Lucas Botkin
@LucasBotkin
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Christian. Founded a gun industry company in 2013. Resigned in 2025 over values. Launched ADAPTIV DEFENSE end 2025. I like creating things.
Nashville, TN
Joined August 2019
Ok, my marketing director said he nuked a few emails from factories last week. So they actually wrote in within a few days of us launching 😂
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Within 9 days of launching my new company, I’m being hit up by Chinese factories offering to rebrand designs for us. Yeah, no thanks.
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Goals this time around: design even more products every year > gym 4 times a week > more steak, less bread > sole owner, large majority if investors involved via equity > take Kara on honeymoon we never did > teach shooting classes, mainly rifle > coordinate active shooter
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My title is “guy who stays up too late staring at ceiling thinking”
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Does anyone legitimately use the Microsoft PowerPoint design suggester feature? It’s so annoying
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While I wouldn’t wear anything from this collection, I think it’s a pretty cool idea. Columbia just launched their “Endor” collection. Ponchos, a Han Solo Trench Coat, T shirts, hats, etc. All made Rebel-themed from Return of the Jedi.
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I don’t normally watch interviews or podcasts. But I just spent 30 minutes scrolling all the different clips of Nick and Piers going at it 😂😂😂
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100%. I’m glad I got into it a couple years ago. But the real void with this sort of thing are good places to shoot at. At least with pistol shooting you’ve got ranges all over the place and plentiful USPSA matches. But for precision shooting, all people have is a 100y bench at
Calling it now (and this is NOT a diss on Charlie), the next guntuber trend is going to be sniper themed. The tier 1 rifleman trope is overdone and certain theater kids (once again not talking about Charlie) are ready to open their wallets for expensive gear and for field
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Looking forward to building an original Remington/AAC honey badger with this rail.
The waitlist on this rail is insane. The next metal prototype is in development and will be anodized for some additional testing. It is possible we are able to make this rail compatible with both Q-SERT accessories and original Remington (they are slightly different
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Tarkov players are masochists. You won’t change my mind.
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People need more places to use their equipment, so ADAPTIV will be working on providing that. Throwing resources at supporting more matches to increase the number of places y’all can go. Putting on an additional TTG Sniper Comp this coming February.
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Looking at old work footage makes me thankful I’ve gotten older.
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