TFB Behind the Gun #233: Keeping Britain's Guns Alive in America

On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Evan Murdoch , founder of Murdoch & Co , the only company building a true-to-spec, stamped-receiver semi-auto version of Britain's SA80 service rifle here in the United States. Today we'll dig in...

By Luke C. •

Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing’s Pima Cotton Campfire Hoodie

The Chestnut Mountain Campfire Hoodie combines Pima cotton comfort, a roomy fit, and range-ready details in a versatile everyday layer. The post Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing’s Pima Cotton Campfire Hoodie appeared first on The Truth About Guns.

By Luke Cuenco •

TFB Behind the Gun #232: FAST Auto Rifle Division ft. Russell Phagan

Russell Phagan has never met a shooting sport rule he didn't want to push. From building out the   Brutality match series  with InRangeTV, to founding   FAST (Firearms Action Shooting Trials)  as its own standalone series, to his day job as VP at KE Arms, he's spent ...

By Luke C. •

TFB Behind the Gun #231: Derrick Ratliff of Horizon Firearms

I met our guest today, Derrick Ratliff, at this year's Leupold Relentless Rifleman , the NRL Hunter match  I wrote about here ; he was working the same brutal high-desert terrain I was, and it turns out talking to the guy who made the rifle you’re competing with is some of th...

By Luke C. •

TFB Behind the Gun #227: Earle Pope w/ Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing

On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Earle Pope, founder and owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, a brand-new company out of Brevard, North Carolina, that made quite a splash at GunCon 2026. Chestnut Mountain caught a lot of attention at the...

By Luke C. •

Chestnut Mountain's Veteran-Designed Range-Ready Apparel

Luke C. speaks with Elliot from Chestnut Mountain Machine at GunCon 2026 to check out their growing line of apparel — and if the name sounds familiar, it's because these are the same group of veterans behind the newly imported OKP-7 optics covered earlier in this series. The lineup inc...

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New Reproduction OKP-7 Red Dots from Chestnut Mountain

Luke C talks with Earle Pope, owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, at GunCon 2026 about the company's OKP-7 reproduction optic — a faithful recreation of the classic Russian-pattern reflex sight right down to the real Russian manual (obviously translated into English, too). Built ...

By Luke C. •