A must watch for all enthusiastic firearms aficionados, AKA...gun nuts! Sons of Guns is a half hour show on the Discovery Channel which follows the exploits of ex marine Will Hayden and his daughter Stephanie who own and operate Red Jacket Firearms in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Red Jacket is a custom gun shop specializing in customizing and improving AK-47's, but is up to any and all challenges. Some of Will's builds include rebuilding, testing and firing a WWII flame thrower for another ex marine whose exploits with a flame thrower on Iwo Jima earned him the Medal of Honor, he has also built integral sound suppressors for a 12 gauge slug gun and the AK-47. It's definitely worth watching just to see some of the innovations they come up with to meet the challenges they face in making a completely custom firearm operate with 100% reliability and safety.
Watch it! Like it! Admire what they are capable of! Enjoy it!
ShepherdsDog
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:35 pm
pretty cool stuff. That field of sugar cane looks like it's almost ready to be burned.
desertdude
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:40 pm
I watched a few epidsodes, was so so, if nothing is on then yeah I'd watch it.
Just started a brtish show, british military driving school. Watched a few show. It had potential to be a good show, but a crappy host and the way the show is formated turned out to be a serious let down.
PublicAnimalNo9
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:17 am
I liked the machine gun turret they built for some security guy's SUV.
Or the M2 .50 cal they converted to a hand held.
commanderkai
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:20 pm
PublicAnimalNo9 wrote:
Or the M2 .50 cal they converted to a hand held.
I saw that, it was awesome.
desertdude
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:57 pm
I saw the one where they were making an anti pirate flash bang kind of missle. I thought it sucked big time.
xerxes
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:20 pm
It's a neat show. That guy is one hell of a gunsmith.
Hyack
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:10 pm
PublicAnimalNo9 wrote:
I liked the machine gun turret they built for some security guy's SUV.
Or the M2 .50 cal they converted to a hand held.
The gun they converted to a shoulder fired was a Browning Model 1919 which is a .30 cal. weapon, not a .50 cal.
ShepherdsDog
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:34 pm
Sort of interesting that the term son of a gun meant your mother was a whore
desertdude
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:19 am
I heard a different explination from the Mythbusters
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