it was entertaining. I watch these shows just to see the guns. Loaded with inaccuracies and partial information though.
Saying several times that the American Revolution was won with the "Kentucky Rifle" was funny. I'm sure he knows better.
I did enjoy the various slow-motion videos of black powder being shot though. Cool to see the unburnt powder grains and the still burning grains exiting the bore behind the ball/bullet.
I also found the emphasis on American firearms to be odd. Like when he explains how great the Krag was in Cuba, then introduces the Springfield as America's improvement over the Krag. It is my understanding that the USA purchased the rights to use the Mauser action on the Springfield because the Krag was inferior to the Mausers used against the USA in Cuba. It was also interesting he called the Garand an "assault rifle". Eight rounds of 30-06 loaded via stripper clip makes an "assault rifle"? Don't tell Sara Brady.
... The Military Channel's "Top Ten Combat Rifles" does much better on these guns.
I did really enjoy the bamboo hand gun and the later versions actually being fired...very cool. Although they kind of leaped from matchlock to flintlock without the couple hundred years of lock progressions that came between.
Also, I'm not sure I would have picked the Maynard as even relevant. The Civil War saw many more effective cartridge guns in use. He didn't even mention the Henry or Spencer. I suppose the Maynard was mentioned as "a bridge" design because it had no self-contained primer?
Laughed at all the cartridge gun cutaways showing a chamber twice the size of the cartridge being fired in it. And what was with the left handed flintlock cutaway?
All in all....it left much to be desired in terms of accurate information. Entertaining...but the History Channel has done far better in the past.