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The Straight DOPE — 175 episodes

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1

Next Cycle, ammo tests, brackets, wind, and FaQ

2

Match 1 of season final prep and comp report.

3

Baseline Metrics Review and Next steps

4

The Straight Dope : Metrics

5

The Straight Dope Video Podcast intro

6

NRL Hunter Class, Hawkins 2.5"mount, and atmospherics

7

Live with Frank!!

8

NRL and field Playbook part 3

9

NRL Hunter and field playbook part 2

10

ALL THINGS NRL and FIELD part 1

11

Episode rifles, metrics, wind to start with and keep track of over time

12

Straight Dope. Kama Shootra and risers

13

Bonus Episode: KM 2 Comps

14

A hornady 4DOF quirk in ELR that matters

15

Parallax, dont miss it.

16

yea, its you.

17

I think my X is broken, I missed again..

18

its not you its me. wait! maybe it is you.

19

Shooting Paper for long range

20

Shooting Steel for long range practice, training, and preparation

21

Paper vs Steel for training week

22

Tripod Week: Clipping in

23

Tripod Week intro and stuff

24

heavy for caliber chat

25

"That's Debatable" episode 1 . 6.5 Creedmoor light fast bullets

26

I have a great idea, lets change last minute!

27

Yea? Well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion man.

28

Bogus Operandi: Simulation Stimulation

29

Bogus Operandi : Target Indexing

30

Bogus Operandi : i.e. unprepared inst a plan to plan on

31

Catching up about SHOT and some Wind chat

32

Sound upgraded* Frank and Chris talk 2024

33

Pulled frank and I due to sound issue so filling in with this. Coaching, dates, and more.

34

conform or die

35

100% totally sorta maybe

36

bag grabbin'

37

Bridges and Anchors

38

Natural Point of (Shhhh) Aim

39

Do you have a safety word?

40

Getting started with precision rifle shooting.

41

Ballistics with Jayden Q.

42

Ultimate Hunter Challenge Discussion with Walt and Austin

43

Kraft Challenge

44

Ryan Cleckner part 2

45

Analogue drop discussion (AKA Gravity Ballistics) aka... listen dummy

46

Ryan Cleckner Part 1

47

Scared of Heights?

48

Panthera preliminary range report.

49

Can you focus too hard?

50

lost your guns!? what to do

51

Legion Team Sniper Challenge

52

Trusts for your nfa items and more

53

Pistol Braces and the Law

54

Walking thoughts: training/trainers/weaknesses

55

Walking and talking perspectives.

56

Update and info about YouTube and SnipersHide TV!

57

rimfire air rifles and competition

58

Carbines, Rimfires, and more with Ray Helms (The XRing channel on YouTube)

59

Frank and Chris excerpt from YouTube live

60

Chad Heckler and I discuss dryfire

61

Pro Side!?

62

GOALS

63

Before you go to a course evaluate yourself!

64

Mental mistakes arent why youre midpack, its failure in preparation.

65

Chris Roberts and I discuss mostly everything that matters

66

FIeld stage mindset and updates

67

4+1

68

quality vs reality

69

Get a grip

70

You cant learn to shoot until you can shoot well enough to learn.

71

Standards; with Francis Colon and Morgun King (PRS standards).

72

Embodying Rifleman: Tyler Hughes

73

Why I dont talk loading that much

74

Driverside conversations with Frank: Your rifle is SO FLAT!

75

Nitty Gritty Buttstocks

76

The Nitty Gritty: Buttpads and accuracy

77

Squeezing the Lemon. A conversation with Josh Lemon.

78

Do you even have standards bro? Erik Cortina and real standards of accuracy

79

Gas Guns and precision and precision Gas Guns w Chris Roberts

80

Screw the experts. Get better than them.

81

Move. Its good for you. A conversation with my buddy Dan about getting after it.

82

Ryan Cleckner Actual (pt1)

83

Catching up with Team Accufire and their epic four month team match extravaganza

84

Believe the bullet. The Jacob Bynum podcast.

85

Can you shoot any rifle? Boyd can.

86

If you go hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right

87

Epic Storytime

88

The Jake Vibbert Actual Talk

89

Are the odds good if the goods are odd

90

Chatting with Mark Huelsing about Equipment and Gear for the field.

