Podcast: Shotgun Terminology with Del Whitman

In this episode, Reid and gunsmith Del Whitman explore the language of shotguns. Focusing on a few commonly used but often misunderstood terms, Del provides both some definitions and some explanation of how the defined mechanisms function. . . .

Read More

Podcast: Where Do Hunting Products Come From?

Reid sits down with the Orvis Hunt Product Development Team of Jesse Haller, Natalie Cullum, and Will Helmetag to discuss the development and testing process, and how new hunting items come to be. The group also runs through New products for . . .

Read More

Podcast: Orvis Hill Country Shooting Grounds

Orvis Hill Country Shooting Grounds, located in southern Pennsylvania, is one of the premier sporting clays, upland hunting, and instructional shooting properties in the world. Reid and the Orvis Hill Country staff gather on a call to talk about the . . .

Read More

Podcast: Updates and a Patagonia Quail Story

Reid uses a solo podcast to update listeners on his summer thus far and what he’s got planned for the upcoming bird season. He also revisits “The Coincident Ecology of Birds and Men,” a story first published in Gray’s Sporting Journal. This piece describes . . .

Read More

Podcast: Rob Fenwick and the Rise of E.J. Churchill

In this episode, Reid and Rob Fenwick, Managing Director at E.J. Churchill, discuss the iconic UK brand. Rob explores the history of Churchill guns, and the important impacts that Robert Churchill had on gun design and shooting technique. He goes on to . . .

Read More

Podcast: At Home in Texas, with Robert Earl Keen

Reid has the privilege of spending an hour talking with singer, songwriter, hunter, and Texas icon Robert Earl Keen. Having retired from the road after 41 prolific years, REK discusses settling into life in the Texas Hill Country, taking a bit more . . .

Read More

Podcast: Stock Finishing, with Del Whitman

In another installment with Del Whitman of DC Whitman Custom Gunsmithing, Reid and Del explore the nuances of a best-quality oil stock finish. Though the two explore other finishing processes in brief, del primarily explains the fastidious process . . .

Read More