The Weapon Hunter - Quest TV

[bradaz11]

overview of guns are fine, but their tests aren't always all that well thought out. test one gun doing one thing, test another in another way and then compare the two results.

[snayperskaya]

I thought the sniper variant of the Garand only saw limited use in WW2 and saw more widespread use in Korea?.Also wouldn't the PU or PEM-scoped Mosin sniper have been a more objective rifle to use than the SVT given the ratio of Mosin/SVT sniper rifles deployed by the Russians?.

[Chapuis]

I thought the sniper variant of the Garand only saw limited use in WW2 and saw more widespread use in Korea?.Also wouldn't the PU or PEM-scoped Mosin sniper have been a more objective rifle to use than the SVT given the ratio of Mosin/SVT sniper rifles deployed by the Russians?.

My thoughts also.

The marksmanship skills demonstrated by the presenter could only be described is miserable to say the least. He certainly wouldn't be allowed to shoot at 100 yards on our club range until he had shown a significant degree of improvement at 25 metres first.

I really can't believe how bad this show is or for that matter how bad the sons of guns show is especially as both are American shows from a country where generally I would have expected people to be more familiar with firearms.
I don't think that I will bother watching any more of either programme as I found both to be very annoying.

[GeeRam]

Just finished watching the episode about his quest to find and shoot a genuine FG42.

It was actually rather good and quite watchable and the best one I've seen so far clapclap

[huntervixen]

Also watched last nights episode, despite the fact that it's squarely aimed at the US domestic light entertainment market ... and the presenter thinks everything is "Awesome" from his first coffee of the day onward, it does show some interesting firearms.

He certainly does have a very limited experience in shooting and his range safety procedures leave a lot to be desired, his shooting everything from the standing position at blocks of ice 25 yds away is totally pointless and a complete waste of ammo ... for instance, firing bursts from the recoil operated Johnston, whilst standing and waving the piece of the general direction of the target... then complaining about its "lack of accuracy"

Last nights episode showed the modern German repro FG42 (plus an alleged original) and the M41 Johnston, oddly comparing the two for some reason .

The M1941 gets completely slated, while the FG42 gets nothing but praise, no effort is made to discuss the completely different action types, he only touches on the radical nature of the FG42 action, but fails to say why it was ground breaking, or the considerable influence it had on post war designs.

Love to see a proper program of this type with detailed analysis and history of the designs shown .... probably never happen though, not enough anoraks to cater for!

[ovenpaa]

Look for Forgotten Weapons or Full30 on Youtube for some more informed reviews.

[Chapuis]

Look for Forgotten Weapons or Full30 on Youtube for some more informed reviews.

+1 some good informed videos there.

Also don't forget about that old BBC series of the seventies "The Gun".

[huntervixen]

Look for Forgotten Weapons or Full30 on Youtube for some more informed reviews.

Will do, just as soon as I get a chance for a break this morning,

[dromia]

The last worth watching televised gun/shooting programme I saw was the BBC series The Gun in 1977, everything after that has just irritated me with the shallow flippancy and amateurish hobbyist approach masquerading as knowledgeable with which the subject is dealt with. To such an extent that I don't watch TV/youtube or the like.

Life is too short, time is better spent studying guns themselves and reading the many worthwhile books that have been written on the subject in the past.

[Chapuis]

Reading books Dromia, that's almost a forgotten art by some. LOL

It always surprises me the number of silly simple questions on shooting or reloading posted on the internet by some, it makes you wonder if they have never read anything at all on the subject.

Long before the internet many of us grew up on the likes of Boothroyd, Keith, Taylor and Allen.
I don't think that we will see the likes of "The Gun" ever produced by the BBC again.