AMERICAN GUNS - TV Show

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I was channel shurfing last night and come upon a show on the Discovery channel called 'AMERCAN GUNS'.A reality show about a family owned and operated gun business in Colorado.
The business company name is 'Gunsmoke'.

They Buy, Sell, Firearm Instruction, CCW Classes, Gunsmithing, and have an overall awesome operation.
I only got to watch the last 25 minutes of the one hour show, and what I saw was very attention grabbing, and enjoyed it.

I personally like seeing more and more shows like this on television. Instead of all those annoying 'Please Date & Love Me or fixed judgeing Danceing reality shows.

Has anyone else seen this show.? and what do you think.?
 
I watched it also and read some threads on other forums.

This can go off the rails. Thus:

1. Let's not focus on the irrelevant personal foilbles of the participants.
2. This is a family site. Discussion of the female participants in a salicious way well be to your detriment.
 
I saw that show last night too.

It seemed to me to have similarities to "American Pickers" and "Pawn Stars".

It certainly showed that the business was risking large amounts of capital investment to try to make a profit. The guy bought 6 lever action rifles from a collector for $20,000 cash in the hopes of reselling them for a profit. Plus the cost of renting a helicopter to impress the potential seller.

Yay capitalism.
 
Did you see that Winchester lever action rifle collection the business owner allready had.?...WOW!!! I own only one early 60's Winchester lever action in mint condition.....After seeing all of his gorgeous years models, and making me drool, made me really appreciate mine more, and the possible value of it.
 
I actually enjoyed this show. I liked that they showed firearms in a positive light and even explained that all potential buyers need to pass a background check. The other thing was when the dad told his daughter to stop running around the shop when she had a pistol on her side. Showed a level of safety. Overall ill be watching more.
 
It reminds me a lot of 'Sons of Guns'. I get bored of gun related tv shows. Top Shot bored me to death, and after Sons of Guns ... I'm probably done watching firearm related tv. It's just more of the same and a trend.
 
I'm not a fan. Seems too scripted, and the notion of a reality show that's scripted borders on an insult to one's intelligence.

However, I do wonder if this show (along with Sons of Guns and Top Shot) at least does a favor to the pro-gun rights cause in that it portrays gun businesses, gun customers/enthusiasts, and guns themselves as something other than inherently evil. So much of the media likes to suggest that guns and gun owners are something that should be hated and feared. Is it maybe a good thing that there's shows that portray guns in a different light, particularly on relatively mainstream networks?
 
What Is Up?

Sons of Guns, American Gun, Hog Hunters coming. LGS was approached for a gun store reality show at the beginning of this year.
I see an unnatural trend here. Media and mostly positive gun oriented shows? Did this start with "Shoot Out"?
 
Raftman- too scripted... Yup noticed that as well.

I don't like the way the guy tells how he wants to get one over on someone. Sure we know he's there to make money. I'm surprised that rancher sold anything, people like that don't need the money. Thought the main character was a little disrespectful to the gentlemen.

Insert non staff approved comments about the women...
Who cares I want to see more about building the guns and not the T&A. Too soon to judge but doubt they'll go into detail. Sons of guns is entertaining but still not very detailed oriented, off course they're going for market share not quality on their viewers. I dvr it or download em so haven't paid attention to their commercials but commercials speak volumes on their target audience (duh)
 
With all the anti-gun society so relentless, and building on a daily basis.
I think it's Great that there is another television show like AMERICAN GUNS promoting firearms.
And if the shows concept is to give firearms a good positive perspective, to any viewers that are those non-gun owners....Awesome.
 
The question is whether the show does promote gun ownership. Recall a presentation to the choir in your church may not be convincing to nonmembers.

But is it the role of an entertainment show to do such?

I find the Outdoors Channel and Sportsman's Network shows much more interesting and without the fake drama.
 
This show is clearly entertainment driven. While I was mildly amused, I hoped that some of the corny, highly scripted and poorly acted parts would subside as episodes air.

I really want this to be a positive thing, but it can turn people off its its not done well. So far it has taught me that guns are really expensive. I don't want people to think it is a prohibitively expensive hobby because it doesn't have to be.
 
After watching it again last night. I have determined that it is way too scripted. Seems rehearsed. The kid scratching the gun was completely fake. Wasn't even the gun he was supposedly engraving that was scratched. Zoomed in for the scratch sequence and I never saw a shot of the entire gun with the scratch in it. You mean if the entire thing was refinsihed to fix the scratch that Mr. Barrett wouldn't have noticed it?
 
I think his "gunsmiths" are the funniest part of the show. They are absolute proof that the whole show is contrived. Watch them show a closeup of the "smiths" work on a gun. Working on revolvers with Walmart screwdrivers. Or doing a "tigger job" to a Colt SA with a round jeweler's file? The owner's "explanation" of how a revolver has to be timed was total gibberish. His "smiths" were looking at him like they had no idea what he was talking about. C'mon people, you are insulting our intelligence with shows like this. I can't believe that is a real gun shop.
 
I just can't get over how they go on and on in every show, so far (2), about how hard it is to machine a gun. They have CNC equipment and make it sound imposable. How did they ever manage to make the original in 1873? Probably because they had machinists that had to know how to machine without computer controlled equipment.

EDIT: If the gun they made is really worth $25,000 I think it is time to dust of my machinist skills.
 
Chaz-
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. Yeah it's hard to come up with the cash for the machine but.... They certainly had talent back in the old days, no cnc needed. 15-25k is steep for a small production gun
 
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