MDS May 2021 Newsletter

Time continues to march on whether you want it to or not, and May was no exception to that as it flew by for us! We had a lot going on with Caylen and Phil running classes in multiple locations up in the Northwest. It’s been an awesome month of progress and we’ve got some…

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MDS Episode #0044: David Baker of the Just F’n Send It Podcast

Caylen and Phil invite the hilarious and articulate David Baker of the Just F’n Send It Podcast for another conversation on all things in life, kids growing up, and balancing activities. Caylen and Phil discuss some past law enforcement sniper and open enrollment classes and the teaching points from them, as well as a recap…

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MDS Episode #0043: Training with Intention

Caylen and Phil discuss some of the recent matches they participated in and connect those experiences to how they view their own personal progression as riflemen and evaluate what is truly possible with a rifle in the year 2021. They discuss the mental and emotional aspects of evaluating personal performance, and ways to keep the…

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MDS Episdoe #0042: NRL Gemstate with Patrick Lorenzo, Sniping in Afghanistan and Precision Rifle Competition Shooting

Caylen and Phil are competing at the NRL Gemstate match in Idaho and debriefing their performance after day 1. With them, is Patrick Lorenzo who served as a Scout Sniper in 3/7 from 2007-2011 and deployed with them to Sangin for their Afghanistan deployment. Patrick talks about his experiences as a combat Sniper and what…

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MDS Episode #0041: Fieldcraft With Cody Carroll

We’re back with our weekly drops with an episode that many have asked for, and we’re happy to bring Cody Carroll back to the podcast to discuss the topic of fieldcraft. Fieldcraft is a large subject and Caylen, Phil, and Cody discuss the wavetops of the core competencies, and setting the stage for future episodes…

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MDS Episode #0040: MDS’s foray into the digital space with Brian Bear Butler

We’re joined by a special guest this episode, Brian Bear Butler. We’re about to celebrate our 1-year anniversary and we thought it fitting to have Brian on as a guest to discuss how Modern Day Sniper’s foray into the digital space occurred, what the past year has brought us in terms of both business and…

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MDS Episode #0039: Rifle Set Up and What It Means To Be Kind to Yourself Recap

Caylen and Phil are down in Volusia County for the beginning of their 2021 In-Person training season. In this podcast, they recap on the launch of their subscription service, Modern Day Rifleman/Sniper Monthly in which the first two topics of discussion were “Rifle Set Up” with Phil and “What It Means To Be Kind To…

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MDS Episode #0038: Western Precision Rifle and Techniques on Engaging Movers

In this podcast Phil brings on a special guest and good friend to Modern Day Sniper, Pete Kneip. Pete is the owner of Precision Shooting Solutions who fabricates moving targets. Pete and Phil discuss Western Precision Rifle and the concept of building up the shooting community in the Montana and Wyoming area. They talk about…

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MDS Episode #0037: Shooter’s Journal and Kraft Challenge

In this episode, Caylen and Phil talk about the recent matches that Caylen has attended. Caylen talks about his mental focus versus performance. They discuss their individual Shooter’s Journal and Phil goes over his “Rifleman’s List” in preparation for the release of the subscription service. Both Caylen and Phil have done Chris Way’s KRAFT Challenge and…

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2020 Year End Review & The State of Modern Day Sniper

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve written a blog post. I apologize. It’s cliche as hell right now, I get it, but 2020 was no joke man! We were set to go full throttle into a year of adventures and follow new paths in the digital training space but Murphy decided to visit the collective…

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