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Take it easy, this is really rough. We intended to just practice and then later decided it might be good enough to publish. No fancy intro music (or intro for that matter). Just 4 random guys talking about guns.

On this episode GAT LAB might die on air and Dusky struggles to stay awake. ARDREW and DRSCARYGUY just try to hold it all together.

On this episode ARDREW talks a little too much (or a lot), the cast discusses the best guns to train a new shooter with and plenty of other randomness. Be kind, we are learning.

On episode 4, the cast chases every squirrel mentioned. ARDREW is under the weather but nonetheless obnoxious and Dusky never shuts up. The Gat Lab remains sexy and DrScaryGuy talks some.

Gat Lab is absent, Dan cuts everyone off a bit, Dusky talks about squirrels and a SWEET new rifle and ARDREW just runs his mouth like always. Great times!

On Episode 6, we have a very special guest - the PewPewJew. He shares with us his entry into the gun community, the books he writes to teach children about the second amendment and gun safety, and much more. Such a great time and we hope to have him back in the future!

On this episode we talk about optics, future show ideas, 1911 rimfire conversions, competitions, and much more. Dusky is his usual charming self, Dan talks some, Gat Lab continues to be the adult in the room, and ARDREW is still annoying.

Rimfire Clones, New Savage 110 RF, More competition talk from Dusky, and Gat Lab makes a big confession and apology. Also, he has Lung AIDS.

First attempt at Rumble with most everything going wrong. Those in the Rumble chat enjoyed watching us fumble around like children. Rimfires, Centerfires, NRAAM coming up, blah blah blah.

On this episode we are excited to have one our listeners, Rougarou, join us to share some of his expertise on rimfires. Great times were had by all, Dusky interrupts everyone and asks plenty of questions, and we generally annoyed all the listeners to the livestream. Gideon Optics created a discount code “RIMFIRERADIO” on the livestream and became our first supporting vendor. Check them out!

The entire Rimfire Radio crew was invited on to the AR15 Podcast to talk rimfires, and any other random topic we could come up with. Thanks to Dooley and Garth for having us on! We hope everyone enjoys this as much as we did.

Episode 12 of Rimfire Radio dives into CZ 457s, listener collections that have clearly gotten out of hand, and the usual rimfire rabbit holes. The hosts also talk about a few new suppressors that have landed in the group and Dusky delivers a major reveal — not that kind — along with an unforgettable attempt at pronouncing Hornady. As always, the episode stays firmly on brand with too much rimfire enthusiasm, questionable maturity, and plenty of stupid jokes.

Plow Guy Dave from the Let’s Go Hunt podcast joins Rimfire Radio for Episode 11 while Gat Lab is off doing Gat Lab things somewhere else. We talk through a pile of rimfire nonsense, including favorite setups, shooting groundhogs, thermal optics, and the kind of questionable decision-making that makes rimfires so much fun. Along the way, the conversation wanders exactly as much as you would expect, with plenty of stupid jokes and not nearly enough adult supervision. If you like rimfires, varmint hunting, and unserious people taking unserious things seriously, this one is for you.

Gat Lab discusses his exploration of the 21 Sharp caliber.

In this episode we mostly discuss the products seen by Gat Lab and ARDREW at NRAAM. Outlier Suppressors, Fletcher Rifle Works, Tandemkross, and more. Great fun is had by all.....

In this episode of Rimfire Radio, the crew rips through wild Discord discussions on spray painting guns, bargain .22 uppers, Rougarou pull gauges, and hunting for solid .22 WMR and bolt action options. We sink deep into the tinkering trenches covering MK3-QF2 Charger builds, 10/22 recoil spring tests, trigger upgrades, rotary safety swaps, and ARDREW's fresh GP100 .22LR order — including the critical Hogue wood grip debate to make Okist proud. Dan deals with his Force B1 barrel RMA headache and suppressor purchase failures while we detour into some centerfire talk.

Our longest episode so far with an almost famous guest, Country Boy Guns. When he isn't co-hosting the AK47 Radio podcast, he is neglecting his YouTube channel which has some great content. Lots of low brow humor in this one folks and I can't promise it will be worth what you pay for it.

Episode 28 kicks off in absolute shambles as the crew auctions off Dusky to fund a full-auto AM-180 dream build before diving headfirst into unhinged gun culture chaos. Special guest Raggle Fraggle stops by to flex some high-end rimfire builds that put the hosts’ questionable gear choices to shame, including a 3D-printed chassis that actually runs and a terrifying hair-trigger revolver that borders on reckless endangerment. Between diagnosing the cycling failures of budget "Temu MP7" chassis, recounting the legendary bar-bathroom extraction of the holy poop knife, and casually plotting how to bypass NFA nonsense on a 4473, the banter gets wildly off the rails. Add in some drunken range reports, broken Beretta safeties, and shameless shill work for discount-code optics, and you get two full hours of unadulterated mediocrity. It’s loud, politically questionable, and proof that four idiots with microphones and too much ammo shouldn't be left unsupervised on a Wednesday night.

