Talking Lead Podcast

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast: Ton Jones with Airforce Air Guns gives us an exclusive look at 3 new products hitting the "air" waves soon, one being a arrow/ bolt airgun ! Ken Campbell with Gunsite Academy talks about the gun made exclusively to Gunsite's specifications, the new Gunsite Glock Service Pistol (GGSP) . A 9mm, Glock 45 Model. Karen Butler with Shoot Like A Girl tells us...

In this episode of the Talking Lead AK KONRER Lefty's special guest is Marco Vorobiev . Marco is a former Soviet Spetsnaz soldier. As a writer, collector, historian and consultant Marco has personally met with Mikhail Kalashnikov and other pivotal Russian firearm designers over the years. We deep dive into the behind-the-scenes research and encounters with Marco on the writing of his book AK-47: S...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast Lefty welcomes 2A Advocate Alicia "Lucky" Garcia aka The BoomStickBabe ; Mychael Waller Sr owner MJ's Firearms and 2-time Self-defense Survivor; Nick and Correll Hospitality Security and Human Trafficking experts and 3-Gun Master and Firearms Instructor Keith Garcia. Ton Jones joins Lefty to kick-off this special St. Patrick's Day

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast we talk with Ben Ryder co-founder of KRAKEN Cases . KRAKEN makes hard storage cases but that's not the exciting part of what Ben's company produces it's the memory foam that is in the cases that will get your attention: KRAKEN Foam is the first foam insert for hard cases that actually conforms to whatever you put in it , similar to the memory foam produc...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast : We continue our 2023 SHOT Show interviews from the KelTec Leadquarters Studio with: IWI US 's Tom Alabrando shows us their new semiautomatic , short stroke, gas piston , fully ambidextrous rifle the CARMEL 5.56 NATO . Dave and Bobby with Mission First Tactical hit us with the first looks at their 2 new holsters. The Pro Series and the Belly Band Holste...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast : Joe Meaux with Aklys Defense talks about reviving the old Vietnam era Smith and Wesson MK 22 "Hushpuppy" pistol with a new slide lock Glock version. Professional shooter Nils Jonasson joins us to talk about CANIK USA's new Micro Compact METE MC9 9mm pistol. Armon and Bridget with Prime Protection STL sit down to talk with Lefty about being the first Bl...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast , brought to you by KelTec , our special guests included Mark Romano co-host of History's Ultimate Marksman , Ton Jones star of Auction Hunters and Amber Hargrove 6 time contestant on Naked and Afraid . Amber Hargrove is a US Army Veteran . Amber served 12 years with 2 combat tours in Iraq as a 74D Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) S...

Glad you made it back Lead Heads ! In this episode our special guest is Author , Outdoorsman, Survival Specialist and Air Force Veteran, Steve Morgan . We talk about Steve's book A Beginners Guide To Home Prepping . Get all of the important facts, tips and tricks on becoming more self-sufficient. As a former USAF Combat Veteran, Lefty asks Steve's take on the recent "balloons" over America buzz an...

Welcome to Season 5 of the Talking Lead AK KORNER !  In this episode Lefty and Paul Markel ( Student Of The Gun) talk about AK-47/AKMs that are Made in the USA , like Century Arms, DPMS Panther Arms, Palmetto State Armory, Occam Defense Solutions, Rifle Dynamics etc. and are they better than the Mother Country's rifles. 

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast we continue our coverage of the 2023 SHOT Show from the "Official Leadquaters" of KelTec . To kick off this round of interviews Lefty is joined by Dwight Settle owner of SEAL 1 to introduce their new Universal Rifle and Pistol cleaning kits . The SEAL 1 URK and UPK includes everything you need to keep your firearms clean, accurate and corrosive resistant...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast we continue our coverage of the 2023 SHOT Show . Broadcasting from the Official Leadquarters Studios at the KelTec SHOT Show booth Lefty , Billdo and Evan kickoff this episode with some Jackwagons and Heroes and introduce the special guests: Buck Knives - release of the new Buckmaster Dive Pro and Combat Survival knives; SHOOTAH - A growing Range Day Eve...

Give a big Lead Head Brigade welcome back to New York Times Best Selling Author Stephen Hunter ! Stephen joins Lefty to talk about his new book The Bullet Garden: An Earl Swagger Novel . The long-anticipated origin story of legendary Marine and father of literary icon Bob Lee Swagger . Stephen gears us up for war and takes us to the European battlefields of World War II as Earl Swagger embarks on...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast we kick off our interviews from the NSSF's 2023 SHOT Show . This year KELTEC was the Official Leadquarters for SHOT Show . It was an amazing studio set up that allowed us to bring you so many and the best interviews from the best companies, organizations and personalities that attended. In our first interview the guys from KELTEC , Chad and Hammer , tell...

