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Cowboy Action Shooting Setup, Ruger Vaquero vs. Colt & SASS Gear on a Budget

March 3, 2026

A caller named Todd asks the Gunslinger crew how to build a cowboy action shooting rig from scratch without breaking the bank. The hosts cover caliber…

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End of Trail’s Decline, SASS Advertising Failures & Cowboy Action Shooting’s Future

March 3, 2026

A caller's memory of getting pulled into cowboy action shooting by a friend opens a frank conversation about why the sport has lost ground since its…

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Hellhound: Wild Bunch World Champion, Winchester Model 12 & Competing with Borrowed Guns

March 3, 2026

Fresh off the range at End of Trail 2026, Hellhound called in from two hours outside Los Angeles to talk through his overall Wild Bunch World…

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Ruger Vaquero Buyers, Gun Rights History & Identifying Choke on a Western Field .410

March 3, 2026

Three callers close out the hour with a cross-section of what makes this show what it is: Robert from Tampa calls in about a pair of Ruger Vaqueros he…

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End of Trail Wrap-Up, Austrian Gun Laws, CRPA & May 30th Auction Preview

March 3, 2026

The crew closes out a full week of End of Trail coverage with a caller segment touching on recent world events, a firsthand account of how tightly…

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Whistling Will: Two-Time SASS World Champion, Canadian Firearms Law & Cowboy Action Gear

March 2, 2026

The show opens with caller Mark from Woodland Hills laying out a set of firearm rights developments around Social Security payee rules, gun trusts, and…

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SASS Classic Cowboy World Champion, Duelist Shooting & the Cimarron 1878

March 2, 2026

The Gunslinger crew came back from the Single Action Shooting Society End of Trail World Championship in Phoenix with a win in Classic Cowboy, a belt…

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End of Trail World Championship, Nickel vs. Brass Cartridges

March 2, 2026

Jeff Taverner, Mark Romano, and Jimi Murtagh came back from a full weekend in Phoenix running stages at the Single Action Shooting Society End of Trail…

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Robert Duvall Tribute – Lonesome Dove, True Grit & a Career Well Lived

February 27, 2026

Two hours and fifteen minutes of live radio was winding down when Brent from LA called in for the final segment. Brent is a regular — the wordsmithing…

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Ruger 10/22 in .357 Magnum Concept, Hot Brass Range Safety & IE Conservative Convention

February 27, 2026

Howard from West LA actually called Ruger to pitch an idea the show had been floating: scale the 10/22 platform up to .357 Magnum so it pairs with a…

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Rare Ed Brown 9mm, WWII Militaria Bringbacks & May Auction Preview

February 27, 2026

Robert from the Valley called in fresh off winning two Ruger Vaquero Claros in the last auction — the same style of single-action .45 that John Wayne…

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CRPA Bills Update, Grizzly Bear Reintroduction & Self-Defense Act

February 22, 2026

Rick from the California Rifle and Pistol Association comes in with an unusual report: this session saw the bill count drop from a hundred to just…

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