Posted on 03/04/2024 5:20:01 AM PST by marktwain
Brandon Maddox and Silencer Central is an American success story. Brandon went from a Federal Firearms License (FFL) in his home to the largest silencer dealer in the USA. Today, Brandon’s companies dominate the silencer/suppressor market, regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
This correspondent met Brandon Maddox at the 2024 SHOT Show. Brandon had read several AmmoLand articles, recognized this writer, and started a conversation. Brandon graciously agreed to be interviewed. This is the first in a series of articles resulting from several interviews.
Brandon was born in Alabama. His father spent a tour in the Army after a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) commission. Brandon was born in Fort Rucker, Alabama, in 1972. Both sides of his family were born and raised in Alabama. His first shooting experience was on his uncle’s farm with his uncle’s .410. Brandon was eleven years old. They were looking for squirrels, and Brandon saw a snake going across his uncle’s pond, and his uncle said, “shoot it”, so he did. He was hooked on guns and hunting.
He spent eleven years in Atlanta, Georgia, when the family moved. Then, they moved to a rural county in North Carolina.
Every summer, he would stay with his grandfather in Alabama and spend quite a bit of time shooting Marlin .22 rifles, plinking, and hunting local varmints.
He graduated at the top of his high school class of about 120 graduating seniors. This set a pattern for Brandon: Top of his class, top salesman, top sales manager, and president of volunteer organizations. He met his wife at a pharmacy convention in DC. She is also a pharmacist. She is from South Dakota. His father-in-law, mother-in-law, and father are also pharmacists.
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bkmk
That made me laugh!
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