The Brown Duke Gun Show

JP Garcia
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This is The Brown Duke Gun Show. JP Garcia, Brandon Elias, and Austin Menard talk competitive and practical shooting, gun handling, firearm safety, personal security, new gear, and real range culture out of Sentry Defense Indoor Range in Youngsville, LA. The official podcast of Sentry Defense Indoor Range, Sentry Manufacturing, and Sentry Prime Ammunition. No fluff. Straight talk from shooters who've put a lot of rounds down range. New to shooting or a seasoned competitor — hit Follow.

  1. Sep 5

    BDGS: #086 - Brian Conley of Hunters HD Gold on Eye Health, Lens Tech, and 540 Sponsored Matches

    The guy who's sponsored 540 matches this year says your eye doctor is a piece of shooting gear. He's not kidding. Brian Conley of Hunters HD Gold sits down with JP Garcia and Brandon Elias to talk eye health for competitive shooters — and it gets more useful the longer you listen. Put your headphones on for the moment Brian explains why a shooter who tries a lighter lens at one in the afternoon will hate it, and why the same shooter loves it the next morning. Your eyes are a muscle. Nobody told you that. What you'll hear: whether over-the-counter readers belong behind a red dot, what monovision actually does to your brain, how progressives interact with target transitions, and why a properly made lens should never shift the image on a rifle scope. Plus the business side of the shooting sports — grassroots match sponsorship, why the sport turns over every few years, and how to get started without spending a dollar. Takeaways: get the exam before the lens (gear), train your visual attention because your eyes drive everything downstream (training), and wear impact-rated eye protection on every range even when the rules don't force you to (safety). Find Brian's live streams and podcasts at https://rumble.com/user/HuntersHDGold Want a coach's eyes on your own footage? patreon.com/bdgs — free tier available, plus paid video-coaching review tiers. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com.

    BDGS: #086 - Brian Conley of Hunters HD Gold on Eye Health, Lens Tech, and 540 Sponsored Matches

  2. Aug 29

    BDGS: #085 - USPSA Nationals Lessons: Mental Game Meltdowns, Makeup Shots & Match Prep

    Wrong squad schedule. Canceled flight home. No rental car. That was Brandon's first morning at USPSA Nationals — and he still finished top 25 in Open. Put your headphones on for a full Nationals debrief with JP Garcia and Brandon Elias (Sentry Defense). You'll hear the exact mental reset that saved day three, the red dot brightness experiment that quietly stacked alphas, and the honest math on makeup shots — the single biggest gap between good finishes and great ones in practical shooting. Plus: red steel no-shoots, an 18-penalty ruling that got overturned, what real sportsmanship looks like on a squad, and a firearm safety PSA about the battery sitting in your optic right now. You'll walk away with a dry fire and live fire experiment to run this week, a smarter way to plan your match season, and one maintenance habit that matters most on the guns you shoot least. Support the show and get your match video reviewed at patreon.com/bdgs — free tier available, plus paid video-coaching tiers. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com.

    BDGS: #085 - USPSA Nationals Lessons: Mental Game Meltdowns, Makeup Shots & Match Prep

  3. Aug 21

    BDGS: #084 - Steel Challenge Training with Jeff Jones & Steve Foster: Vision, Grip, and Speed

    Jeff Jones (Split Second Steel Academy) and Steve Foster (Creekside Custom, pro shooter for Ruger) — the voices behind the Steel Target Paint podcast — sit down with JP for a Steel Challenge deep dive that will rewire how you think about vision at speed. In your headphones: the GECKO framework (grip, eyes, core, knees, one-for-one), why "nice reload" is a backhanded compliment on steel, the 405-day project behind breaking the 60-second barrier, and a gear philosophy worth writing down: you can buy reliability, but you can't buy your game. You'll come away with a safer, smarter practice plan, a vision drill you can try at your next range trip, and an honest answer to "am I ready for a major?" Hosted by JP Garcia with co-hosts Brandon Elias (Sentry Defense) and Austin Menard (Sentry Manufacturing). Get your runs reviewed at patreon.com/bdgs — free tier available, plus paid video-coaching tiers. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com.

