Summary: What’s up ladies and gents, welcome to the podcast. Today I have a bit of an out of the box podcast for you. Last year, my buddy Mark Nickols joined me on the podcast to BS about elk hunting but we never got around to talking about is other passion him and I share which is old school guns and some of the crazy stories he has dug up over the years with some of these really cool old guns he has collected.<br> If you like old guns or even just really interesting history you are going to love this podcast.<br> <br> Before we get started I want to tell you all about a huge <a href="http://www.patreon.com/therichoutdoors">4th of July giveaway</a> we are doing over on Patreon. As many of you have heard this year we started a Patreon page and moved Wapiti Wednesday and Muley Monday exclusively to Patreon. So far it has been a huge success and I have really enjoyed getting to meet all of you Patron supporters as that platform really allows me to interact with the listeners so much more.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/therichoutdoors">Become a Patreon</a><br> <br> So for the 4th of July aka my Birthday, I set a goal to get to 500 Patrons and put together a huge <a href="http://www.patreon.com/therichoutdoors">Giveaway</a> with over 18 different prize packages. Yes, 18 different Patrons are going to win some awesome prizes including stuff from Maven Optics, Stone Glacier, Phelps Calls, Backcountry Fuel, FHF, Solo targets, and Even a badass Traeger Grill. To enter just go sign up to <a href="http://www.patreon.com/therichoutdoors">become a Patreon supporter</a>. It’s $5 and you could win some awesome prizes. Seriously it would mean the world to me to get your support and for all of you current Patrons, thank you guys so much you guys are a huge part of making this whole podcast happen.<br> <br> Show Notes: <br><br> Introduction – 0:08:10<br><br> Hunting Dogs – 0:12:34<br><br> Story of the Big Bull – 0:14:45<br><br> Mark’s Passion for Old Guns – 0:25:15<br><br> The Gun That Got Away – 0:34:10<br><br> Mark’s Colt 1851 Revolver & Nazi Owned 9mm – 0:46:03<br><br> Buffalo Gun, Sharps, Dodge City – 1:05:26<br><br> The Story of Billy Dixon & Adobe Walls – 1:11:01<br><br> M-1 Garand – 1:32:57<br><br> A Great Story About Collectors 1:49:56<br><br> Meeting Tom Seleck – 1:52:53<br><br> Guns on the Want List – 1:59:05<br><br> Talkin General Custer – 2:05:52<br><br> Closing Thoughts – 2:11:11<br> <br> <br> This episode is brought to you by Maven Optics. Maven is an optics company that is redefining the optics industry. I have been running Maven optics for going on 3 years now and I can’t speak highly enough about them. This is glass that is right there with the highest level European glass companies for way cheaper. This is why they say Maven is redefining the optics category. You guys are probably familiar with direct to consumer type models as more and more companies are building their business this way. Essentially they are cutting out the middle man and the big box stores and because of this Maven can create a product at the highest level and be considerably cheaper than any other brand because they aren’t paying salespeople.<br> <br> The other really cool feature of this model of business is that they can also offer an endless amount of custom options. You can actually go to <a href="http://mavenbuilt.com/">Mavenbuilt.com</a> and build your bino’s to fit you personally. With thousands of options and camp patterns, you can customize your bino’s to you. I personally run the B.2 in 11×45 and freaking love this set of binos. Check them out at <a href="http://mavenbuilt.com/">Mavenbuilt.com</a> and use code “TRO-GIFT” at check out to get a free gift with your purchase. Also if you haven’t yet check out the podcast I did with Brendon,
