59 - Martin from Vortex Optics (In Africa)

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59 - Martin from Vortex Optics (In Africa)

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Aug 1, 2018

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Martin Baumber and Ryan Cleckner discuss their hunts in Africa and how Vortex Scopes played a role. Please forgive the road noise as we drove down to Johannesburg.

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Aug 1, 2018

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Former special operations (1/75) sniper, bestselling author, and firearm industry executive and attorney Ryan Cleckner discussing all things firearms. The episodes will include classroom/lesson format shows which will explore firearm and shooting theory and technique and talk-show format shows which will discuss all topics firearm related.

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59 - Martin from Vortex Optics (In Africa)

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