    BDGS: #084 - Steel Challenge Training with Jeff Jones & Steve Foster: Vision, Grip, and Speed

  4. Aug 6

    BDGS: #083 - Eddie Garcia of EMG Customs on Building 2011 Race Guns That Never Break

    Filing that lower lug just killed your 2011 — and the builder with a three-year waitlist explains why. Eddie Garcia of EMG Customs hand-builds 25 to 30 competition guns a year, and his philosophy is brutal in the best way: "When I send you a gun, my goal is to never hear from you again." Put your headphones on for a masterclass in what separates a race gun that runs 75,000 rounds from one that eats itself alive: barrel timing by the numbers, the parts a master builder actually trusts, why he refuses to coat barrels, and a barrel-cleaning experiment that might change your maintenance routine forever. Plus the safety talk every shooter needs — trigger weight, grip pressure, and target focus in USPSA and practical shooting — with JP Garcia and Brandon Elias of Sentry Defense. Get your own shooting reviewed at patreon.com/bdgs — free tier available, plus video-coaching tiers. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com. Chapters 00:00 – Meet Eddie Garcia of EMG Customs03:35 – Lower Lug Filing: The #1 Custom 2011 Mistake09:02 – What Is Barrel Timing?16:39 – Barrel Coatings & Comp Fitting22:00 – Parts a Master Builder Trusts25:27 – Barrel Life & Cleaning31:24 – Spring Maintenance Schedule51:34 – The Three-Year Wait: Ordering a Custom 20111:08:02 – Trigger Weight, Grip & Target Focus

    BDGS: #083 - Eddie Garcia of EMG Customs on Building 2011 Race Guns That Never Break

  5. Jul 31

    BDGS: #082 - Vehicle Gear Organization: Grey Man Tactical's Custom MOLLE Panels

    This company CNC-cuts custom gear panels for everything from squad cars to military helicopters — and the first thing they tell you to mount is a med kit. 🔊 Dakota Dion of Grey Man Tactical walks JP Garcia and Brandon Elias (Sentry Defense) through gear organization most of us never think about: MOLLE seatback panels that turn wasted space into a squared-away med kit, range-day rig, or duty setup — plus how they design one-off builds from a customer's measurements, and how to secure a firearm in transit, because a vehicle is transportation, not a gun safe. Then Dakota — seven months into USPSA — turns the tables and grills two longtime competitors. In your headphones you'll hear the advice new practical shooters rarely get straight: why "calm down" beats "slow down," the practice-versus-match intensity secret that sounds completely backwards, and the honest math on whether a $10,000 gun buys you a single match point. You'll walk away knowing how to organize a mission-ready vehicle load-out (med kit first), how to keep a firearm secured while it travels with you, and how to structure dry fire practice against your actual weaknesses. Shooters in the free tier at patreon.com/bdgs get the community; paid tiers get video coaching reviews of your match footage. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com.

    BDGS: #082 - Vehicle Gear Organization: Grey Man Tactical's Custom MOLLE Panels

  6. Jul 24

    BDGS: #081 - Inside Dissident Arms with Lan Nguyen

    An optic flew off a shotgun and hit the co-founder in the face. That failure built a company. Put this one in headphones. Lan Nguyen of Dissident Arms (dissidentarms.com) tells JP Garcia and Brandon Elias (Sentry Defense) how a string of spectacular parts failures — flying optics, a launched charging handle, a receiver bowed like a banana — turned a hobby shooting team into the builders behind competition's best-known magazine-fed open shotguns. Along the way: what actually separates 3-Gun from USPSA, how a thumb-actuated mag release makes sub-second shotgun reloads possible, and why the fastest path into practical shooting is walking into a match as a student. Three things you'll take away: a working knowledge of open shotgun gear (compensators, chokes, optics), a healthier approach to firearm training than burning ammo without a plan, and a reminder that safe handling and humility are what keep new shooters coming back. Get your shooting reviewed at patreon.com/bdgs — free tier available, plus video-coaching review tiers. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com.

