I’ve been listening to the Hornady Podcast.
They cover a wide variety of topics. They’ve talked about various hunting opportunities (including Africa). They do interviews with prominent individuals in the industry like Jerry Miculek. (And, on a side note, I really enjoyed their interview with Kristy Titus. Not in the “oooh, a girl in the gun industry”, or the “I want to marry this woman” sense, but: here’s a person who seems to have their head screwed on straight, knows what they know and what they don’t know, and is actively working to fill in the gaps on what they don’t know. I find that admirable. I hadn’t heard of Ms. Titus before this: now I’m a fan.)
And they’ve done several podcasts on interior (what happens to the bullet inside the gun) and exterior (what happens to the bullet in flight) ballistics. Those podcasts are really deep dives into the way things work. If you’re a gun person with a techy bent at all, I encourage you to listen.
Episode 35 is a listener Q&A session. If you listen to the first few minutes of it, you might hear a name you recognize. You can listen to the whole thing if you’d like (I’d encourage that) but the “relevant” (for some value of “relevant”) part comes early.
A couple of quick points:
- Remember this post? Yeah, this is what I was talking about. Preston from Hornady had told me they were doing a Q&A at some point, and asked if he could use my questions on the show. Of course I said yes.
- There’s a bit more to the questions I asked than what made it on to the show. What’s on the show is a very good summary of one of the questions I asked. Preston and I had a long conversation about both of my questions. I’m not kidding: Preston actually called me on the phone and we talked through this stuff. I can’t tell you how impressed I am with their support for some random murder hobo. (I don’t think anybody at Hornady even knows I blog.)
- They didn’t really go into my second question on this podcast, but that’s okay. They did kind of briefly touch on it, and, from what they said, they plan a much deeper dive into that question in some future podcast. Which is awesome.
- Never read the YouTube comments. Seriously. I know I’m taking this personal-like, but Preston and the rest of the gang was so nice to me, I can’t imagine how people could treat them like crap in the YouTube comments. I guess a lot of people have trouble remembering there are real people behind the screen.
And, actually, some other things are coming together. My project for the Smith and Wesson Collector’s Association came to fruition and is active now. I’ve even received some nice feedback. (You can’t access it unless you’re a member. Which you should be if you’re interested in Smith and Wessons.)
The government finally mailed my tax refund. I haven’t gotten official word yet, but I’ve gotten “unofficial” word on my corporate bonus and pay for the next two quarters (at least) and been reassured there won’t be any layoffs on my team.
And I’ve been talking to a fellow collector, and there’s some more hoplobibilophilia coming soon-ish.
In the meantime, as we often say, look for the smiling face of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on every bottle!
