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No Lowballers

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No Lowballers is the official podcast from GunBroker.com, America"s largest online marketplace for firearms, ammunition, and shooting accessories. Hosted by industry experts with decades of combined experience, this weekly show delivers unmatched insights into the firearms world. Co-hosts Allen Forkner of GunBroker.com and historian Logan Metesh of High Caliber History reveal the truth behind the trigger as they explore fascinating stories of firearm history and collectibles. Each episode dives into

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29:11

Wild Hunting & Poaching Stories With 2 Game Wardens

No Lowballers ·

2023/11/16

On today’s show with GunBroker, we’re talking hunting and conservation. Both Chris Powell from Houndsman XP Podcast and Rick Larnerd from Gobbler Knob Long Rifles have backgrounds serving as game wardens. We start out this episode diving into poaching. Rick goes into the game warden side of things which includes a conversation on how and what deer decoys they could use to potentially attract a poacher. You may be surprised on the style of decoy they have to use! We talk hunting accidents in

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28:25

Frontiersmen & Flintlocks

No Lowballers ·

2023/11/09

On today’s show with GunBroker, we’re talking the frontier time period and the firearms that belong to it. When we talk frontier time period a lot of us think about flintlock rifles. Absolutely beautiful pieces of history and surprisingly efficient, even though most people would think otherwise. We talk with Chris Powell from Houndsman XP Podcast and Rick Larnerd from Gobbler Knob Long Rifles – we start in with how Rick actually makes flintlocks, and how that has influenced the way he hunts. He goes

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28:22

National Firearms Act (NFA) & Suppressors

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2023/11/02

On today’s show with GunBroker, we’re talking the National Firearms Act and suppressors. When suppressors were first created you could actually order them by mail or even create your own at home if you had the know-how. That sounds absolutely fantastic but, unfortunately, 1934 rolled around and in came sweeping regulations from the American government. While the publicly stated reason for the NFA was the mob, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Allen goes into the creation of the NFA with the case of

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28:10

Silencers: How They Work, Their History & How To Make...

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2023/10/26

On today’s show with GunBroker, we’re talking silencers and their development throughout the years. Allen dives right into how the original silencer was created and where the inspiration for them came from. He goes into just exactly how a silencer makes a firearm quieter and the science behind it. Jacob brings up the applications of hunting with a silencer. From whitetail or even hog hunting, a silencer opens up a ton of different options for you to hunt, with an added bonus – it’s way better on

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28:37

Trench Warfare – Weapons of WW1

No Lowballers ·

2023/10/19

On today’s show with GunBroker, we’re covering anything and everything in trench warfare. First up on the slate? The big guns – artillery. Artillery was used mainly to bust up troops bunkered down in trenches. As the design of trenches evolved so did the artillery, during WW1 the proximity fuse was refined for artillery to pepper the troops below with shrapnel. Artillery was used in conjunction with trench mortars which were lobbed super high to hopefully come down in the trenches and rain down

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27:56

Famous Firearm Flops

No Lowballers ·

2023/10/12

On today’s show with GunBroker, we’re talking famous firearm flops! Guns that had huge potential to change the industry, but just could never gain the steam. We start off with the Colt Model 1855 Revolving Rifle, which was a super interesting concept, but design flaws kept it from really taking off. One of the biggest problems was cased ammunition not being invented yet, as well as manufacturing issues straight from the factory. Now, remade with a modern take in the Heritage Rancher Carbine, these

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28:39

Smith & Wesson Innovations Through the Years

No Lowballers ·

2023/10/05

In this week’s No Lowballers podcast presented by GunBroker, we’re talking Smith & Wesson innovations through the years with Mike Helms and Vince Perreault. We dive right into it with Mike giving us a rundown of the .357 and .44 magnums that came from Smith & Wesson early on. We talk the history of the .357, how it was created, and how every other cartridge today is still measured up to it, especially in the law enforcement world. Smith & Wesson get a lot of their inspiration from ammunition

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29:05

The OLDEST S&W Revolver In Existence & Smith & Wesson...

No Lowballers ·

2023/09/28

In this week’s No Lowballers presented by GunBroker, we’re talking with Mike Helms from Smith & Wesson about the history of the company and how it became the company it is today. We start out talking with Mike on the shadowy history of when Smith & Wesson was originally founded. A few different dates float around, but Mike gives us a good estimate on when he believes the company actually started. Next up, Mike dives into the Smith & Wesson Model 1. We talk all about how it jumpstarted the company

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21:26

Putting a Value on Your Gun Collection & How To Win...

No Lowballers ·

2023/09/21

In this week’s No Lowballers podcast by GoWild presented by GunBroker, we’re talking with our chief Lowballer, Dave Parris from GunBroker. Dave gives us the rundown on really cool items that he gets at an absolute steal on GunBroker. Dave is an absolute expert on penny auctions and gives a ton of good tips for how you can find really cool, unique items for a solid deal. One of his biggest assets is the watch list feature, a super easy way to make sure you don’t miss out on your auctions ending for

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28:52

Insane History of Han Solo’s Blaster & RoboCop’s Auto 9

No Lowballers ·

2023/09/14

In this week’s No Lowballers podcast presented by GunBroker, we’re talking all about imaginary pop culture firearms and what real guns they were built from. We open up talking about RoboCop’s Auto 9 and how it’s a fictionalized build of a Beretta 93r, one of Allen’s absolute grail guns. Brad speaks on how the original plan for RoboCop’s firearm was to be a Desert Eagle and just how much that would’ve changed the entire tone of the movie. Do you think the Auto 9 was the right choice or would it have

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28:09

007’s Pistol’s Past & Dirty Harry’s Dirty Little Secrets

No Lowballers ·

2023/09/07

In this week’s No Lowballers podcast by GoWild presented by GunBroker, we’re talking all about real pop culture firearms such as the Walther PPK and the Smith & Wesson Model 29. We start the episode off diving into the history of the Walther PPK and how it made its way into the James Bond films. Logan delves into the history of the PPK and how it’s dated back to the early 1930s before being used by Germans in WWII, some of these early models had a requirement for the magazine to be serialized and

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28:27

Cold War Weapons Are Hot

No Lowballers ·

2023/08/31

In this week’s No Lowballers podcast presented by GunBroker, we’re talking all about Russian Cold War Weapons! If one of us disappears by the end of the show, you know why. We open up with a discussion about how exactly to pronounce Makarov, pretty sure we still don’t have it down yet! Logan and Allen go into a discussion of the origin of the Makarov. From the ammo to the firearm itself, the Makarov has a super interesting background. With an extremely long shelf life from 1951 until present, the

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27:46

Battlefield to Backwoods: How the Military Impacted...

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2023/08/24

In this week’s No Lowballers presented by GunBroker, we’re talking about how military technology impacted the way the modern outdoorsman hunts today. We dive in with an integral part of the hunting industry: optics. Allen starts with Leupold, who at one point in time was the largest provider of small arms optics for the US Military. He tells us about the differences between optics that are military spec and optics that are consumer based with some military features. Logan spends some time talking

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