Smokey Joe
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Have had this one in the hopper for a while now; just got around to watching it this evening. Nice show for general info.
I liked the statement right off the bat (holding up a cartridge): "This is NOT a bullet!" Then explaining the parts of a round of ammunition.
What WAS shown was interesting, and informative for a non-shooter: Progress from round lead ball (with a side trip to flintlock and caplock ignition, and to paper cartridges) to Minie ball to lead bullet to jacketed bullet to different-purpose bullets. And progress from black powder to smokeless powder.
I was disappointed by the skipping of the "other" intermediate steps, e.g. pinfire and the various rimfires.
As others have said about this show, it's good for the general public, and we cognoscenti just have to live with our larger knowledge ourselves. Entertaining, nevertheless.
I have to mention personalities, too. Gunny R. Lee Ermey has eyebrows like small bushes--you only earn them by surviving to past 60. When he was firing the Barrett .50 BMG, he got "kissed" by the 'scope, and not only did he not gloss it over, he said it wasn't the first time nor would it be the last. Then he went right on shooting. Makes me feel so much better about my own lump of scar tissue in my right eyebrow!
I enjoyed the show, as I've enjoyed the whole series.
I liked the statement right off the bat (holding up a cartridge): "This is NOT a bullet!" Then explaining the parts of a round of ammunition.
What WAS shown was interesting, and informative for a non-shooter: Progress from round lead ball (with a side trip to flintlock and caplock ignition, and to paper cartridges) to Minie ball to lead bullet to jacketed bullet to different-purpose bullets. And progress from black powder to smokeless powder.
I was disappointed by the skipping of the "other" intermediate steps, e.g. pinfire and the various rimfires.
As others have said about this show, it's good for the general public, and we cognoscenti just have to live with our larger knowledge ourselves. Entertaining, nevertheless.
I have to mention personalities, too. Gunny R. Lee Ermey has eyebrows like small bushes--you only earn them by surviving to past 60. When he was firing the Barrett .50 BMG, he got "kissed" by the 'scope, and not only did he not gloss it over, he said it wasn't the first time nor would it be the last. Then he went right on shooting. Makes me feel so much better about my own lump of scar tissue in my right eyebrow!
I enjoyed the show, as I've enjoyed the whole series.
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