episode features a deep dive into the concepts of virtuosity, enlightenment, and mastery, with insights from Prof Paul and Jarrad Markel. They discuss the importance of deliberate practice, overcoming distractions, and the role of innate talent versus learned skill in achieving excellence.
TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE
- Huge thanks to our Partners: EOTech | Blackout Coffee
- EOTech Talk - EOTechInc.com
- TOPIC: Iron Sights VS HWS recent review of ARX 100 shootingnewsweekly.com
- Coffee Corner - studentofthegun.com/blackout [Use Code: STUDT20]
- TOPIC: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain https://amzn.to/4smDVN4
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer https://amzn.to/4c1anPd
- Special Guest: Dave Biggers - Talking Guns, where we are now versus where we were
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, all you cats and kittens out there in the student of the gun listening audience, |
| 0:03.0 | it's time for episode one three, three, five student of the gun radio. |
| 0:08.0 | Firearms history with special guest Dave Biggers. |
| 0:12.1 | Yes, we have that coming up. |
| 0:14.0 | We have Dave in the green room right now. |
| 0:16.6 | He's in the green room waiting. |
| 0:18.9 | And the answer to that is yesterday. |
| 0:21.7 | What have we got for you? What has been going on in the green room waiting. And the answer to that is yesterday. What have we got for you? |
| 0:23.3 | What has been going on in the last week? |
| 0:25.6 | Jim, any crickets? |
| 0:26.4 | Well, thank the Lord. |
| 0:28.1 | There has not been a jihadist terror attack in the last seven days. |
| 0:34.7 | So knock wood on that one. |
| 0:40.2 | We've got, oh no. |
| 0:44.5 | Did you hear that? |
| 0:46.9 | You didn't hear that? |
| 0:48.0 | Okay. |
| 0:48.7 | I knocked wood and the dog barked |
| 0:52.3 | because he thought nobody was at the front door good job |
| 0:59.1 | good job boy yes good job we got a I got a tech talk for you guys today |
| 1:04.3 | we've got a coffee corner for you guys today we have oh man we've got student |
| 1:10.2 | of the gun we're gonna just i think we'll go |
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