Disgusted with History Channel's Top Shot

[David LaPell]

I had missed a couple of the previous episodes of this show so I tuned in tonight so I could watch the shooters on Top Shot use the Kentucky Rifle, being that I am a blackpowder nut and the first gun I ever shot was a Kentucky Rifle. What I saw instead was the worst soap opera crap and whining that I have ever seen. Of the hour long episode, more of the show was the bickering and whining about each other than actual shooting. I was really disappointed in the show, I was hoping for a good show,instead as it goes on it turns into more and more crap. I just wanted to see good shooting. I am really surprised to see guys like Garry James and other well known shooters involved in what is essentially just basically Big Brother with guns, bows, and knives.

 

[chief38]

I too am tired of the program. It is less & less about shooting and more about a soap opera than I care to watch. It kind of reminds me of programs like American Chopper where the show has very little to do about the actual motorcycles being build and more about the interaction between the cast members. I watched 2 or 3 episodes of Top Shot and that was it for me. I also have to say that the shooters on the program do not really impress me as being all that proficient. They are OK, but nothing spectacular. Very disappointing show.

 

[conn ak]

As another member stated about the show in a previous thread, "...it's like pants full of poo."

 

[rlsbee]

Add me to the list of disappointed viewers. I guess the one 'good' thing is that it can only get better.

 

[monet61]

Top Shot

My wife and I were really excited about the concept of this show. I have to say however, that I agree with the other posters. It has become a soap opera. That's too bad really, because I think some of the shooters could have been really entertaining to watch. Maybe it will get better if they bring it back.

 

[Nightowl]

I watched the first show. That was enough for me for the same reasons noted. It sounds like it has not improved.

 

[Iggy]

I lost interest in that show after about 10 minutes of the first episode.

Reminds me of the bachelorette and all those other reality felger karp shows.

 

[MaximumLawman]

I think the guy from Brokeback Mountain is gonna win. He's such an apparently crappy shot that I think he's been sandbagging. Nobody wants him eliminated because they all want to shoot against him for the big money. When that time comes, he's going to actually shoot like he's capable of and beat that woman. Also...I thought they all shot lousy with the Kentucky rifle. I thought those things were good out to several hundred yards. They couldn't even shoot well at a hundred and they're supposed to be top shooters?

 

[kscardsfan]

It's reality tv ya'll. Not to be rude, but what did you expect? lol. This ain't To Kill a Mockingbird or anything, its trash tv marketed on what is normally a good, respectable channel.

 

[BE Mike]

I think the guy from Brokeback Mountain is gonna win. He's such an apparently crappy shot that I think he's been sandbagging. Nobody wants him eliminated because they all want to shoot against him for the big money. When that time comes, he's going to actually shoot like he's capable of and beat that woman. Also...I thought they all shot lousy with the Kentucky rifle. I thought those things were good out to several hundred yards. They couldn't even shoot well at a hundred and they're supposed to be top shooters?

I don't think the Kentucky rifle is a multi-hundred yard gun. Maybe some others, more experienced and knowledgeable can chime in, but I think it is only accurate out to a hundred or hundred and a half. There may be specialty black powder rifles that can shoot that far, but the Kentucky rifle isn't one of them. I'm no expert, but I do own and shoot a replica Kentucky long rifle.

 

[Duke426]

I watched half an episode and couldn't stand any more. Soap opera is nothing I care to watch.

When I want to see the real "Top Shots" I put in the dvd's of Jerry Miculek, Bob Munden, Tom Knapp and Byron Ferguson.

 

[RiverCity.45]

This seems to be the forumula that works with other "reality" shows (which have no resemblance to any reality that I know). What draws viewers' attention--the viewers they're trying to atttract--IS the interpersonal drama. It's why Survivor, BigBrother, and the Bachelor/Bachelorette are renewed each season. For gun enthusiasts, who just want to see good shooting, it's a major disapointment, 'case we could not care less about the relationship dynamics.

 

[ladder13]

I watched the first show. That was enough for me for the same reasons noted. It sounds like it has not improved.

+1

 

[H Richard]

In the first show when one of the "experts" couldn't hit a 12" bull at 100 yards with a Springfield from a rested position, I lost interest.

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
"Top Shot" is my "Watch in Bed" TV Show while waiting for the sandman to come.
I enjoyed parts of last night's show like the rope shoot with the Winchester Model 1873 Rifle. The shooter that wanted to test the trigger pull and adjust the sights was a "Rifleman". The part about the kentucky rifle was a disappointment. I worked with a "Blackpowder Shooter" and watched him and his club members shoot. At a 100 yards these "Blackpowders" could hold their own with modern rifles.
Jimmy

 

[rondo]

I record the show on the DVR. Zip right threw the goofy parts and only watch about 10 minutes worth tops.

 

[Major 2]

I too am tired of the program. It is less & less about shooting and more about a soap opera than I care to watch. It kind of reminds me of programs like American Chopper where the show has very little to do about the actual motorcycles being build and more about the interaction between the cast members. I watched 2 or 3 episodes of Top Shot and that was it for me. I also have to say that the shooters on the program do not really impress me as being all that proficient. They are OK, but nothing spectacular. Very disappointing show.

Ditto..except I was bored 2/3 thru episode one

 

[mkk41]

Yeah , the inter-personal BS is a bunch of shlock-TV , but I still watch it. I think any program that shows the recreational use of firearms in a positive can't be all bad.

 

[raveneap]

Watched the first couple of episodes and that was enough for me.

 

[Smith357]

Meh

Another minus vote here. I was hoping for a shooting show with a bit of weapons history and got a drama show with a few short shooting scenes.

I would have arranged assorted matches and then compiled scores at the end. Today we're have a three position match with the M1, tomorrow a field target archery match, the next day is a 3 gun match, and sporting clays, Cowboy Action, et. et.