# How To Choose Optics; Good Guy Failures; Fight Off Charging Hogs

An episode of [Gun Talk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/190516844), 16 Aug 2026, 44 min.

Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74136337/081626guntalkc.mp3

In This Hour: -- Are top-quality optics worth the extra money? Kyle Brown runs down a few options from the Zeiss lineup. -- The Twin Falls Idaho murders were stopped by good guys with guns, but they never actually hit the bad guy. -- When a wild hog charges, would you rather have a semi-auto rifle in a big caliber? Gun Talk 08.16.26 Hour 3 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gun-talk--6185159/support.

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