Dude, this episode hit different. I sat down with Jacob Albaugh Tenet, founder of Tenet Products, and what started as a guy from Ohio racing four-wheelers turned into one of the wildest entrepreneurial grinds I’ve heard on this podcast — and that’s saying something.

Jacob was a national champion ATV racer before he ever picked up a rifle. Then he had a kid, watched his buddy crash at 45 mph, and walked away from racing cold. He poured that same obsessive, pro-level mentality into western hunting — and that’s where this story really takes off. After blowing out his eardrums on a mule deer at 32 yards, losing an animal off a cliff because he couldn’t spot his own shot, and surviving a blizzard SOS situation in Idaho that he says changed his life, Jacob became convinced there had to be a better way to hunt suppressed without sacrificing accuracy.

So he built one. In his garage. With a grinder and a welder.

Five years, 87 iterations, seven pending patents, and a lot of 20-hour days later, Tenet Products exists — suppressors that combine brake-level recoil control with real suppression, at weights (5.1–5.9 ounces) that sound made up until you see the data. We talk about the midnight idea that led to the patented Horizon Brake System, why he thinks outsiders solve problems industry veterans can’t, the torture testing that’s put over 1,400 rounds through a single can, and what happened when Tenet showed up to Joseph Ewing’s massive 145-suppressor shootout in Montana against every serious competitor in the space.

This one’s part origin story, part engineering deep-dive, part conversation about grit, faith, and what it actually takes to build something from scratch when nobody in the industry believes you. If you’ve ever thought about running suppressed in the backcountry, or you just love a good underdog build story — this is a must listen.

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Episode Chapters

Time	Segment
00:00	Cold open — onX Hunt’s new GoTrack share feature
01:47	Bridger Watch — full-feature smartwatch for hunters
03:15	Welcome Jacob Albaugh — intro to Tenet Products
05:30	From national champion ATV racer to walking away cold
09:40	Discovering western hunting in college
13:20	The frustration that started it all: muzzle devices & long-range shots
17:00	The mule deer that blew out his ears — the tinnitus wake-up call
20:15	Going suppressed… and losing accuracy in the process
24:00	The Idaho blizzard, the lost animal, and finding faith
28:30	Building the first prototype — “redneck engineering” with a welder
33:00	Pitching suppressor companies the idea for free — and getting rejected
37:15	The midnight idea: birth of the Horizon Brake System
42:00	Why an outsider could solve what 100 years of experts couldn’t
47:00	87 iterations — the last 10% that takes 5x the work
52:00	Solving the weight problem with additive manufacturing (5.1–5.9 oz cans)
57:00	Torture testing: 1,400 rounds, melted titanium, and mag dumps into water
1:02:00	Launch pride and building the Tenet team
1:05:30	Inside Joseph Ewing’s 145-suppressor shootout in Montana
1:12:00	The slow-mo footage that shows five years of shot-control focus
1:16:00	Jacob’s 7-300 wildcat build and...