{"podcast":{"title":"TFB Behind the Gun Podcast","slug":"tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359","podcast_index_feed_id":695359,"rss_url":"https://thefirearmblog.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.thefirearmblog.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/2/2/a/622a5c42a6982ad6/TFB_PodcastTFB_POD_1400X1400.jpg","author":"Carbon Media","episode_count":99,"summary":"The Behind The Gun podcast from The Firearm Blog is a recurring series of conversations with influential individuals within the firearms community. TFB Editor In Chief Pete Interviews industry leaders about their successes, failures and glimpses into the future of firearms and equipment development. The Behind The Gun podcast series is politically non-partisan and is a free-flow of information regarding a wide range of topics including self defense, sport shooting, firearms technology and more. Visit www.TheFirearmBlog.com and www.TFB.TV for additional quality content updated daily.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:57.189979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359"},"episode":{"title":"TFB Behind the Gun #227: Earle Pope w/ Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing","slug":"tfb-behind-the-gun-227-earle-pope-w-chestnut-mountain-manufacturing","published_at":"2026-07-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359/tfb-behind-the-gun-227-earle-pope-w-chestnut-mountain-manufacturing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359","url":"https://thefirearmblog.libsyn.com/tfb-behind-the-gun-227-earle-pope-w-chestnut-mountain-manufacturing","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thefirearmblog/TFB_Behind_the_Gun_227_-_Earle_Pope_w_Chestnut_Mountain_Manufacturing.mp3?dest-id=1849091","summary":"On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Earle Pope, founder and owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, a new company out of Brevard, North Carolina. Earle founded Chestnut Mountain in 2024 with a goal of bringing well-vetted, quality-controlled versions of hard-to-source products to market, starting with their OKP-7 reproduction optic. The OKP-7 is a faithful recreation of the classic Russian-pattern reflex sight, built for real AK-platform rifles and pistols, available in Picatinny and dovetail mount configurations and two reticle options. Today Earle and I talk about how Chestnut Mountain got started, what went into sourcing and vetting the OKP-7, and what the company has in the pipeline next. Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing: https://www.chestnutmountainmfg.com Chestnut Mountain on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChestnutMtnMfg Chestnut Mountain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chestnutmountainmfg/","meta_description":"On today's episode of TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, I'm happy to welcome Earle Pope, founder and owner of Chestnut Mountain Manufacturing, a new company o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3181,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359/episodes/tfb-behind-the-gun-227-earle-pope-w-chestnut-mountain-manufacturing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tfb-behind-the-gun-podcast-695359/tfb-behind-the-gun-227-earle-pope-w-chestnut-mountain-manufacturing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}