Among the things that drive me batty about "Sons of Guns" is the fifteen minutes crammed into an hour (including commercials; which are a significant portion of what can be considered actual content).
This is not the first reality show to have this problem. "American Hot Rod" was much the same.
Artificially short deadlines, contrived drama, forced drama.
At least American Hot Rod was making a product that had a market, half of what they show them "selling" on Sons of Guns can't be transferred because of the Hughes Amendment.
This show also emphasizes something I've noticed before about some gun smiths I've met. They are craftsmen but no two things they make are the same. Yes, the part they make works, but it works because they hand fitted it. Never mind that there are probably drawings of that part out there...
The show also raises some uncomfortable questions. Because of the Hughes amendment, to make a lot of what they make; they need a letter from a law enforcement agency asking for it. The cops in Louisiana seem to have need for a lot of oddball machineguns and armored vehicles, don't they?
I am still not sure what the purpose of a suppressed .308 AR sniper rig mounted in a gyro-stabilized remote controlled mount in the back of an ATV is...
This is not the first reality show to have this problem. "American Hot Rod" was much the same.
Artificially short deadlines, contrived drama, forced drama.
At least American Hot Rod was making a product that had a market, half of what they show them "selling" on Sons of Guns can't be transferred because of the Hughes Amendment.
This show also emphasizes something I've noticed before about some gun smiths I've met. They are craftsmen but no two things they make are the same. Yes, the part they make works, but it works because they hand fitted it. Never mind that there are probably drawings of that part out there...
The show also raises some uncomfortable questions. Because of the Hughes amendment, to make a lot of what they make; they need a letter from a law enforcement agency asking for it. The cops in Louisiana seem to have need for a lot of oddball machineguns and armored vehicles, don't they?
I am still not sure what the purpose of a suppressed .308 AR sniper rig mounted in a gyro-stabilized remote controlled mount in the back of an ATV is...