Episode 27 of Rimfire Radio is another certified shitshow as the crew welcomes Dalton from Foxhound Firearms to talk custom suppressors, shop life, and hypothetical kidney harvesting for dream Volquartsen builds. Between gratuitously flexing Gideon Optics, clowning on missing hosts, and debating whether Dusky’s suppressed .380 is strictly reserved for defending a Culver's parking lot, the guys recap some questionable range builds and a suspiciously high match score. They briefly attempt to be responsible adults while tearing into the latest confusing NFA injunction drama and ATF audit nightmares for dealers, only to quickly derail back into gun lubes, astigmatism slander, and iron sight elitism. Gat Lab eventually crawls in from the East Coast just in time to dispense parting wisdom about being cool to new shooters, leaving listeners with two full hours of unfiltered Second Amendment degeneracy and zero actual legal advice.

Episode 18, “Okist,” drags listener and unofficial Rimfire Radio father figure Okist into the circus, mainly because he is old as shit and Gat-Lab apparently got lost on the way to the internet. We hit Rimfire Challenge Nationals, the FarrowTech FT-M Kit for the KelTec P17, scope recommendations for a Ruger 77/17 in .17 HMR, and enough half-baked rimfire projects to make a financial advisor start drinking. Dusky beats on his Charger and starts lusting after precision bolt guns, Dan fondles an Ithaca M49 and other .22 oddities, and ARDREW rambles about Ruger Mk3s, VSS-22s, Vortex glass, Outlier cans, and polymer ARs. It is rimfire talk, centerfire detours, absentee co-host slander, and the kind of deeply unserious behavior that keeps our mothers disappointed.

Episode 17, “Knob Job,” is packed with the usual rimfire nonsense, questionable maturity, and enough gear talk to make your wallet nervous. We dig into listener topics like the S&W 422/622, weird and wonderful Discord finds, suppressor hosts, 3D-printed TX22 chassis, the Woox Elegante, and whatever Dayle keeps sending us to make us feel poor. Dan gets his Hammerli back from Walther, ARDREW shows off a very green Franklin Armory F-17X, Dusky brings competition stories and Beretta energy, and Gat-Lab prepares to run questionable guns in questionable ways. We also take the mandatory centerfire detour with tiny pistols, AR FRT laughs, gun-store mistakes, Mock 18 problems, and ARDREW’s new IWI Jericho.

Episode 16 marks the triumphant-ish return of The Gat Lab after a few weeks of mysterious absence, so naturally we spend some quality time dragging him for it. Dusky does what Dusky does best and talks competitive shooting, Dan gets shockingly fast customer service from Walther on his Hammerli repair, and ARDREW continues his spiritual journey of waiting for Ruger to send a shipping label for his brand-new GP100 warranty claim. Somehow, through all of that, we remain dangerously entertaining.

In Episode 26 of Rimfire Radio, ARDrew nurses a bruised ego from a scathing listener email while the crew breaks down guest Chris UYT’s wildly impressive garage machining projects, including a suppressed revolver and an ECM-bored AR-9 barrel. The absolute chaos escalates as Dan conducts a live "desk pop" using 12-gauge dummy rounds and dissects the latest 5.7mm drama between Kel-Tec and StuffNThings. Meanwhile, Gat Lab gets relentlessly roasted into oblivion over AI-generated liver spots, and Dusky recaps his hot-weapon USCCL match runs alongside some questionable .380 ballistics testing. Topped off with breaking NFA litigation news and the usual unfiltered banter, it’s two straight hours of glorious, high-octane gun-nerd degeneracy.

In Episode 25, GOALS: Rice Cracker Range Day, ARDREW, DAN, Gat Lab, and guest Dutch try to piece together their Des Moines trip. They linger on One Horse risking it all with factory forced-reset triggers, then get completely derailed by a West Virginia gunsmith who hands out rice crackers and builds a 6mm ARC that shoots tighter than their attention spans. Gat falls hard for the handmade Sea Spider suppressor so quiet that people kept talking through full magazines, while the rest of the crew bickers about empty tubes, crossbolt safeties, and every new can company claiming to have reinvented physics. A short, careful note about the recent NFA district-court ruling is quickly buried under media-day photos, vendor chats, and the usual awkward creator networking. By the end they’re still baffled that ordinary shooters somehow walked away with media credentials and a PowerPoint full of range pictures.

Episode 24 finds the self-proclaimed "gravy seals" of Rimfire Radio broadcasting live ahead of GOALS to obsess over all the firearms and gear they can’t afford. The hosts painstakingly scroll through the event exhibitor list, taking jabs at everything from saturated AR-15 markets and questionable 10mm carry choices to Turkish imports and "tactical" leaf-blower suppressors. Between side-tangents on Obama, fake IDs, and dodging flock cameras, they take viewer notes on which vendor booths to harass for free samples and live content. Ultimately, the crew marvels that event organizers let them in as media in the first place, promising to make absolute fools of themselves on Range Day.

