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Hosted by Terry Vaughan · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 37 episodes
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Making Shooters Better is where real shooter stories turn into smarter training and preparation for everyone. Each episode dives into the journeys, wins, and lessons of competitors, instructors, and innovators from across the firearms world. Hosted by Terry Vaughan —former British Royal Marine Commando, Top Shot competitor, and firearms instructor—this show delivers more than talk. You’ll get the mindset, methods, and motivation to train sharper and perform better, on and off the range!
Terry Vaughan hosts Making Shooters Better, a education show with 37 episodes published.
What happens when a decision made in a fraction of a second is later examined for months, or even years, by attorneys, experts, judges, investigators, and jurors? In this episode of Making Shooters Better, Terry sits dow
What happens when the uniform comes off, but the need for mission, community, and purpose remains? Viviana Morales Kolb served twelve years in the Army, including time as a preventive medicine specialist and drill sergea
In this episode of Making Shooters Better , Terry Vaughan sits down with Dr. Travis Yates for a frank and deeply important conversation about what is happening inside modern law enforcement and why the consequences reach
What do dangerous people teach us about human behavior? Dr. Mary Beth Wilkas Janke returns to Making Shooters Better for a deep, fascinating, and at times unsettling conversation about the mind behind the threat. A forme
In this episode of Making Shooters Better , Terry sits down with Brian Baxter, combat infantry veteran, retired Texas State Trooper, and CEO of Force Science, for a conversation that changes how you understand perception
Can you trust your training when everything goes wrong? In this episode of Making Shooters Better , Terry Vaughan sits down with Erick Gelhaus, retired law enforcement officer, military veteran, firearms instructor, rese
Most people think situational awareness is about constantly scanning for danger. The reality is far more interesting and far more important: it's about recognizing danger sooner. In this solo episode, Terry Vaughan, form
Brian Taylor has spent his life studying firearms from three very different perspectives: as a Marine infantryman, an executive protection professional, and an attorney. Raised in inner-city Chicago with little exposure
Dianna Muller has spent her life around firearms, but her path from police officer to professional shooter to one of the most influential voices in the Second Amendment movement was anything but planned. In this episode,
Multi-division USPSA Grand Master and IPSC World Shoot Gold Medalist Tim Herron joins former Royal Marine Commando Terry Vaughan for a deep dive into the hidden side of shooting performance. While most shooters focus on
After reporting a crime and being threatened by the suspect afterward, Dakota realized something uncomfortable: owning a firearm without truly knowing how to use it wasn’t enough. What started as hesitation around guns e
In this episode, firearms instructor Karl Rehn joins former Royal Marines Commando Terry Vaughan for a brutally honest conversation about the dangerous gap between shooting skill and actual survivability in a violent enc
What happens after hope starts to slip? In Part 2, Ken Kraus takes us deeper inside one of the most feared prisons of the Iranian Revolution—a place where time disappears, rules don’t apply, and survival is no longer gua
What happens when the post you’re sworn to protect becomes the place you’re taken from? In this first part of a two-part episode, former U.S. Marine Ken Kraus takes us inside the opening moments of the 1979 Iranian Revol
This episode isn’t about the Secret Service. It’s not about psychology. It’s about who you become when pressure shows up uninvited. Dr. Mary Beth Wilkas Janke has lived in environments where hesitation has consequences—p
She didn’t grow up around guns. Didn’t want one in her home. And for years… she fought against the idea entirely. Then one moment changed everything. What started as fear turned into curiosity. Curiosity turned into comp
Most people rely on instinct when something feels off—but instinct without clarity doesn’t lead to action. And if you’re carrying a gun but don’t see the threat coming, it doesn’t matter what you’re carrying. In this epi
Most shooters spend years chasing better accuracy… faster splits… cleaner gear. Kita Busse took one look at the sport and asked a different question: What if the problem isn’t your shooting at all? Coming in as an outsid
He didn’t grow up around guns. He didn’t look like the obvious candidate. And twice… his body literally shut down on him. But Perry Yee didn’t quit. In this episode, former Navy SEAL Perry Yee takes you inside the moment
In this engaging interview, Terry Vaughan chats with Steve Anderson, USPSA Grandmaster and mental management expert, and shares his journey from rock band to shooting champion. He reveals practical strategies for masteri
Steve Anderson
Author of The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Like Amazon · Grace International School
1 appearance on this show
Rev. John Allen
Transit Vehicle Mechanic · Anderson United Methodist Church
1 appearance on this show
Brian Martin
Author of "The Queen Among Kings" · Childhood Domestic Violence Association
1 appearance on this show
Lewis “Von” Kliem
Force Science
1 appearance on this show
Brian Baxter
Force Science
1 appearance on this show
Robyn Sandoval
A Girl & A Gun
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Michelle Camp
Armed Women of America
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