The Gun Rack

Episode 194: The American Revolution: The Saratoga Campaign (Pt.2)

We're finishing up the story of the Saratoga Campaign this week on The Gun Rack. Learn how Benedict Arnold and the Continental Army defeated John Burgoyne's Brits in a decisive battle in the first half of the American Revolution.

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI). To learn more about SDI, head over to our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 193: The American Revolution: The Saratoga Campaign (Pt.1)

This week, Drew tackles one of the most important campaigns during the early days of the American Revolution, the Saratoga Campaign. From discussing the prelude to the campaign to each side's strategies, and even how much of a bum they believe Horatio Gates is, there's plenty to dig into on this episode of The Gun Rack!

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The Gun Rack is the official podcast of the Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI) School of Firearm Technology. For more info about SDI, check out our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 192: History of the Dreyse Needle Gun

This week, Drew goes into the history of the firearms that helped the Prussians become a world power. We're talking about, of course, the Dreyse! All this in the week's educational episode of The Gun Rack.

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI). Learn more about SDI by checking out our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 191: 2024 SDI Firearms Draft

It's that time of year once again, folks...Firearms Draft Season!! Join the Gun Rack guys for over 90 minutes of pure firearms talk on this 3rd annual SDI Firearms Draft.

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI). For more info about how you can get started at SDI, check out our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 190: An Inside Look at SDI's Firearm Selection Process

We have a very special episode of The Gun Rack in store for you guys today! SDI's Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the School of Firearms Technology, Jarred McNeely, joins us on the pod to discuss how SDI selects the firearms they send to their students. An insightful look into the behind-the-scenes of SDI!

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Institute. To find out more, head over to our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 189: Examining the Fowler, Early America's Workhorse Firearm

Essential for the survival of American pilgrims, the Fowler played a pivotal (albeit, somewhat forgotten) role in the early history of our nation. Today, Joey sheds some light on this relic from the colonial frontier.

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI). To find out more, please head to our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 188: A Brief History of the Mosin-Nagant

We're back again with another firearms history episode and this week, we're taking a quick look at the Russian rifle that helped win The Battle of Stalingrad, the Mosin-Nagant. 

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Insitute (SDI). For more info about how SDI can help you build your firearms foundation, visit our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 187: 2024 Handgun Madness

For the first in, well, forever, the boys are embracing March Madness with a little madness of their own. We're pitting 8 handguns against each other in a bracket-style tournament to see which one comes out on top! All this and more on this week's episode of The Gun Rack! (*Keep an eye out on SDI's social media channels for the bracket, so that you can take part in the madness too)

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Institute. For more info about SDI, check out our website at www.sdi.edu. 

Episode 186: Sitting Down with Owen Chambers, SDI's 2023 Outstanding Graduate

This week, we had the privilege of sitting down with Owen Chambers, who was recently named SDI's Outstanding Graduate of 2023. We had a great time discussing his SDI journey, his role in creating an unofficial SDI student Discord, and much more. All this on this week's episode of The Gun Rack!

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Insitute. For more info about how SDI can help you get started in the world of firearms. check out our website here: www.sdi.edu.

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(unofficial) SDI Student and Grad Discord: https://discord.gg/sonoran-desert-institute 

Episode 185: A Brief History of the M1911

"THE GUN THAT WON 2 WORLD WARS!"...What else is there to say about the M1911? This week, Drew shares a brief history of how this iconic firearm came into being.

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Did you know that SDI offers 1911 Advanced Armorer as an elective option? To find out more about this course, you can read our article here: https://sdi.edu/sonoran-desert-institute-brings-back-their-1911-course/ 

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The Gun Rack is the official firearms podcast of Sonoran Desert Institute. For more info about SDI, check out our website at www.sdi.edu.