Top Shot - Saturday Show Recommendation

Top Shot. 

Top Shot has become one of my favorite reality TV shows this past season.  Running over the summer and into the regular season, the show brings some of the best shooters from around the country together to compete in different shooting events.  These marksmen are from all walks of life - though most are from some sort of law enforcement (however, my favorite contestant so far [Dustin] is a Christian camp counselor who took up shooting in his spare time). 

The competitions we have seen so far this season have made use of some very interesting weapons.  They have included anything and everything from an antique Gatling-gun to throwing rocks at targets.  The contestants must be masters of all sorts of firearms and able to compete physically in challenges as well.  It tests one's overall fitness and ability to adapt to unique shooting situations.

I think what draws me to this show, more than anything else, is it looks like something I'd like to take part in.  The main focus of the show is target shooting and some of the competition events have seemed really fun.  It's almost like playing a video game in real life. Having only ever shot a gun at overnight camp when in 7th grade, I'd clearly fail at basically every challenge on the show - but I'd sure love to give it a "shot."

This is the third season of the show, and while I haven't watched the first two, at some point I think I may go back and check them out.  More than anything else, it's nice to see a reality show about actual skill and not getting drunk and partying. 

A very interesting show and I'd recommend it.  Airs on Tuesday nights on the History Channel.

Until the next episode...
Chris