I've been looking forward to the new show TOP SHOT on The History Channel. From the looks of the promotional commercials I figured there would be a lot of shooting. After all the show is supposed to be about shooting.
WRONG
The show seems to follow the reality show mold of focusing on the drama between the competitors with some shooting thrown into the mix. There are action shots of the competitors walking. Why?
They do use some good slow motion video so you can actually see the bullets in flight, reactive targets explode to confirm hits, etc. But those actually became repetitive.
In the lead up to the final challenge they set 2 competitors in an elimination round, each was set up with a Marine Sniper Instructor. That would have been a great time to learn some real tips on how to shoot long range. NOPE. They mentioned trigger pull in passing but spent as much time on the "smiley face" one of the shooters shot above a target.
Not sure about anyone else, but I was/am disappointed.
WRONG
The show seems to follow the reality show mold of focusing on the drama between the competitors with some shooting thrown into the mix. There are action shots of the competitors walking. Why?
They do use some good slow motion video so you can actually see the bullets in flight, reactive targets explode to confirm hits, etc. But those actually became repetitive.
In the lead up to the final challenge they set 2 competitors in an elimination round, each was set up with a Marine Sniper Instructor. That would have been a great time to learn some real tips on how to shoot long range. NOPE. They mentioned trigger pull in passing but spent as much time on the "smiley face" one of the shooters shot above a target.
Not sure about anyone else, but I was/am disappointed.