NEW GUN SHOW COMING !! Looks Good !

[david86440]

Has anyone been following the show "Black Ops Brothers"?

I just found it tonight.....

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/howe-and-howe-tech/

[BAC]

Has anyone been following the show "Black Ops Brothers"?

I just found it tonight.....

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/howe-and-howe-tech/

Just watched it for the first time tonight.

[jaybet]

We saw two episodes last night and really enjoyed it. The guy and his daughter are both funny, smart, and by the looks of it, competent. It's nice to see the whole crew loving what they do.

[billt]

I taped it, and I'll watch it later this morning.  Bill T.

[kilopaparomeo]

Looks like I'm going to be the curmugeon in the bunch...

I wish it would have been more "technical" rather than "ohh, cool...it's a bad-@$$ looking gun". 

Every time they talked about a gun or a project they were doing, I kept getting my hopes up that they were going to get into the gun, its peculiarities, etc etc.  But the deepest they got was saying, "now we'll take this Saiga shotgun" or "the M203 had 2 different mounts.  One works, one doesn't".

These type of shows (e.g., American Choppers, Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars) are set up more as drama / personality-tests  and the "stuff" is a side-show.  I care less about the fact that the owner's daughter seems annoyed about EVERYTHING (and would be a real challenge to live with...cute yes, but...holy crap she was in a perpetual bad mood), and kept wondering about how they got that Saiga to run with such a short gas system.  Did they have to mess with the gas port size?  Did they get the Saiga to run with target type shells or just high-brass.

Then again, you probably won't attract the Average Joe or Call of Duty kiddie if you get too technical.  My daughter keeps telling me that I'm weird for caring about the tech side of guns.

Don't get me wrong...the more that guns are normalized and a part of everyday life, the better for the mass public.  Helps us win.  Although I'm not sure most of the characters on this show are mainstream.

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[BAC]

Looks like I'm going to be the curmugeon in the bunch...

I wish it would have been more "technical" rather than "ohh, cool...it's a bad-@$$ looking gun".  

Every time they talked about a gun or a project they were doing, I kept getting my hopes up that they were going to get into the gun, its peculiarities, etc etc.  But the deepest they got was saying, "now we'll take this Saiga shotgun" or "the M203 had 2 different mounts.  One works, one doesn't".

These type of shows (e.g., American Choppers, Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars) are set up more as drama / personality-tests  and the "stuff" is a side-show.  I care less about the fact that the owner's daughter seems annoyed about EVERYTHING (and would be a real challenge to live with...cute yes, but...holy crap she was in a perpetual bad mood), and kept wondering about how they got that Saiga to run with such a short gas system.  Did they have to mess with the gas port size?  Did they get the Saiga to run with target type shells or just high-brass.

Then again, you probably won't attract the Average Joe or Call of Duty kiddie if you get too technical.  My daughter keeps telling me that I'm weird for caring about the tech side of guns.

Don't get me wrong...the more that guns are normalized and a part of everyday life, the better for the mass public.  Helps us win.  Although I'm not sure most of the characters on this show are mainstream.

You must be a ball at parties.  

Just kidding.  Try to remember that the show is about a man and his daughter that own a company that makes guns.  It is not a show about guns.  Judging by the scene in the first episode when he had them turn off the camera, I don't think he has much interest in giving out too much information to prospective competitors.  Can't say I blame him.

There's still Wednesday night at the range if you want shows about guns.  Me, I plan on watching them all.  And Pawn Stars, too!

[billt]

I care less about the fact that the owner's daughter seems annoyed about EVERYTHING (and would be a real challenge to live with...cute yes, but...holy crap she was in a perpetual bad mood).

I think about 90% of that was acting.  Bill T.

[tt11758]

I suspect that the "you gotta work here to see this part" was partially about not giving away secrets to competitors, and partially about not giving blueprints to folks who might misuse the technology.  In other words, a CYA for litigational exposure if it were copied and A) failed causing injury or damage and B) If it were used by some whacko to cause mayhem and carnage.

Just my .02.

[tt11758]

"Sons Of Guns" did provide me with the perfect answer to give the spousal unit the next time she asks me what made me buy another gun.  That answer is the one the dad gave his daughter when she asked him what made him buy a grenade launcher.  He said, "The sheer inability to continue life without it."

I like the way he thinks.

[PegLeg45]

I liked the statement the dad made about starting the whole business just to give his little girl a job.....and followed it up by making the statement that he see the whole M-F'er burn or crumble  to the ground as long as it kept that happy look in her eye (or to that effect).

The guy loves his daughter.......and, I expect he's way smarter than many viewers will give him credit for, based solely on their judgemant of the way he talks and acts (which is typical of many southerners).
JMHO, FWIW.