Sam1911
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I am the "Beretta Expert".
no 1911?!?!?!This week, contestants' pistol skills are put to the test with the slide-action Beretta, the weapon that replaced the iconic revolver.
Not what I hoped for, but I still enjoyed it. The loser had just spotted for his partner, so he should have had some idea where to hold. Then at five yards he couldn't hit an 8" bull with a Beretta? And now he's blaming "loose" sights?
It looks like they've got a few actual good shooters sprinkled with some others who have only very narrow skill sets.
If what Mike said about the rear sight being loose on the 1903 is true, then the show should have given him a re-shoot.
In any proper competition, if a stage involves a pickup gun (ie a gun that isn't yours) and the gun has a mechanical failure, the fair thing to do is to give the competitor another chance to shoot the stage.
That said, I did enjoy the show, and plan to continue watching it. Frankly, it seems like shooting is experiencing something of a renaissance on television, between all of the instructional shows like Shooting Gallery, Shooting USA, SWAT, Guns & Ammo, and now Top Shot.
For those of you who are more interested in a show that's more shooting-oriented than personality based, I'd suggest checking out 3-Gun Nation, a show that's based around the sport of 3Gun and will be making its premiere on the VS. network sometime this year.
The jury is still out on this....the fallout will be interesting to watch over time; but how many incorrect impressions are they making on impressionable viewers? Heck, most of us here could hit a plate at 100yds firing from the hip with 37rds.It's a TV show depecting firearms in a positive light (or at least nor negatively)
most of us here could hit a plate at 100yds firing from the hip with 37rds.
I was gonna say I could prally hit a pie plate at 100yrds with a golf ball and my pitching wedge, provided I got 37 tries...