Talking Beretta 92 with Broxton Carlile, Beretta's 92 Product Manager

Revolver Carry

Wheel guns are real guns, and Chris subjects Alexander to a brutal hour-long tirade on why revolvers [https://www.guns.com/firearms/handguns/revolver]are still a go-to for everyday (or at least some day) carry in the 21st century.  Buckle in.   You can skip ahead at the timestamps below. 00:20 Alex admits he is wrong early on.  03:30 Did the revolver dance make the cast? 05:05 What does BFR stand for? 06:20 "It's the only revolver you can suppress."  08:00 Webley games.  13:20 The revolver is simple, but the revolver is not the simple solution. 15:55 The non-permissive specialty.   17:20 Revolvers have a serious training curve.  20:30 Dry firing: yes or no? 24:30 Time travelers, stretched straps, and bowling pins.  29:40 It's okay to have fun.  31:45 All thumbs.  44:00 Best way(s) to carry the wheel.  46:15 It's all in the stamps. 50:30 Back to carry positions after a diversion to an Alabama soybean field.

The Guns.com Dealer Network

The true heroes behind Guns.com are our dealer network of over 2,000 local FFLs [https://www.guns.com/join-the-network] all over the country, and we sit down with one to get the scoop. On this week's 2nd Best Gun Podcast [https://www.guns.com/news/category/podcast], Alexander and Chris hang out in the studio with Austin Reville of 2 If By Sea Tactical in New Prague, Minnesota, who just happens to be Alex's brother, only with better facial hair. We hold it all against him. You can skip ahead to the timestamps below.  00:30 Meet Austin, who grew up watching the A-Team. 07:01 P90, Vz 61, and Grease Gun enjoyer. 08:55 A fan of the .357, but not the one you think. 11:18 Random Canada hate.   16:15 A true aristocrat when it comes to his first gun. 18:10 Meeting odd guys in gun deals who become lifelong friends.  25:50 Random horse insult. 26:25 Starting as a chipper, young FFL holder. 31:30 Sink or swim. 39:10 How being in the Guns.com network has helped (like online sales up 40 percent kinda helped).  48:30 Streamlining logistics.

AR-15 History & Top Brands

The iconic all-American firearms design of the past 60 years, the AR-15 [https://www.guns.com/firearms/ar-15-rifles], is almost universal in its popularity. Which brands do it justice is perhaps a spicier topic. On this week's 2nd Best Gun Podcast, Alexander and Chris sit down to weigh in on the subject.  You can skip ahead at the timestamps below.  01:20 Pepperidge Farm remembers... 04:04 Eger is still wandering around in gun lore. 09:40 Alex breaks out "the voice." 12:25 The genie gets out of the Colt bottle.  15:40 Unchained after the AWB expired.  16:50 Is KeyMod retro cool now? 17:45 Pour one out for the Poverty Pony. 25:30 The AR keeps getting reinvented.  27:40 Often imitated, seldom replaced. 29:20 Don't sleep on M-400s and 516s. 30:30 Getting Radical.  31:40 Do piston guns and blowback actions count as real ARs? 33:50 The Space Coast connection.  36:45 Is $800 the dividing line on an AR today? 37:50 Tactical peanut butter and jelly.  38:50 Police trade in patrol rifles are a gold mine.  40:00 They start reading social media comments, and it just goes off the rails for like 10 minutes.

Talking Beretta 92 with Broxton Carlile, Beretta's 92 Product Manager

The classic Beretta 92 [https://www.guns.com/beretta/beretta-92] is a subject we could spend a lot of time on, but today we're sharing a behind-the-scenes perspective from Beretta's 92 product manager, Broxton Carlile. From working as a designer on the 90 series to managing the product line today, Broxton has a wealth of knowledge about the iconic handgun and all its variants.

War Movie Guns

Gun guys like gun movies, and some of the best of those are war movies. Alexander and Chris sit down on this episode of the 2nd Best Gun Podcast to talk about a few of their all-time favorites. These films hold some great military classic [https://www.guns.com/firearms/military-classics-historical-firearms] firearms. You can skip ahead to the timestamps below.  01:40 Speaking as a .50 cal enjoyer... 03:25 Of twin AN/M2 mounts on the Dauntless dive bomber 05:01 Water-cooled, baby. 08:56 The Martini-Henry, shaken, not stirred. 10:01 How many war movies has Michael Caine been in anyway? 13:40 Mad Max from a submarine. (With soup can Grease Guns).  17:40 Putting the Digger back into Diggers.  21:15 The guys read some spicy comments.  29:45 War Daddy's .45 revolver.  32:10 Benghazi.  36:00 Can we give a slow clap to Capt. Dale Dye? 46:20 Eger's pick for the best war movie was made in Yugoslavia.  52:01 The two biggest WWII movies.  53:50 Rifle grenades need to make a comeback.  55:20 Alec Guinness lookalike in Mogadishu