Ep. 358: Chukar Hunting, Riflescope Drop Tests, and Inside Maven

Beau Martonik is joined by Maven Optics founders and team members at the Maven HQ in Lander, Wyoming. Through their business model, Maven makes the highest-quality optics at half the price of their competitors. They discuss how Maven started, why they do things differently, Beau’s first time Chukar hunting, the RS.2 Riflescope, the infamous riflescope drop test, the employees who make it all happen, direct-to-consumer benefits, and the best/worst things about working at Maven. Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:09:11 - How Maven started and what the facility is like 00:15:05 - Why are Maven specs a little bit different from everything else? 00:17:54 - The Maven look 00:23:53 - Chukar hunting 00:30:56 - Bow hunting or rifle hunting? 00:37:56 - Favorite scope: RS2 00:40:50 - The infamous riflescope drop test 00:44:26 - Craig’s introduction 00:46:40 - Sarah's introduction 00:48:00 - Jordan’s introduction 00:49:34 - Shows and expos 00:50:40 - Direct-to-consumer benefits 00:56:36 - Best and worst things about working at Maven Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length. Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @mavenbuilt Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices