Ep. 03: The man who refused to wear pants
- Author
- Travis Bader
- Published
- Thu 10 Oct 2019
- Episode Link
- https://share.transistor.fm/s/b93227ea
In this episode I am joined by Murray Gardner, a 9 time national International Practical Shooting Confederation champion, firearms instructor and firearms, range and ballistics consultant.
We talk about what it takes to be a 9 time champion, how IPSC has changed over the years and what the future of the sport looks like to Murray.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Intro [00:00:00 – 00:01:22]
- How Murray got into shooting sports & his first IPSC match [00:01:22 – 00:06:59]
- Competing, involvement in the Canadian Firearms Safety Course program & other consulting work [00:06:59 – 00:13:59]
- Murrays gun & a hairline crack [00:13:59 – 00:16:47]
- The ‘Doc’ in Murray Doc Gardner & hands are good for 3 things [00:16:47 – 00:18:37]
- More effective route & borrowed guns [00:18:37 – 00:21:47]
- Black Badge program & going electronic [00:21:47 – 00:25:45]
- 8yr in a row national champion, mental marksmanship & scoreboard [00:25:45 – 00:32:35]
- Dry fire practice & keeping up with new shooters [00:32:35 – 00:36:36]
- The future for IPSC & getting Murray in pants [00:36:36 – 00:38:54]
- Getting more people involved in shooting sports [00:38:54 – 00:40:46]
- Politics, firearms & sharing knowledge [00:40:46 – 00:52:25]
- Keeping up with changing technologies [00:52:25 – 00:53:45]
- Outro [00:53:45 – 00:54:30]
Explore these Resources
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:
- IPSC [00:01:25] [00:03:46] [00:03:49] [00:04:47] [00:05:53] [00:06:34] [00:06:47] [00:07:20] [00:17:21] [00:17:29] [00:18:49] [00:21:49] [00:23:57] [00:24:58] [00:25:34] [00:26:17] [00:26:45] [00:26:49] [00:31:43] [00:36:37] [00:36:54] [00:39:05] [00:39:09] [00:39:38] [00:40:10] [00:52:28][00:52:44] [00:53:06] [00:53:13] [00:53:21]
- Guns magazine [00:03:37]
- Jeff Cooper [00:03:45] [00:03:56]
- Gridley [00:04:25] [00:04:25] [00:05:00] [00:05:02] [00:05:10] [00:05:29]
- Comstock [00:05:52] [00:05:54] [00:05:56] [00:05:57]
- Thompson Mountain [00:06:17]
- Western International Practical Shooting League [00:06:42]
- Canadian Firearms Safety Course [00:11:57] [00:12:55] [00:22:39]
- CORE Hunter Education Course [00:10:19] [00:10:28]
- Springfield Armory [00:11:27] [00:10:28]
- Vancouver Region Water District [00:13:43]
- Coquitlam River Watershed [00:13:46]
- Chip McCormick [00:14:04] [00:14:06]
- DVC [00:14:37]
- Freedom Ventures [00:15:48]
- PPC [00:19:31]
- Black Badge [00:20:56] [00:21:46] [00:21:54] [00:21:58] [00:22:25] [00:24:19] [00:24:54] [00:25:32] [00:25:35]
- Lanny Bassham [00:27:32] [00:27:36] [00:27:39] [00:32:55]
- FAC [00:41:38]
- BC Rifle Association [00:45:47]
- MDGardner.com [00:51:51]
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