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The guy i was rooting for won.
I think the problem they had with Jamie was he wouldn’t tell them about his military background while everyone else was open. Later it came out he was a rescue diver but I think people didn’t believe him.
It is a good show.
You know, I had the exact same reaction. I thought George was a complete a-hole, and was ashamed at his behavior since I am former Air Force myself.
But after seeing what he did for Chris at the bar challenge, throwing two shots just so he could advance to the championship, I saw that he could be generous to his friends.
I think Gunny threw the 10/22 stage of the final challenge as well.
Chris must be one helluva guy to have friends do things like that for him.
I'm a woman and am fairly new to shooting but I don't know much about shotguns. I've shot mostly hunting rifles. My dad recommended I get a Mossberg 900 series for turkey hunting. But I've given up on turkeys and just hunt deer. I know Benelli is a quality product. I'm sure lots of FReepers will be able to give you great advice.
Guns and Soap Operas do NOT go together....
I got all ready to watch a show about guns and shooting and it was just another phony ‘reality’ show....
who's reality??? no one knows...
Remington 870 pump 12 ga, extended magazine tube, 18 1/2 barrel with a Knoxx Specops stock. Buy the comb extension as well.
If you’re willing to pay up for quality, Benell makes an excellent product in semi-autos. I know two gals who shoot Super Black Eagles in the field for upland game and in sporting clays.
For trap or skeet, you might not want a semi-auto. I shoot a trap league and shoot my semi-auto Beretta, but I was strongly “encouraged” to put a shell deflector on it, which I did. The auto-eject of semi’s into the person at your right is considered offensive by many trap shooters. If you had a pump, you’d be better off because you could wait to eject the shell towards the ground (or some pumps eject out the bottom), but many pumps are kinda heavy for all-day trap shoots.
For serious trap and skeet shooting, most people go to a break-open action and then get a high-rib barrel for trap, and over/under for trap doubles and skeet. Many sporting clay competitors use over-n-unders as well. An over-under gives you an edge in that you can mount two different chokes in the two barrels, and use one barrel with a more open choke for your closer shot on doubles, and the tighter choke for the farther second shot.
Above all, get your shotgun fitted. Gals ain’t proportioned the same as guys, and it really wears you down to have to shoulder a shotgun that doesn’t fit. If you become a serious competitor in shotgun sports, you’ll be shooting hundreds (NB the plural) of rounds in one day. If you’re really good and get to shoot off against another competitor for elimination in something like trap, you might have to shoot 200+ rounds non-stop until one of you misses. If your gun doesn’t fit, you will be sore. I guar-an-damn-tee it. Even with AA loads.
The thing about shotguns is that there are few “one gun to do everything” options out there if you’re going to be competitive. You can “get by” with a pump or semi-auto as your primary shotgun as you’re starting, but at some level in trap and skeet competition, you’ll find you’re at a disadvantage or you’re getting beat up far worse than you need to be. For home defense, you want a much shorter barrel than you’d use on either a hunting shotgun or a gaming shotgun. A trap gun often as a 28 to 30” barrel, and a defense shotgun will be 18 to 20”.
First off, good on George. Unlike some I didn’t hate his actions as he always backed up his bravado with results. As they say, it ain’t bragging if you can do it.
As for a shotgun, IMO there’s no “all around option.” For home defense it’s hard to go wrong with a Mossberg or Remington pump with a 18” barrel. Simplicity, capacity, cost and assesories are the factors there. For clay sports most competitive shooters will run multiple guns for Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays. I like the Browning Citori XS Skeet with 28” barrels; many skeet shooters will get additional barrels to shoot other gauges, (20, 28, .410,) so they can shoot 5 gun. While the Browning are nice, Kreigoff’s and Perriza’s are commonplace but in most cases they don’t out perform.
Honestly to get started I’d look closely at a Remington 1100 Skeet or a used Browning/Beretta O/U to start out with. as always, YMMV.
No need to watch after Maggie lost-nice lady, great shooter, and...oh yeah! Hawt!
I loved that show but my husband, not so much even though he loves guns. Too much drama, I think. lol I picked Chris at the beginning too and was sooo glad he won! What George did totally changed my mind about him. What a guy! And yes I think Brian (gunny) took a dive, too.
George could be a real PITA, but Ashley was the one who set my teeth on edge. His beef with Jamie was overblown and ridiculous. In the end, I cut them all some slack; who knows how time in Iraq has impacted them. I figured both George and Ashley needed strong, loving women, and lots of R&R (if you catch my drift), to settle them down.
Some interesting personalities, some great shooting, some cool weapons.
For the folks back on active duty, stay safe, and may God keep you close!
They need to tweak the show a little bit. When they combine the two groups into one, they should take the two worst performers from the challenge. It turned into a popularity contest instead of a shooting contest. It lost it’s appeal to me after that.
IMO, if you take things on face value, I think George was the winner. If he thought enough about Chris to throw the competition so Chris would increase his chances to win, that kind of character makes him a winner in my book.*doing* the right/noble thing, was more important than money. Not many people I know, who have that much character when 100K is at tstake.. [Tempering my opinion with *if* all what was shown is true]
After he left, George said, “Did I throw myself under the grenade? No. I played the game the way I wanted to play it. I went out on my own terms. Don’t regret it, wouldn’t change a thing.”
The 1000 yd shot ------------------------------------------------------------- On the shotgun question; I shot a Super Black Eagle in clays. Don't shoot clays any more. Fine shotgun.
He, George, said if he won he'd spend it all on guns. So if I were Chris, I'd definitely at least be buying him a Barrett 50-cal and a nice handgun, maybe a Kimber .45 or something like that. In the end, George proved himself to be a stand-up guy, in a crazy sort of way.