America's Top Shot -- coming soon to The History Channel

[Hazcat]

Mike also said that IF he went to elimination he wanted to shoot against the kid as he considered the kid the best shot there.

[Solus]

Mike also said that IF he went to elimination he wanted to shoot against the kid as he considered the kid the best shot there.

No matter how you cut it, Mike is a Class Act.

I don't really think he had a chance to demonstrate his shooting ability, but he came out on top demonstrating his character.

[USSA-1]

billt,

No, I don't believe they knew the elimination test.  One of the other teammates was talking about how the only thing the kid brought to the team was long range skills and nothing else.  He thought the kids lack of maturity and rifle only skills was a weakness and for the sake of the team they should work to get the kid off the team.

I think Mike went after the kid because he wanted to shoot against the best, regardless of their specific shooting discipline.  The kid was a long range shooting champion.  I think other than Mike, he was the most accomplished competition shooter on the team.  I remember Mike telling other team members to pick the kid so Mike could go against him.

It was definitely a gamble.  If Mike had won, no one on the team would want to challenge him for the rest of the show and he would be the red team leader.  He would almost be assured to go very deep into the competition, even when his team lost the challenge because no one would want to go up against him.  They would look for an easier elimination challenge.  It was a good strategy if it worked, but it was definitely a gamble...and it ended up costing him.

USSA-1

[BAC]

Episode 2 thoughts:

OK, so I've been shooting a Beretta 92fs for a couple of years now.  The first time I shot a Glock was just a couple of weeks ago.  From the first round I was able to hit what I was aiming at.  I didn't have to "dial it in" using my first 20 or 30 rounds.  I'm no professional shooter, in fact I'm lucky if I can get to the range once a month, but it seems to me that the fundamentals don't change from pistol to pistol.  You'd think a competition shooter would be able to pick up any pistol any shoot it well from round one.  Or is it that some of these guys get so completely invested in one particular weapon that they can't transition easily to another?  If that is the case, and it was me, I certainly wouldn't be blaming the pistol for MY performance.  I think one should strive to be proficient at shooting any pistol, not this one particular pistol.  Am I wrong?

[atmiller]

That is one of the drawbacks of being a Glock shooter.  The grip angle is different than every other gun out there.  So shooting any other weapon is very different. 

Also, being a gamer, he emphasized speed over accuracy.  Good shooting to him is an 8" group.  Didn't help him in the team challenge, but did in the elimination challange. 

[Sponsor]

[jaybet]

We gave the second episode a "shot" (sorry, couldn't help it) mostly because it was pistols and that's our thing. Still disappointed...they might as well be wanna-be diva chefs trying to make a muskrat souffle. Not about good shooting as far as I can see.
The ONLY saving grace I noticed was when the "expert" in the particular weapon works with the shooters, there are some interesting tips there, but it's not covered completely because that's not the point of the show. I was also disappointed that everyone shot nothing but the Beretta...probably a sponsorship thing. They could have thrown in a revolver, a 1911 and some tupperware just to make it cool.

We find the show has too much drama and not enough guns or shooting. BUT... at least there's a show about shooting on the History channel. We've got THAT going for us.

[Timothy]

I watched it last night, I'll probably pass on the rest of it.

[MikeBjerum]

I saw part of last weeks, and last night I watched the new one ... Last time!

The shooting parts did not make up for the stupidity!

You know it is all about hype when they use explosive targets and sheets of glass in the elimination rounds.  I liked the tubes with the handgun, and I could have sworn we were watching the real eric whine about not getting to use a glock, but if it is about marksmanship we should see some real scoring at some point.

Now I know that I have an hour every week for something else.

[WatchManUSA]

The only issue with not watching it is that, if the show is seen as failure, it could be seen as "shooting" programs don't work on non-outdoors related cable channels.

[Timothy]

The only issue with not watching it is that, if the show is seen as failure, it could be seen as "shooting" programs don't work on non-outdoors related cable channels.

I don't disagree with that statement but, it's really not a shooting show.  It's a dramatic competition where shooting happens to be the vehicle to an end.  As with other "reality" shows, it's not necessarily going to be the best shot that wins but rather the one person with the most wits or who can manipulate the other players.

I don't recognize any of these shooters from anything I've seen.  The woman looks familiar but I don't know from where!