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GunStuffGunStuff LIVE #223: DryFireMag, Icarus Precision, and CPA RiflesMatt Hickman of DryFireMag talks about their magazines that allow dry fire practice without the trigger locking back.Travis Merklin from Icarus Precision shares their new line of polymer modules.Joel Penkala with CPA Rifles discusses their reproduction rifles, mainly the Stevens 44 1/2.
2024-02-2950 min
Bird CampS4 EP6 Joel Penkala, host of the Gun Room Podcast.Joel and I talk about the opportunities in New Jersey where he resides and a lot about bird guns. Enjoy the episode.
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2023-04-031h 49
Birdshot PodcastShotguns and Upland Hunting with Joel Penkala of The Gun Room PodcastHost of The Gun Room Podcast, Joel Penkala, joins the show to discuss upland hunting in the eastern US, his favorite shotguns and more.Show Highlights:
Trail cameras and ruffed grouse drumming logs
Ruffed grouse in New Jersey?
Joel’s latest estate sale shotgun finds…
Upland hunting in the eastern US
The latest season on The Gun Room Podcast
Tune in to this episode of the Birdshot Podcast for a conversation with Joel Penkala on upland hunting, shotguns and The Gun Room Podcast.Instagram | @woodsbumBecome a Patreon Supp...
2022-05-051h 12
The Gun RoomThe Gun Room: Episode 28; Gunstock DimensionsOne of the most common things folks do when inspecting a potential shotgun purchase is shoulder the gun. It seems an interesting thing that ‘gun mount’ is such a crucial part of the gun purchase, but so many folks simply shoulder a gun and assign a non-quantitative value to it: “oh this shoulders nice” or “feels right”. So many of those folks realize that a gun must ‘fit’ but very few actually know or understand their own dimensions and how they translate to a gunstock. The same holds true for backyard clays shooting when you try a new-to-you shotgun that seems to br...
2021-10-0110 min
The Gun RoomThe Gun Room: Episode 24; Double Gun Barrel ConstructionIt is, at times, easy to take for granted the complexity of manufacturing involved in creating a fine sporting rifle or shotgun. As hunters or shooters, finding a gun that fits, breaks clays or hits birds is foremost in our mind. As we dive into and explore the construction of modern guns, we quickly begin to see a great diversity of techniques developed over the last 200 years or so that illustrate just how much thought has been put into the construction of the shotguns or rifles we love. Im Joel Penkala and this is 10 Minutes on Double Gun Barrels
2021-09-1709 min
The Gun RoomThe Gun Room; Episode 22: Heat Treating and Color Case HardeningI have always been fascinated by the depth of knowledge required to be a proficient gunsmith. Skilled individuals possess a working knowledge of mechanics, engineering, chemistry, and economics(if they are still employed), and can pull from any of those topics at will. Today’s topic in question, heat treating metal, requires one to don the hat of chemist and engineer with the study of metallurgy. I’m Joel Penkala and this is 10 minutes on heat treating and case hardening. Gunsmiths have to shape parts from metal, and not all metals are created equal, nor will one type...
2021-08-2012 min
The Gun RoomThe Gun Room: Episode 20; The Philosophy of Gun RestorationThe 2021 Barret Jackson Auto Auction in Las Vegas was one to remember. With a record-breaking $48 million in sales, it would seem that there is quite a market for unique automobiles. It has always intrigued me that in the auto world it seems that the items of the highest auction block value can be relatively new production cars or just as easily classics from 70 years ago. In this most recent auction, three wildly different autos broke the 1 million dollar ceiling. They were a 2015 Mclaren P1, a 1957 Mercedes 300SL Roadster, and a 2019 Ford GT. All amazing vehicles, feats of modern engineering...
2021-08-0613 min
The Gun RoomThe Gun Room: Episode 18; The Browning Auto-5Episode 18: Browning Auto-5 Part of why I love old firearms so much is the history and romance that goes along with each particular gun. Many old firearms evoke feelings of nostalgia, memories of loved ones, and good times long gone. Is it the smell of a particular gun oil, or the lines of a gun that will spark these fond memories? I know people who grew up knowing only that grandad had a side by side- all they could remember was the shape of the gun. Then and now there are many side by side shotguns, which...
2021-07-2312 min
Birdshot Podcast#86 | New Jersey Upland Hunting and Griffin & Howe with Joel Penkala – Project Upland PodcastExploring New Jersey upland hunting and Griffin & Howe on the Project Upland Podcast. Joel Penkala was raised on New Jersey upland hunting. While perhaps not the first state that comes to mind when you think of a multi-species upland bird hunt, Joel draws on his past and that of his father to tell the… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-12-241h 29
projectupland.com On The GoParker Shotguns – A Vintage Shotgun History | Written by Joel PenkalaRoughly halfway between the coastal town of New Haven, Conn., and the capital of Hartford lies the city of Meridian, the one-time home to the illustrious, fabled and renowned Parker Brothers Manufacturing Company. The state of Connecticut has a storied history of firearms manufacturing and to this day is still home to some of the biggest names in the gun business. Small and large purveyors of the shooting sports, gunsmiths and even some manufacturers still call Connecticut home, though many more have gone the way of the passenger pigeon, as is the case with the subject of this article — the...
2019-07-2610 min