American Guns on tv

[cedartop]

These shows all have the same problem as far as I'm concerned.......
WAY TOO muck BLAH, BLAH, BLAH ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
And NEVER enough meat. We love guns, we want to see guns being built and shot. Is it really that hard to figure out.
Just like the old Ladies in the Wendy's commercial....
WHERE'S THE BEEF!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!!?!?!!?!?!!?

See, but the show isn't made for us. It is made for the general dumbed down tv watcher.

 

[IndyGunworks]

they still can make a SMALL amount of effort to make the show real. duracoat takes three weeks to fully cure, but they had it done in just a few days.

 

[Wild Deuce]

Did anyone actually say the daughter was 16? or even under 18?

I'm asking because she said, and they implied/showed, that she carries. Now, does that mean that she carries off private property or that she only carries in the shop? Wouldn't she have to be at least 21 (in Colorado)?

BTW, the show sucks but I still have a dozen (non-gunny) coworkers walking up to me all the time and asking me if I've seen this cool new show called "American Guns?" I suppose if it gets them interested I have to say, "Whatever."

 

[Fordtough25]

It's just like Sons of Guns in the speed aspect, every customer needs everything in a day. It looks like a nice shop, more aproachable than Red Jacket for sure. It's cool that it's a family operation as well but I agree with everyone else that the mom and daughter could wear normal clothes and I would be ok with it.

 

[cjcinin]

Anyone wanna bet how many more episodes are on before those American Chopper show douches show up? Or worse the Sons of Guns rejects.

 

[stchas]

Did anyone actually say the daughter was 16? or even under 18?

I'm asking because she said, and they implied/showed, that she carries. Now, does that mean that she carries off private property or that she only carries in the shop? Wouldn't she have to be at least 21 (in Colorado)?

BTW, the show sucks but I still have a dozen (non-gunny) coworkers walking up to me all the time and asking me if I've seen this cool new show called "American Guns?" I suppose if it gets them interested I have to say, "Whatever."

She's 17. Per her bio on Discovery.

 

[2cool9031]

The show is fun to watch. The numbers never add up or reconcile with reality. The helicopter is kitschy but would nullify any profit on the deals they have done so far.

I agree...they must be rolling in money to afford a helicopter.
It is a better show than Sons of Guns.
I thought mounting the 2 pistols on that idiots car was stupid.
Especially for 8-10 thousand dollars. I hope the cars owner knows how to clean the bugs out of the barrels when the guns get dirty.

 

[2cool9031]

When they built the hand cannon....I have one more question...how did the owner expect to place the barrel into a round hole without turning it down first?

 

[Deadly Z Driver]

Did anyone actually say the daughter was 16? or even under 18?

I'm asking because she said, and they implied/showed, that she carries. Now, does that mean that she carries off private property or that she only carries in the shop? Wouldn't she have to be at least 21 (in Colorado)?

BTW, the show sucks but I still have a dozen (non-gunny) coworkers walking up to me all the time and asking me if I've seen this cool new show called "American Guns?" I suppose if it gets them interested I have to say, "Whatever."

Said she wasn't old enough o get a tattoo...

 

[223 Gunner]

I find it entertaining, which is what it is supposed to do.
I think he is way over priced on the guns I have seen him sell.
I did notice that a knife, gold coin, or silver bar always knocks thousands off the price on guns he is buying.
Just like American Pickers I'll watch it for awhile then loose interest.

 

[Wild Deuce]

Thanks. I saw all I wanted to see last night and wasn't interested in chasing down the bios. I just noticed that the daughter was carrying in the shop and didn't know if she had carried off property.

 

[Drakkule]

I find it entertaining, which is what it is supposed to do.
I think he is way over priced on the guns I have seen him sell.
I did notice that a knife, gold coin, or silver bar always knocks thousands off the price on guns he is buying.
Just like American Pickers I'll watch it for awhile then loose interest.

I think it is more like, i will throw in some silver, a knife, and a producer will kick in the rest so they can make the show.

 

[Tactical Dave]

Show is pretty much Pawn Stars but with guns.


No way the daughter is old enough to carry off property.



12k for an M107????? OUCH

 

[tmccorkel]

You guys should read the comments on the bio pages for this show. Some of them are absolutely hilarious! It ranges from complimenting the guys on their amazing negotiating abilities to bashing the parents about the way their daughter is flaunted..

Link to make life easier:
Wyatt Family Bios : American Guns : Discovery Channel

 

[45-70]

I had to change the channel when he jumped in the helicopter with a stack of cash to make a deal on some old Winchesters. Too yuppie for me.

 

[tradertator]

She's 17. Per her bio on Discovery.

I see a Playboy deal coming in a year.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I KNOW Will and the boys are hamming it up for the camera, so its tolerable. But this bunch?!? Nope. They just ooze single season losers. And I agree the helo is overkill. "Get to ze choppa!". There. Bet some of you thought I was gonna miss THAT gratuitous "choppa" reference, dincha?

 

[tmkr]

So I finally got a chance to watch American Guns on tv.. only 10 minutes in and I'm already very dissapointed. They are building a "hand cannon" for a guy, and using a muzzleloader as a host. Great concept, but they cut the barrel with a hacksaw in a vice, then drill some brass round on a lathe without any centering at all.

Maybe its just me but wow.. I don't even consider myself a novice in a machine shop, but if my boss saw me doing that he'd toss me into the mill head first. How in the world is this guy considered a gun smith?

I probably wouldnt toss him into the mill,although I would instruct him in proper and efficent use of lathe cutoff tools and had him crown the muzzle while the barrel was set up in the lathe.I saw the show also,when I saw the hacksaw come out my first thought was WTF are they teaching in gunsmith school.This brought back memories of the last time I had a gunsmith work on one of my guns,I had a Ruger MKII barrel shortened.The gun came back with 3 chuck marks on the barrel and the front sight popped off after about 50 rounds.I do my own work now, thank you.I'm not bashing all gunsmiths,just the ones that dont treat the guns they are working on as their own.

 

[tmkr]

They may be gunsmiths...which I am not. I am a master machinist...which they are not.
Example: When they were making the hand cannon...They used epoxy to glue the barrel into the brass. They were correct that they couldn't leave the barrel a couple of thousands bigger and press it into the brass. What they could have done is heated the brass with a torch and shrunk it on or packed the barrel in dry ice so it would shrink and then place it into the brass. I used this method many times to put steel sleeves into aluminum holders. One other thing...they drilled a 14 inch long piece of brass all the way through...the hole isn't going to be perfectly straight. I guess it didn't matter on what they were building.
One other thing...I couldn't believe that some idiot would spend about $1300 to have something like that built.

I agree,there are usually more than one way to skin a cat,but these guys used a butter knife and a chainsaw

 

[Boiled Owl]

We watch the show. My 13yo son is very knowledgeable on firearms, we dabble with machine tools and gunsmithing.

Now I have a 15 YO daughter, it is tough to get appropriate dress on them,

but...... You hold a open house for Bikers. Then you throw in a sales contest between the boy (Kyle) who has talent and knowledge of guns, and the daughter who is bubbly, shows skin, and carries the pooch everywhere. I felt bad the Kyle.

Looks like the wife requires a lot of "maintenance" to keep the shop running.

The scene at family shoot where he grabs the colt python and starts yelling out it's attributes to the camera was insane.