Modern Day Sniper Podcast

Ted Karagias is the founder of American Rifle Company, a Washington based manufacturer of some of the finest rifle actions known to the precision rifle industry. Ted has been an engineer for the majority of his life and his affinity for the classic lines and design of the Mauser 98 led to the development of the Mausingfield and several other variants that include the best features of the Mauser in a modernized footprint. Ted and Caylen sit down for a conversation on rifles, engineering, and the state of our industry.    Ted's Links:   https://www.americanrifle.com/   https://www.instagram.com/americanriflecompany/   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network      https://www.mdsschoolhouse.com     www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram

Caylen sits down with Tom Ryder of SPR Industries for a conversation on rifle building, the rifle building industry, and life in general. Tom has an extensive background in machining, and after he and Caylen spent time together in a sniper platoon Tom started his journey of being a custom rifle builder. Based out of Seattle, Tom is incredibly detail oriented, and the quality of his work speaks for itself in the results seen from his rifles.    Toms Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/spr_industries/   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network    https://www.mdsschoolhouse.com     www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram

With Phillip back from a double-header set of classes at Rifles Only in Texas, he and Caylen catch up and discuss some trends from both our last set of Virginia classes as well as our classes at Rifles Only. The conversation drifts into the mentality of being a competitor and how Caylen and Phil will be working together this upcoming shooting season as training accountability partners. We wish everyone a fantastic holiday season out there and enjoy the time with your families.    Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network      www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram

David Baker and Owen Mulder join the team on this podcast to talk about Handloading. This was a total improv podcast that started off as a conversation while they were eating dinner. Owen talks about his ultimate goal for what he wants to get out of the long range game and how it relates to being a sniper in combat. The group talks about their handloading processes and how it has evolved with new information and their thoughts and experiences with barrel tuners.    Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network      www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram

Caylen and Phillip are down in Virginia, teaching their courses hosted at Pigg River Precision. They’re joined by some of their students who are also active duty Sniper instructors for 2nd Expeditionary Operations Training Group Urban Sniper School. In this podcast they debrief the Intro to Long Range Competition course and how a sniper could apply lessons learned to that craft. They go around the group to talk about numerous topics such as learning and teaching styles, qualifications, wind, and everything in between. Hold onto your seats because it’s a long one but definitely some gems in there!   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network      www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram      

Phillip is joined by the guys who head up the WyCo PRL and WPR to talk about the first season of both local leagues that stood up in the Wyoming, Montana and Northern Colorado areas. Phillip asks questions about what kind of growth they saw, how the classification system worked out for the first year and the matches for the upcoming 2022 season. The crew talks about how you can get involved if you’re interested in shooting their matches to become a well rounded rifleman or a more efficient hunter!   Links:   WyCo PRL - https://wycoprl.com/   WPR - https://www.westernprecisionrifle.org/   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network      www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram  

Cody Carroll joins us this week to talk about his recent elk hunt with his son in Colorado. Cody shares his experience in the mountains of Colorado, comparing and contrasting the difference between a backcountry hunt and cold weather operations versus operating as a Reconnaissance Marine in combat operations and training. The team talks about lessons learned through their experience as Snipers and how it translates over to their hunting style. Cody breaks down critical points of his hunt from the perspective as a father instead of a Reconnaissance Platoon Commander.   Cody: https://www.instagram.com/misfit6sends/   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network  www.moderndayrifleman.com   Moderndaysniper.com   MDS Instagram        

Caylen and Phil finally get back together after a couple weeks of hunting and talk about Phil’s successful Wyoming elk hunt. In this episode, we bring on Clayton Creel, who was raised in Cody, Wyoming and was the one who helped Phil out with his hunt. Clay shares with us his experiences of growing up in Wyoming, working with several outfitters and learning the craft at a young age. Phil and Clay tell the story of their scout and hunt trip, which is an experience that many dream of completing. They break down each day of the hunt and how they planned and executed the stalk and shot. Thanks for listening and keep your face on the gun.   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network - www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram    

In this episode Caylen and Phil spend some time catching up on recent events and things going on at Modern Day Sniper and they debrief Caylen’s successful Washington state high country mule deer hunt along with some great lessons learned. The team discusses Phillip’s preparation for his upcoming Wyoming elk hunt and some housekeeping items. Good luck to everyone out there with tags!   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network - www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram  

Ilya Koshkin, also known as the Dark Lord of Optics, joins us for this episode to talk about riflescopes. Ilya explains the basic mechanics of a rifle scope, what he’s looking for when he’s testing an optic and his guidelines to purchasing an optic. It was a refreshing conversation to talk about his unbiased approach to certain optics he’s tested, the pros and cons of some of the popular scope companies out there as well as recommendations on rifle scopes we personally haven’t used or seen our students use. At the end, we talk about his recommendations for his top 3 riflescope picks for certain budgets for crossover applications such as hunting and precision rifle competition!   Ilya Koshkin Links.    www.darklordofoptics.com   www.youtube.com/c/ikoshkinDLO/   Join the Modern Day Rifleman Network - www.moderndayrifleman.com     Moderndaysniper.com     MDS Instagram