{"id":26732,"date":"2025-04-05T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/qa-competition-firearms-and-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T07:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:00:53","slug":"qa-competition-firearms-and-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/qa-competition-firearms-and-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: Competition Firearms and Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coVFITkJrnA?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Q&#038;A is brought to you by the fine folks at Patreon! 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