    BDGS: #081 - Inside Dissident Arms with Lan Nguyen

  7. Jul 17

    BDGS: #080 - The Gear You'll Actually Use: EDC Essentials

    JP Garcia and Brandon Elias (Sentry Defense) step away from the match results this week and get into the preparedness conversation every gun owner needs to hear. It starts practical: hunting season is closing in, and if your rifle isn't cleaned, zeroed, and dialed, you're about to be number fifteen in line at the gunsmith. Brandon walks through the honest economics of upgrading an old rifle versus buying new, which budget bolt guns punch above their weight, and why a quality optic mount matters as much as the optic itself. Then the episode takes a turn you'll want to hear all the way through. JP tells the story of his niece — a brand-new college freshman — stopping at a nighttime car accident, and what she didn't have on her that night. From there the guys build the everyday carry list that actually gets used: a real flashlight, a knife, a keychain escape tool, a genuine tourniquet, and the training to use them. Three takeaways you'll walk away with: Gear: The bare-bones EDC loadout — flashlight, knife, ResQMe, tourniquet — and how to spot counterfeit medical equipment.Training: Why Stop the Bleed classes and CPR refreshers are the highest-ROI "tactical" investment you can make.Safety: The buy-once-cry-once rule — don't piecemeal night vision, and don't buy offense when your life is built around defense.Get more from every episode at patreon.com/bdgs — free tier available, with paid video-coaching review tiers for shooters who want structured feedback. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com.

    BDGS: #080 - The Gear You'll Actually Use: EDC Essentials

  8. Jul 10

    BDGS: #079 - Beat the Heat: Indoor Drills, Hydration, and VR Training for USPSA

    JP Garcia and Brandon Elias are recording remote, deep in the misery of a Southern summer, and they're tackling the question every competitive shooter is asking right now: how do you keep improving when it's too hot to train outside? The answer isn't "tough it out." It's smarter than that. You'll hear the complete match-day fueling formula — a bottle of water per stage, electrolytes with real sodium, bananas and jerky over processed carbs, and Brandon's brutal-but-honest take on competitors who load up on the big match lunch. Then the guys walk you through exactly how to train inside a standard indoor range booth: index-card transition drills, bump transitions, step draws, table starts, and the strong-hand and weak-hand work most shooters skip all year. Listen closely to the dry fire movement segment — JP breaks down easy entries and exits in a way you can practice tonight in your hallway, and the stories of hotel-room dry fire before majors are worth the listen alone. You'll also get the 12-week rule for private lessons, a full training-cycle blueprint for your fall major, and an honest audit of Ace VR: what transfers to real shooting and what's just a video game. Three takeaways you'll walk away with: a hydration and nutrition plan that protects you from heat illness, a booth-friendly drill progression that builds real skill indoors, and a focus discipline — phone off, mind on — that makes every round count. Join the coaching community at patreon.com/bdgs — free tier available, plus paid video-coaching review tiers. This week's subscriber exclusive is a full stage breakdown from a match JP and Brandon both shot. Gear up safely with Sentry Defense at sentrydef.com or custom parts from Sentry Manufacturing at sentrymanufacturing.com.

    BDGS: #079 - Beat the Heat: Indoor Drills, Hydration, and VR Training for USPSA
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This is The Brown Duke Gun Show. JP Garcia, Brandon Elias, and Austin Menard talk competitive and practical shooting, gun handling, firearm safety, personal security, new gear, and real range culture out of Sentry Defense Indoor Range in Youngsville, LA. The official podcast of Sentry Defense Indoor Range, Sentry Manufacturing, and Sentry Prime Ammunition. No fluff. Straight talk from shooters who've put a lot of rounds down range. New to shooting or a seasoned competitor — hit Follow.

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  • Creator
    JP Garcia
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    87
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © JP Garcia
  • Show Website
    The Brown Duke Gun Show