Ep. 03: The man who refused to wear pants

In this episode I am joined by Murray Gardner, a 9 time national International Practical Shooting Confederation champion, firearms instructor and firearms, range and ballistics consultant. 

We talk about what it takes to be a 9 time champion, how IPSC has changed over the years and what the future of the sport looks like to Murray. 

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Intro [00:00:00 – 00:01:22]
• How Murray got into shooting sports & his first IPSC match [00:01:22 – 00:06:59] 
• Competing, involvement in the Canadian Firearms Safety Course program & other consulting work [00:06:59 – 00:13:59]
• Murrays gun & a hairline crack [00:13:59 – 00:16:47]
• The ‘Doc’ in Murray Doc Gardner & hands are good for 3 things [00:16:47 – 00:18:37]
• More effective route & borrowed guns [00:18:37 – 00:21:47]
• Black Badge program & going electronic [00:21:47 – 00:25:45]
• 8yr in a row national champion, mental marksmanship & scoreboard [00:25:45 – 00:32:35]
• Dry fire practice & keeping up with new shooters [00:32:35 – 00:36:36]
• The future for IPSC & getting Murray in pants [00:36:36 – 00:38:54]
• Getting more people involved in shooting sports [00:38:54 – 00:40:46]
• Politics, firearms & sharing knowledge [00:40:46 – 00:52:25]
• Keeping up with changing technologies [00:52:25 – 00:53:45]
• Outro [00:53:45 – 00:54:30]

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:

• IPSC [00:01:25] [00:03:46] [00:03:49] [00:04:47] [00:05:53] [00:06:34] [00:06:47] [00:07:20] [00:17:21] [00:17:29] [00:18:49] [00:21:49] [00:23:57] [00:24:58] [00:25:34] [00:26:17] [00:26:45] [00:26:49] [00:31:43] [00:36:37] [00:36:54] [00:39:05] [00:39:09] [00:39:38] [00:40:10] [00:52:28][00:52:44] [00:53:06] [00:53:13] [00:53:21]
• Guns magazine [00:03:37]
• Jeff Cooper [00:03:45] [00:03:56]
• Gridley [00:04:25] [00:04:25] [00:05:00] [00:05:02] [00:05:10] [00:05:29]
• Comstock [00:05:52] [00:05:54] [00:05:56] [00:05:57]
• Thompson Mountain [00:06:17]
• Western International Practical Shooting League [00:06:42]
• Canadian Firearms Safety Course [00:11:57] [00:12:55] [00:22:39]
• CORE Hunter Education Course [00:10:19] [00:10:28]
• Springfield Armory [00:11:27] [00:10:28]
• Vancouver Region Water District [00:13:43]
• Coquitlam River Watershed [00:13:46]
• Chip McCormick [00:14:04] [00:14:06]
• DVC [00:14:37]
• Freedom Ventures [00:15:48]
• PPC [00:19:31]
• Black Badge [00:20:56] [00:21:46] [00:21:54] [00:21:58] [00:22:25] [00:24:19] [00:24:54] [00:25:32] [00:25:35]
• Lanny Bassham [00:27:32] [00:27:36] [00:27:39] [00:32:55]
• FAC [00:41:38]
• BC Rifle Association [00:45:47]
• MDGardner.com [00:51:51]

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