Top Shot - Season 3

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Don't hold your breath, hahaha!

Anyways, What was up with the call your shot challenge? Where those really the best shots that these guys could come up with? And calling a one-handed AK shot "almost impossible" was ridicluous. Maybe almost impressive. And yes, I went right out and tried it this morning to shut my wife up. I made it first try. In my opinion if 3 out of 4 people can do something on the first try (including the guy who called it almost impossible in the first place) it could almost be considered marginal. I am not a great shot by any means, I'll tell you that.

Furthermore, I can shoot a golf ball from the prone supported at 100 yards. Hooray. Where's my 100k?

You need to send a video in to top shot. You have the show won already.

I agree the rock throwing would be my easiest challenge. I pitched in high school. I believe I would probably be average in the shooting department. I would do well with the rifles and decent with the pistols. I'm more of a take your time shooter. Not so much a quick shooting shooter. Depending on the challenges I think I could make it a good run until an Dustin or Mike or even a Jake knocks me off.

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I was a little concerned that any and all of them might have been handicapped by any of the guns being sighted even SLIGHTLY off. I'm glad we didn't see any results that might have indicated that. When they hand you a gun, what do you really know about where it hits? Yeah, you might have shot it before, and it might still be the same, but who knows?
 
I really liked the call your own shot version of HORSE. I would like to see more of that. Not sure if the majority of viewers would but...
 
how did they figure out were each was hitting? Was there practice time that wasn't shown on TV? Seemed to me during practice they always used the same rifles.


I would suppose they wrote down the serial number with a notation of where it hit in relation to point of aim, and, I am sure the practice sessions where far longer than the 5 minutes shown on TV ;)
 
Just FYI Top Shot DOES recruit here.

If you are up for it keep an eye out in General Discussion, the casting folks will start another thread.
 
Don't hold your breath, hahaha!

Anyways, What was up with the call your shot challenge? Where those really the best shots that these guys could come up with? And calling a one-handed AK shot "almost impossible" was ridicluous. Maybe almost impressive. And yes, I went right out and tried it this morning to shut my wife up. I made it first try. In my opinion if 3 out of 4 people can do something on the first try (including the guy who called it almost impossible in the first place) it could almost be considered marginal. I am not a great shot by any means, I'll tell you that.

Furthermore, I can shoot a golf ball from the prone supported at 100 yards. Hooray. Where's my 100k?
I have never missed a shot in my entire life. I can shoot any weapon at any distance that the round is capable of traveling and hit what I want, first time every time.

I can say things on the internet too. But it doesn't mean much. Think hard enough about that 100k and maybe it will come one day.

I'm glad Dustin won. He was nothing but class, and he could shoot. He hit what, 14 straight shots starting with the Benelli, ending with the Smith 500? And Mike was still on the Benelli? He smoked him. That was impressive.

I was hoping Mike wouldn't make the top two, not because I disliked him, or thought he wasn't a good shot, but because he had already been eliminated. He got a second chance and nobody else did. Fortunately, Dustin didn't need a second chance because apparently he hits the first time all the time!
 
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Kudos to Dustin. He sets the bar for "good sportsman" and "skilled marksman" when they they refer to the same guy. I would love to share range time with him. And, he is not afraid to reference the presence of God in his life. We could use a little more of that in the world.
 
could have done without the rock throw in the finale but it was a good ending.... Kudos to the Texan kid for smoking the last round.
 
There much said about Dustin smoking Mike in the final....it was impressive to say the least.

That said, I think his performance against the SWAT instructor shooting an M&P in friend/foe was equally impressive. That challenge wasn't even close and, theoretically, she was using HER weapon, in HER challenge and she had been trained to perform under pressure.

Dustin was definitely my favorite, maybe because I'm a self-taught redneck and I can relate to him. I loved his quote, I think from Behind the Bullet, where he said he didn't come to win, he came to play! I would share the same motivation for entering the competition. Great guns, great games and great instructors. Does it get better than that?
 
Notice that the last 2 winners were considered "recreational shooters", although Chris Reed was a Marine. Ian and Chris might have competed in some events too, but none of them seem to be specialists in a certain field. Seems like the wide array of shooting sports they practiced on their own time helped them out.
 
You need to send a video in to top shot. You have the show won already.

Hahaha, no ____ right? But seriously, a golf ball at 100 yards? A pistol at a pint glass at 25? Come on.

Too bad I am morally oppossed to looking like a A-hole on "reality" TV...

I can say things on the internet too. But it doesn't mean much

Obviousness aside, you might want to make that your sig line.

But seriously, give it a shot (or pretend too and lie about it on the internet) t'aint that hard. My point was that if I can do it on the first try it is nowhere near "impossible".

I feel very let down by the level of difficulty on this show compared to things I have seen in real life and on that impossible shots show. And what do they have against shooting past 300yards? It's pretty damn gimmicky, I say.
 
Just a quick post as I start watching the ep. . .

This is the first "Final Four" that I like all the competitors. Every single one I'd enjoy meeting, and heading out to the range with.

Definately not true in the previous seasons.
 
Just finished the ep. I liked that Dustin lead with the .22 at a golf ball at 100. That was my first thought.

I have respect for the people in the compitition. I know I don't have the skills for it. If it doesn't involve either a .22lr rifle or a nice scoped rifle, I'm mediocre at best. Though I DID practice hatchet throwing as a kid. . .
 
