Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
MDS Episode #0016: We Host Ridgeline Defense
Caylen and Phil invite some special guests to the show from Ridgeline Defense, Rudy Gonsior and Alex Hartmann. Rudy is a former US Marine, and a former US Army Green Beret who served on multiple tours overseas as an assaulter and a sniper, and Alex Hartmann is the president of Ridgeline Defense, a former US Marine, and a fellow Hunter of Gunmen who has also completed several deployments as a sniper. During this episode your hosts and guests discuss training philosophy and most importantly, what you should be looking for in a shooting instructor, how their curriculum is structured, and how important it is to vet that instructor. There’s lots of bits on mindset and training in this one, enjoy!
Live Webinar: Alchemy of a Rifleman
Contact Rudy and Alex:
https://www.ridgelineshooting.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ridgeline_defense/
https://www.instagram.com/rudesgonz/
https://www.instagram.com/hartmann_0317/
5 years ago
@Caylen, it was refreshing to hear that an experienced professional still gets nervous teaching. As a pilot, you can appreciate this somewhat, but after years of hard work, sacrifice, and waiting, I just got my first flight student (CFI-H here), and I’m mortified, haha. I think back to all the stupid stuff I did as a greenie and realize I’ll be on the other end of that now, in addition to having to know a vast amount of general knowledge on multiple subjects. Hearing someone with your experience level say they still get nervous absolutely helps calm my
5 years ago
Never fail to learn something in your all's podcast. I'm not sure if it's something you all would be interested in but a podcast with Dimitri from Primary Arms/Xlogic Reticles regarding the designing and engineering of reticle systems would be pretty neat I believe.
5 years ago
I had fantasy dream about a Modern Day Sniper / Ridgeline mash-up podcast. Awesome, guys!