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[The Antichrome]

Kinda neat that yet another shooting show is being produced in my hometown.

http://www.shootingw...om/story/254158

[jimeradams]

Very interesting!

[dennishoddy]

Cryin' shame Cody isn't going to narrate this show.

[The Antichrome]

American Airgunner TV Show
Airgunner Challenge CASTING CALL
Only a couple of spots left to fill !
A challenge involving 8 persons shooting at a variety of targets in a competition of speed, accuracy, and strategy. Eliminations are all performance based. No contestant nominations. No intentional teams.
$5000.00 prize to winner.
Will air within a 30 minute program on the Pursuit Channel starting July. The challenge will occupy as much as 1/3 to 1/2 of the content of each episode. Re-airs in Q4 + online distribution.
Filming to take place in May in the Fort Smith River Valley.
Will require 7-14 days to film, hopefully not more than 10-12, starting the Monday following Mother's day.
For application and more info:


http://www.americana...om/casting.html


http://www.americana...ligibility.html






www.AmericanAirgunner.com
www.Facebook.com/AmericanAirgunner
www.YouTube.com/AmericanAirgunner

[The Antichrome]

Cryin' shame Cody isn't going to narrate this show.

The host, Paul, is way better than Colby.,,and less cheesy.

We started filming today, I cant really give running updates...gotta wait till it airs.

[The Antichrome]

[The Antichrome]

http://www.shootingw...om/story/262851

The official press release.

[The Antichrome]

The host, Paul, is way better than Colby

I retract that statement.

[The Antichrome]

http://www.americana...012contestants/

Meet the contestants, including me.

[The Antichrome]

Episode 1
Air Dates:
Wednesday, June 27 4:30 PM EST
Friday, June 29 1:30 AM EST
PRIMETIME: FRIDAY, JUNE 29 8:30 PM EST
In our first episode of 2012 Paul and our film crew travel to Oklahoma to hunt wild boar with a .50 caliber Dragon Claw. After a successful hunt at Riverview Ranch, aided by professional team roper, Clay Hurst, and his dogs, we’ll introduce you to the first ever American Airgunner Challenge in which eight contestants will shoot it out with a Walther Dominator PCP Air Rifle and a Magnum Research Desert Eagle Air Pistol.

Direct TV: Channel 608

Dish Network: Channel 240

[dennishoddy]

Thats tomorrow! I've got to get the recorder set.
I have a friend that is totally interested in getting one of the big bore air guns to hunt big game.

Edit: I just wiped out several issues of housewives of NJ and Ca. I'm in trouble now!

[Burk Cornelius]

http://www.americana...012contestants/

Meet the contestants, including me.

I can't believe your bio didn't say moderator of "The Nations Premier Firearm, Competition and Tactical Training Community"

[benjamin-benjamin]

does this get replayed online?? i don't have cable/direct?

[The Antichrome]

does this get replayed online?? i don't have cable/direct?

I dont know when, but yes, the episodes will all be replayed on the american airgunner website.

[Burk Cornelius]

Just watched it. Way to go Rob.

[dennishoddy]

Mine is recorded later. Still recovering from the verbal beating for wiping out the wife's stuff.
Oh well.......

[The Antichrome]

Just watched it. Way to go Rob.

Thanks! Breakin stuff and blowing stuff up with airguns, pretty darn fun.

[The Antichrome]

Primetime debut is tonight.

http://www.shootingw...om/story/263409

[Jesse Tischauser]

Handsome Rob is killing it.

[The Antichrome]

So if you watched tonights episode, here's my view. (spoiler alert; dont read this if you havent seen it and are planning to do so later)


We gathered for the 1st day of the challenge. This occurred at my home club (Old Fort Gun Club) so I felt right at home.
After brief introductions and a quick safety talk we were allowed to practice with a replica Desert Eagle pellet pistol and a Walther Dominator bolt action pellet rifle. The Umarex technician had zeroed them for a 6 o'clock hold at the expected ranges.
I immediately tried to determine:
How do the controls operate? (safety etc)
How do you load/reload them?
What's the trigger like? (where does it break?)
How are the sights? (point of aim vs. point of impact)
What is my NPA with them? Do I need to try doing anything different with grip/hold/mount?

Everything came together really quickly.
The Desert Eagle was not a fun gun to shoot. Heavy Looong trigger with some grit. It seemed to break shots at a different point in the wall at random. The front sight was super wide. I joked that I only used the left third of the front blade.
The rifle was very accurate. Stick the front sight just under the target and press. Hard to miss.

My competitors were a varied group of folks that broke into 2 non-shooters, 2 recreational shooters, 1 occasional shooter, 1 IDPA shooter, and 1 SASS shooter (turns out Donnie is "Boggy Creek Williams" a well known SASS guy) and me, the USPSA guy.

Straws were drawn and we shot at glass jars/bottles/globes full of colorful things like gumballs and thumbtacks with the pistol.
They werent terribly hard to hit even with a trigger that broke in a different spot every time. The front sight was much wider than most of the targets. The part that threw me off was the start signal, or lack of a start signal. Everyone seemed to get a different start.
Then you had to transition over to the rifle and hit 2 lollipops at 60' and finish by hitting a little bitty button inside a hole in box. The button hit a primer that sets off a black powder charge.
I ran this course at a comfortable pace and was 2nd fastest (hand held stopwatch! no shot timers)
Everyone was intimidated by the rifle shots (the targets were small!) but I crushed them.

Carrie and Steve were slowest and will shoot it out against each other in next weeks episode.