The problem is, any gunshot is over 100dB with a very fast rise time and is just going to overload the microphones and speakers. Perhaps you are more accustomed to fictional shootouts where the report is added by special effects in post-production.
Adding to Jim's comments about the sound, the extras video for the movie "Master & Commander: Far Side of the World" has a feature on all the post production sound work that it took to make naval cannon sound good.
 
Did anyone else catch Dustin's interview with Cam Edwards last night? He once again exhibited what a truly great guy he is.
 
I was pulling for Dustin the whole time, he seemed like the underdog at first, turned out he was the best shooter. I wasn't a fan of the "rule" that brought Mike back. I would have like to have seen Gary and Dustin in the final.
 
Notice that the last 2 winners were considered "recreational shooters", although Chris Reed was a Marine. Ian and Chris might have competed in some events too, but none of them seem to be specialists in a certain field. Seems like the wide array of shooting sports they practiced on their own time helped them out.
Ian, besides having served in the British Army, was a ranked active USPSA shooter. Chris was a a championship level shotgunner
 
I've intentionally avoided this thread until today... I don't have cable television, so I always saw the show the day after everyone else, once History.com posted it on the web. As such, I tried to avoid any potential spoilers.

I'm very happy with the people who made it to the final four in season 3, and I'm really glad that Jake wasn't among them. All of the finalists seemed to be good, sportsmen-like competitors, and you couldn't have asked for a nicer winner than Dustin... he really seemed like the underdog at first, but I was really pulling for him after a couple of weeks of watching him shoot.

Of course, as a Coloradan, I was kind of hoping to see the Conifer resident in the final shootout, but he still did really good for himself!

I'd happily throw my hat in the ring for a season of this show... it would be one heck of an awesome experience!

It is easy to sit here and critique these guys, and I've been guilty of it myself. Many of the shots they've taken are commonplace shots that many of us take on a regular basis. For instance, I shoot rifle a lot, and wasn't overly impressed by a lot of the rifle shots in this show. Why not add some smaller targets at much longer distance? Our local club-level "steel dogs" matches have prairie dog sized targets out to 550 yards, for instance.

BUT, even with that said, these guys are doing it with weapons they are handed without any real chance for adjustment and familiarization. They are also shooting across various disciplines, against competitors with different levels of expertise in each discipline. And, they are also shooting with the knowledge that millions of people will be watching their performance (for good or for bad). That's not even to mention that there's still the issue of the $100K that must be stuck in the back of their minds.

It sounds easy from the comfort of my couch, and I'd love the chance to try it out for myself, but I'm not entirely convinced that it is as easy as it seems. For example, I could pluck golf balls with boring monotony with some of my rifles at 100 yards. But, could I do it under the pressure of competition with a rifle that someone else had sighted, and then handed me right off of the rack with no chance to familiarize myself with it? Well, I don't know. I'd love to find out though :)


Barring Jake, this was a good season leaving me with only one request for future shows: Quit throwing stuff. Not knives, not tommyhawks, certainly not ROCKS.
This is Top SHOT after all.

^Agreed.

The throwing stuff is silly, and looks more like carnival tricks. A person's ability to throw a rock has no bearing on their ability to shoot. The logic that the competitors have to be good with "any weapon" doesn't pass my litmus test as far as the rock throwing is concerned... at least not unless they are going to add a boxing competition to the next Top Shot season.

It's supposed to be about shooting. Not throwing things.
 
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...The throwing stuff is silly, and looks more like carnival tricks. A person's ability to throw a rock has no bearing on their ability to shoot. The logic that the competitors have to be good with "any weapon" doesn't pass my litmus test as far as the rock throwing is concerned... at least not unless they are going to add a boxing competition to the next Top Shot season.

It's supposed to be about shooting. Not throwing things.

I read a lot of people complaining about the throwing aspect (not just picking on you COKevin, you're just a handy post to quote.) To be honest it doesn't bother me. It's only one contest out of the entire season and throwing accuracy IS a marksmanship skill. Many backwoods types learned to take rabbits with a rock back in the day, especially during the Depression. Likewise, I don't have a problem with knives, axes, slingshots, bows, and crossbows.

Maybe it's because I'm a historian, but I like to see the primitives used once a season, but I wouldn't want more than that. I still want to see a spear and atlatl next season. :)
 
The logic that the competitors have to be good with "any weapon" doesn't pass my litmus test as far as the rock throwing is concerned

the only "litmus test" that matters to the people paying to produce the show is ratings. I am sure they are trying to appeal to a broader audience than just us. I wouldnt call skill with other projectiles as "silly"
 
I sorta like the primitive weapons myself. I'm a tomahawker, blowguner, and occasional knife thrower but the rocks made me shake my head and laugh a little. My 8 year old can throw rocks through a window, not exactly a skill. Now, if they had to hit a small moving target, like Unistat mentioned with Depression Era folks slaying wabbits with rocks, that might be another thing altogether, especially if they tied the historical aspect of it into the theme. But chucking rocks just for the sake of target practice? Bring on the primitives like the atlatl, bolo, etc. If you gotta have rocks, a David and Goliath style sling and stone would be more acceptable than pitching random stones they dug out of the yard.
 
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