With Gatlab ditching the show yet again—presumably to fight his high blood pressure, bees, or the surveillance state—the resident degenerates are joined by Whiskey Trail, a self-proclaimed centerfire slave who hasn't shot a .22 since the Eisenhower administration.

The gang dives headfirst into the Rimfire Rundown, drooling over over-priced 10/22 builds, custom Taiwanese bullpups, and Dan’s newest prized possession: a Henry survival rifle that looks like a plastic shotgun stock and functions like a glorified Skittles holder. AR Drew brags about his factory Tippmann FRT setup with an integrally suppressed upper, while Dusky recaps his mediocre steel match performance and details his borderline obsessive 17-round .22 LR chrono tests for "science."

Over on the Centerfire Detour, Dan manages to turn his Beretta 92X into a single-shot paperweight thanks to a suppressor setup that refuses to cycle, Dusky somehow hits a steel target at 100 yards with a subcompact .380 before completely failing on camera, and Whiskey Trail prepares his body for a Texas hog hunt while defending appendix-carrying a full-sized 1911.

In a massive two-hour display of pure firearm autism, the Rimfire Radio crew attempts a live PowerPoint presentation on Rumble that predictably goes completely off the rails. The hosts kick things off by introducing Gatlab as "senile but butt-loaded" before transitioning into a deeply serious discussion about the tactical viability of fanny packs. The gear highlight of the night features a 130-year-old youth rifle saved from a literal garbage dump, which triggers a live "desk pop" video demonstration and pairs beautifully with Gatlab's tragic realization that he ruined his vintage tube-fed rifle by threading it for a suppressor. The show then derails into a chaotic centerfire detour where the guys aggressively debate whether ultra-short AR barrels under 10.5 inches are a viable home defense option or just loud toys designed for range retards. To wrap up the chaos, Dan brags about losing weight just to fit into his appendix holsters, while Dusky proudly flashes his nipples to the audience to celebrate his new tiger-stripe Beretta holster from Klecker Tactical. Finally, Dan cracks a joke about running up to police officers to scream about your gun collection, before the crew invites their remaining twenty viewers to come buy them drinks at the upcoming GOALS conference.

Episode 21, “Baffles, Booze & Bad Choices,” asks the hard questions: why rimfire mostly stops at .22, why we keep doing this show, and how much drinking is too much drinking before the wheels fully come off. Gat-Lab gets sucked into benchrest rimfire, learns some scope lessons, and blows out a ShiftZero PLA baffle, while ARDREW sights in the Ruger American Rimfire and Franklin Armory F17 before getting personally disrespected by the Bergara BMR. Dusky goes full holster goblin with Quiet Frog work, Beretta .380 testing, Hornofdaddy “science,” and bad testing done with great enthusiasm, while Dan contributes the powerful energy of having absolutely nothing. By the end, the captain, lawyer, doctor, and Not Sure have produced rimfire theory, centerfire detours, baffle carnage, questionable sobriety, and enough bad choices to make Episode 21 feel exactly as sharp as it deserves to be.

Episode 20, “Cuck Chair Tactical,” proves that twenty episodes in, we still have no idea what we are doing — but at least ARDREW is herding cats from the nicest cuck chair you’ve ever seen. We dig into DutchWalker’s Bergara B14R and Grey Birch 10/22 clone range results, Chad from Gun & Gear Review winning a Ruger Wrangler, Dewayne showing up with rimfires and actual artistic talent, and Okist immediately doing the Lord’s work by putting a Sparrow on his new Beretta 20X. Dusky gives range reports on the Quiet Frog, Mec-Gar mag hope, Beretta 80X practice, and surviving a USCCL match, while ARDREW swaps parts on the Tippmann, debates glass for the Bergara BMR, ships his GP100 off to Ruger, and prepares to sight in the world’s most cursed Hi-Point URGI. Dan adds night vision to the Hammerli, makes more questionable SBR decisions, and somehow the whole thing remains loud, moist, tactical, and mostly rimfire-adjacent.

Episode 19, “21 Shart,” is another classy descent into rimfire chaos, bad financial decisions, and public embarrassment thinly disguised as content. We hit listener and Discord topics including 10/22 advice, .22 single actions, pistol-mounted thermal optics, Steel Challenge scores, the 2AD Plinky suppressor, and the Beretta 20X Bobcat, because apparently everyone has a problem and none of us are qualified to help. Dusky survives another rimfire steel match and asks the eternal question — who loaded this mag? — while Dan wrestles with Gemtech mistakes, .22 mag derringers, fresh suppressor mounts, and an R50 SBR decision he may or may not deserve. Gat-Lab brings the main event with a thorough 21 Sharp autopsy featuring ruptured cases, out-of-battery firing, and enough disappointment to justify the title, while ARDREW talks Staccato Ranch, his wife shooting her first gun, and sending a Galil off for work because this show is basically a support group with poorer impulse control.