The official Aimpoint podcast.
For more than 5 decades, Aimpoint has pioneered electric red dot sighting technology used by hunters and competitive shooters around the world.
Now, we’re bringing you insights from influential voices in firearms culture. Dive into the 2A lifestyle with hunters, veterans, tactical experts, instructors, law enforcement, and even celebrities.
The show is hosted by Richard Nance, a lifelong martial artist and retired Police Sergeant with 25 years of law enforcement experience, including time as a SWAT Team Leader and Defensive Tactics Program Supervisor.
She Shot a Bull Moose From 5 Feet Away - Vicki Cianciarulo’s Insane Hunting Stories
In this episode of the Taking Aim Podcast, host Richard Nance sits down with Vicki Cianciarulo, CEO of Content King Media and co-host of The Choice, to trace her path from a tomboy in the Chicago suburbs to one of the pioneering women in televised bow hunting. Vicki recounts how buying a bow from Archer's Choice led to marrying the shop's owner, Ralph, and building a 26-season television run together, along with the gear, ethics, and shot-distance debates that separate bow hunting from rifle hunting. The conversation turns dramatic with her account of a five-foot bull moose shot in the Yukon and the family's history with Cape Buffalo in South Africa, including a 2023 hunt where a wounded buffalo charged her son RJ and the group's guide. It closes on Vicki's reflections on raising the next generation into the sport and what keeps her and Ralph chasing elk and mule deer from their home in Colorado.PRODUCED BY IRONCLADFollow Vicki on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/ralphandvicki/?hl=enFollow Rich Nance on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nance_training_consulting/ and https://www.instagram.com/rnancewartac/Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AimpointUSAVisit: https://aimpoint.us/ to learn morePRODUCED BY IRONCLADChapters00:00 – Welcome Vicki & How She Met Ralph08:04 – Building Archer's Choice and The Choice11:19 – Raising RJ on the Road18:05 – Bow Types, Draw Weight & Gear Basics21:28 – Shot Distance and Ethics: Bow vs. Rifle25:01 – Five Feet From a Bull Moose32:19 – Sights, Red Dots & Aiming Solutions35:20 – Shooting Form & Unconventional Positions39:18 – Advice for Beginners47:15 – Where to Find Vicki & The Choice
29 Sept 2026
90% of Red Dot Problems Come From One Thing Most Shooters Never Fix (w/ Chuck Pressburg)
In this episode of Taking Aim, host Rich Nance sits down with retired Army veteran Chuck Pressburg (26.5 years, including a decade in the Ranger Regiment, R&D work for Army Special Operations Command, and a founding role in the Asymmetric Warfare Group), who now runs Presscheck Consulting. Chuck breaks down how his operational and gear-acquisition background shaped his civilian training career, including why he teaches citizens the same fundamentals he teaches the government while carefully vetting students and limiting what he publicly markets. The conversation digs into his No Fail Pistol and No Fail Rifle courses, why grip and consistent gun presentation matter more than gear, and his 30-plus years of experience with red dots, from the early Aimpoint-equipped Army units to today's pistol-mounted optics debate. It closes on his consulting work with companies like Blue Force Gear, B.E. Meyers, Sons of Liberty Gun Works, and Chambers Custom, plus a push to help fund training for law enforcement through his partnership with the George Pastore Foundation.PRODUCED BY IRONCLADVisit Chuck's website at: https://www.presscheckconsulting.com/about (https://www.presscheckconsulting.com/about)Follow Rich Nance on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nance_training_consulting/ (https://www.instagram.com/nance_training_consulting/) and https://www.instagram.com/rnancewartac/ (https://www.instagram.com/rnancewartac/)Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AimpointUSA (https://www.youtube.com/@AimpointUSA)Visit: https://aimpoint.us/ (https://aimpoint.us/) to learn morePRODUCED BY IRONCLADChapters00:00 – Cold Open04:24 – Vetting Students & What He Teaches Citizens07:31 – Starting Presscheck & Why He Teaches10:49 – Mentors & Human Factors Consulting13:04 – Military Acquisition Stories17:04 – Origin of No Fail Pistol28:09 – Why Based Training36:59 – Red Dots: Army Aimpoints to Pistol Optics44:03 – Controlled Reps, "Over Throttle" & Internet Nuance50:28 – Collab Course With John Hearn56:40 – Who Each Type of Course Is For1:03:14 – Consulting Clients & Growing the Business1:10:45 – Where to Find Chuck & Funding Cop Training
22 Sept 2026
The Knife Jack Carr Put in His Bestselling Novel — Al Salvitti Explains Why It Works
Richard Nance talks with Al Salvitti, founder of Regiment Blades, about his path from decades of hardcore martial arts training and years as a bar bouncer to designing knives built for real-world violence rather than choreographed technique. Al breaks down his blade's punch-first, straight-stab design and his combatives philosophy — instilling self-doubt in an attacker, weapon retention, and always being the initiator rather than the reactor. They close on how his knife landed a feature in Jack Carr's novel The Fourth Option.
Follow Al on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/al_regimentblades/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/al_regimentblades/?hl=en)
Visit Regiment Blades at: https://regimentblades.com/
(https://regimentblades.com/)
Follow Rich Nance on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nance_training_consulting/ and https://www.instagram.com/rnancewartac/ (https://www.instagram.com/rnancewartac/)
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AimpointUSA (https://www.youtube.com/@AimpointUSA)
Visit: https://aimpoint.us/ to learn more
PRODUCED BY IRONCLAD
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro / how Rich and Al met
00:01:13 Al's martial arts background — brutal training under his Korean instructor
00:09:45 Becoming a bar bouncer and his first real fight
00:13:20 Training Navy SEAL teams in open-hand striking
00:20:29 Breaking down the Regiment Blade's design
00:24:49 Cut vs. Stab philosophy
00:29:51 Weapon and firearm retention
00:34:02 "It's always my turn" — being the initiator, not the reactor
00:37:13 How the blade landed in Jack Carr's novel The Fourth Option
00:55:22 The Dog Brothers and Tom vs. "Top Dog" showdown
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