The Lure Of The 1911 Pistol; Glass Breakers That Don't Break Glass; Is Custom "Worth It?": 12.21.25 After Show
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🗓️ 21 December 2025
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Summary
-- After years of resisting, Tom finally broke down and ordered a custom pistol. The 45 from Cylinder & Slide exceeded his expectations.
-- It turns out that the side windows on late-model cars are laminated, and you can't break them out with your emergency glass breaker.
-- Is a custom-made gun "worth it?" It depends, but that last 10% of improvement can cost 100% more.
Gun Tallk 12.21.25 After Show
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| 0:00.0 | upgrade your optic with Hollison, where innovation meets precision. |
| 0:04.1 | With 50,000 hours of battery life, shake-awake technology, and a solar fail-safe, |
| 0:09.1 | your optic is always ready when you are. |
| 0:11.1 | Hollison, confidence in every shot. |
| 0:17.5 | So you've made it through three hours of the regular show on Terrestrial Radio, and you wanted a little bit more. |
| 0:27.2 | So that's why you found the Gun Talk After Show podcast, where we saved all the best things that we can't say on regular radio. |
| 0:33.7 | Now, here's Tom, Michelle, and Jim for the Gun Talk After Show. |
| 0:54.5 | After Showtime here, we're doing technical things here, and I fixed everything, guys. Uh-huh. On the fly. Uh-huh. Awesome. Yeah, I find that if I just ignore it long enough, things will heal themselves, and all my equipment will work correctly. Welcome to Buzz Gresham's Gun Talk. |
| 1:12.9 | What could possibly go wrong with that theory? Let's see if I touch this thing. Z, go, Z, okay. Jim says, what's that sound? How about we make noises after we lose our callers? How about that? Oh, okay, okay, okay, okay. Well, first of all, thank you guys for being here. we will pick up on the backside of that because it's Christmas time. |
| 1:17.8 | And I am very much appreciative of my crew because you guys are terrific. |
| 1:21.9 | But first, let's go talk with Ed from St. Louis, Missouri. |
| 1:24.4 | Hey, Ed, you're on After Show. |
| 1:24.9 | What's happening? |
| 1:26.4 | Hi, how are you? |
| 1:31.2 | I've been wanting to call for some time now. I guess it's a point of curiosity. |
| 1:40.8 | I'm wondering to know about Clint Smith, who wrote for American Handgunner and probably some other publications. |
| 1:46.3 | I don't know. I understood maybe he had some medical problems or I don't, |
| 1:52.6 | I'm not real sure. Okay. I don't want her. You would know. Yeah, I do. Clint is a friend. He and his lovely wife, Heidi, are friends of ours. And Clint, for those who may not know, |
| 1:58.6 | in top of being a writer, Clint is one of the firearms trainers, |
| 2:03.3 | one of the best firearms trainers of the country. He ran gunside for a number of years under |
| 2:08.7 | Jeff Cooper, and then he went off, split off, and became the owner and operator of Thunder Ranch |
| 2:13.7 | down in Texas and then moved to Oregon, ran a great operation. And to say that Clint had |
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