91

Base your plans on a solid base.. and you will have success

92

How a Special Forces Sniper Course instructor can help you, yea you.

93

Launch of the Subcast, wind, my projects, and more ins and outs.

94

Chat with Lowlight (Frank Galli)

95

My personal loading plan for 2023

96

Recoil management and more

97

What the Pros use with Francis Colon and Chad Heckler(Miles to Matches)

98

Team competitions and what makes each so unique

99

Keep it simple, keep it focused

100

Just tell me what to do - W (The) Morgun King

101

Binos, Spotters, monoculars, and more

102

youre drinking what theyre selling

103

plasticity

104

move

105

Carbine advice from a real life gas Ninja.

106

Follow ups and follow ups

107

Trainers and Rimfire thoughts

108

Dont pee on an electric fence

109

Axiomize your training plan.

110

Shooter I have you for a ZERO

111

On time, on target. Probably not.

112

64 tripod two year followup

113

Range Finding Binoculars, Field Match stuff, and more..

114

random stuff

115

Tricks of the trade

116

Its not you, its me.

117

The fundamental spectrum: (fun) -- (mental)

118

brackets of brackets of brackets(combined shooter bracket feature)

119

What do you record and where?

120

Hard data and decision making

121

Are you breaking the wind or just breaking wind?

122

Good Gear :vs: Gear Good

123

53: Listener Questions

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Adapt

125

So simple, only the pros obsess over it..

126

Longform: Chad Heckler and Morgun King: Shot therapy/PR'Splainin/Debateathingy

127

Dealing with unknowns at Steel Safari and beyond

128

factory ammo and a "what if"; listener questions

129

47: Isolate or stagnate.. its your choice.

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A (longform) conversation with Morgun King

131

45 Working Stability.

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44 tripod talk

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Wind: Mild / Medium / (American spicy) / Hot / Thai Hot

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42 talking about how to use the riflekraft website

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41 Random listener Questions: Ticks, Fitnesss, Sniper Adventure Challenge

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Field Fixes

137

Episode 39 ar15 at long range and a field expedient way to fix a slipped turret.

138

38 Conversation around ethical hunting distance baseline

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Episode 37 RO observations 2: transitions, teams, environment, gaming, and thoughts

140

Episode 36 Hunter Observations 1: Equipment, tech, target acquisition

141

episode 35 RifleKraft Unconventional Shooting Assessment

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Diversity wins

143

why riflekraft is different and will probably change your shooting for the better

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episode 32: 100%

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Episode 31: sightpicture and cognitive load

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episode 30: mental mistakes and ideas for training and improvement

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Episode 29: national match takeaways.

148

Episode 28: follow through starts now

149

Episode 27 Breath

150

Episode 26: bubbles, tolerances, and using what you already have.

151

Episode 25: the data that drives your growth

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Episode 24 listener questions. Wobble, tripods, equipment price vs performance.. and more

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Episode 23 Bridge the gap

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Episode 22: break the "f-it" cycle and use sight picture assessment to do it.

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Episode21 Outlaw leagues as training resources

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Episode 20: 100y sweet spot, parallax, and subs bonus content.

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Episode 19: inputs and outputs (Medium spice)

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Episode 18: Goals and the pyramid. Keeping the goal the goal

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Episode 17: Thoughts on some equipment

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Episode 16 Wind: Mild, (Medium), Hot, Thai-Hot

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Episode 15 Sig 10k can burn the M'fingRoof off team matches

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Episode 14 Wind: (Mild), Medium, Hot, Thai-Hot

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Episode 13 (was originally going to be 10) competence and non verbal communication

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Episode 12 The Reverent Iconoclast

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Episode 11 Lists, Bacon, and Profits - AKA Hey'splaining

166

Episode 10 Science Friday

167

Episode 9 training

168

Episode 8 new view of ballistics

169

Episode 7 The 4 Axioms

170

Episode 6 Goldilocks

171

Episode 5 Scars

172

Episode 4 Baselines

173

Discussing the concept of "Fit"

174

Inputs and outputs

175

Introductory Episode: The shooters bracket