Happy New Year Lead Head Brigade ! The wait is over. Find out if you won 1 of 6 robust prize packages from the ginormous "10 Years Of Talking Lead GAW" . Joining Lefty to announce the 6 lucky winners and to give you some key information about a few of the prize items is Chad Enos with KelTec Weapons , Brian Steere with LOCKDOWN and the GAW King, Dave Edelman , with Mission First Tactical ! Lefty a...

In this final 2022 episode of Talking Lead Lefty's special guest is Mike Mills with Tactical Considerations . Mike is currently a Sergeant with an Arizona Police Department and former Army Ranger . He started his very successful YouTube channel, Tactical Considerations , on a bet from a friend. After only a couple of short years Mike nailed it and has over 125K subscribers and growing. Lefty and M...

It's been a fun-filled, educational, action-packed Season 4 of the Talking Lead AK KORNER and we don't let up for the Season 4 finale! We drop some exclusive news about a new Micro DRACO ! Joining Lefty this episode is Sergeant Major Lance Nutt , founder of Sheep Dog Impact Assistance , Adam Ruonala , Director of Marketing, Century Arms & the Pimp-Hand of America, Professor Paul Markel of Student...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast we discuss the topic of Hardening Schools and Arming Teachers . What are the answers? Arm Teachers ? What should be the criteria? Hire more SRO's? Utilize our willing Veterans to stand guard? Install stronger deterrent systems? How will adding stronger security resources be funded? Joining Lefty to discuss this touchy societal concern is Jordan Stein, So...

Happy Birthday to Talking Lead and the Lead Head Brigade ! 10 years of "Leaducating The Unleaducated"! Joining Lefty to kickoff the celebration are three 5-star Lead Head Brigade members, Pearce, Ora & Clayton . What better way to celebrate Talking Lead's 10 Year Anniversary than with a Huge Giveaway with nearly 10K in prizes.  We go over all the prizes in detail and how you can enter. Plus we Tak...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast Lefty is joined by the competitors from the History Channel's Mountain Men: Ultimate Marksman Season 1 Episode 2 hosted by Colby Donaldson . What's it like to shot a 1860 Henry Rifle , 1866 Winchester Rifle , 45-70 Springfield Trapdoor , Remington Model 1875 , 45 Colt Revolver ??? Lefty's special guests answer that question. Joining Lefty this episode ar...

Happy Thanksgiving  Lead Heads ! In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast we have the unique opportunity to talk with an  American Contractor  with the Sons Of Liberty that recently has been to  Ukraine  to train the Ukrainian Army how to fight against the  Russian Invasion . Lefty Makes  two  big  Giveaway announcements  and we take care of some  Jackwagons  and honor some  Heroes . Our specia...

Welcome back to the Talking Lead AK KORNER presented by Century Arms ! Joining Lefty this episode to talk about gas operated short stroke shotguns is Mike Whitesides and Lan Nguyen with Dissident Arms and Andrew with Century Arms . The first known AK style shotgun to be made was the Saiga-12 (based off the AK-47/AKM ). Production started in 1997 by the Izhmash factory in Russia and then ,6 years l...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast our guest is Ton Jones . Ton was the star of Spike TV's Auction Hunters that ran from 2010-2015. Ton is an avid outdoorsman, hunter, extraordinary cook and knower of all things reptile and creep crawly. Ton is the Director of Marketing and the Director of Research and Destruction for Airforce Airguns . Lefty and Ton talk about the difference in airguns v...

Welcome back to the Talking Lead Podcast Lead Heads! We talk firearm display and organization this episode with Brian Steere , Brand Manager for LOCKDOWN . While talking about wall displaying and organizing we touch on Springfield Armory's Saint AR-15, Polymer80's P80 handguns, Smith and Wesson's M&P 12 Bullpup Shotgun and Crimson Trace's HRO Heavy Recoil Optic, RAD (Rapid Aiming Dots) & the LPVO...

In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast we do a post Kalash Bash Texas 2022 show. Joining Lefty to tell us what we missed at KBTX 2022 are the event creators and organizers Klay Owens ( Third Pin Threads ), Mike Whitesides and Lan Nguyen with Dissident Arms . Also joining the show is Lead Head Pearce Taylor who attended KBTX 2022. Kalash Bash Texas is in it's 4th year of providing the premier...

In this monthly episode of the Talking Lead AK KONRER presented by Century Arms : Lefty invites a few of the Listeners that participated in the Talking Lead/Century Arms BFT47 giveaway to join him for a casual conversation. Lefty asks several loyal Lead Heads some questions relating to their love of the AK-47 , how they got into AKs, their favorite AK, training experiences, favorite optics and mor...