Gunshows You Forgot About

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

I miss R Lee Ermey

[@AdministrativeResults]

@@nextcaesargaming5469 same man

[@wheezer6695]

Remember General Barnaky

[@FUXX_UT008]

Gunny was the goat. Mail call was the shit back in the day🤙

[@scrimshaw7470]

​@@wheezer6695 my man

[@MegaDzEL]

THE FUCKING GOAT 🐐 only reason i watched the history channel

[@yankee3875]

Will never forget how devastated 10 year old me was when the AK-47 beat the M16 to the number 1 spot on Top Tens episode on best combat rifles, shattered my whole world

[@AdministrativeResults]

I thought we were the best...

[@MesoBreakfast]

This is so real!

[@22LR.addict]

Someone needs to let Nick know a tv show ranked communist rifle above a capitalist rifle

[@will9501]

From another county, hopefully, lest you be visited by the crypti

[@orcatwar9810]

funny enough i found out the real name of the STG44 from that episode at the time i played a bunch of COD 3 and love the mp44 and the germen paratrooper rifle hack found alot of cool rifles in that episode

[@vampire847]

Learning Admin is 27 just did psychic damage to me....

[@lmichnowicz]

same. same.

[@grapesoder1301]

how old he looks changes with every episode

[@PearlJam2k6]

Im glad im not the only one then...

[@maveric619]

Makes me feel better because he looks 6 years older than me rather than the inverse

[@tsoliot5913]

Hear here

[@RealAaron317]

RIP to Richard "Mack" Machowicz and R Lee Ermy, you two are truly missed.

[@MrPingn]

I didn't know about Mac dying. But it's sad they both have been lost.

[@ZKB423]

Mail Call was the OG military show, not only firearms but great overall. Future Weapons always made laugh because of the hosts voice overs 😆

[@reedburdette]

Watching Lock n’ Load in my middle school computer class instead of doing my typing practice was the original time thefting

[@js520705]

Lmao for me it was Top Ten, youtube might have blocked but military channel website wasn't.

[@reedburdette]

@@js520705 yup history channel was gtg

[@22LR.addict]

Demolition Ranch for me when it was still cut shells

[@bazingaeffect4155]

I'm surprised he didn't talk about Mail Call It was a great show too

[@johnb.6468]

Middle school? Try Oregon Trail kiddo

[@vitaldude4355]

I met R Lee Ermy when I was a teen. I was tall and super awkward at a gun show with my dad just perusing and we saw him set up at a booth there. My dad told him I was a huge fan of mail call and asked if he would take a pic with me. He smiled, said sure, and stood next to me. I was struck by how small he was, but right before my dad snapped the shot he turned and grabbed me around my neck with both hands. I was frozen not knowing what to do, somewhere my dad has a pic of me being gently throttled by one of my childhood heros. Miss that old guy, Semper Fi Gunny o7

[@MrCashewkitty]

Fuckin sweet. I have a pic of little me sitting on Conway Twitty's lap bawling my eyes out Because I thought that i was going to meet Tweety Bird.😂

[@RailGunsDayZ]

@@MrCashewkittythat’s so badass haha

[@chrisdonnelly5904]

​@@MrCashewkittythat's funny shit 😂😂

[@Mr.Nobody1234-os2ww]

You should do an admins favorite deadliest warrior episodes.

[@rkhale02]

I also met him at agun show when i was young, i dont' have quite as cool of a story. i got to briefly shake his hand but still a very cool moment. It was at knob creek gun range, very busy guy there as i'm sure you could guess lol

[@Mister5point56]

Hahaha…admin….buddy…no one forgot about “sons of guns” we just don’t talk about it

[@AdministrativeResults]

The elephant in the room

[@paranormalpurgatory2406]

​@@AdministrativeResultsI actually still have one of their muzzle brake and suppressor combo.. bought it at a Gettysburg gun show

[@scottydu81]

Holy shit, my friend was on that show 😮 He made the suppressed AK

[@PigSticker-wm2tq]

​@@AdministrativeResultsmore like peblo in the kindergarten

[@armstrong2052]

It was my favorite TV gun show. Because it was always machineguns. The other shit I heard of a while after. 😅

[@marz2467]

I always go back to History channel's Tales of the Gun: "The Gun has played a critical role in history. An invention which has been praised and denounced... Served Hero and Villian alike... and carries with it moral responsibility. To understand the gun is to better understand history."

[@Nick_B_Bad]

YES!! They did a whole episode on Mauser, The Luger and so many more!

[@mikekling4605]

That was my jam!! Miss that show..

[@cameronking3551]

They had every episode along with PBS American experience on you tube .Somebody was kind enough to upload the entire series.That was around 2015-2016 and then you tube took it down.

[@dobridjordje]

One of the best shows about guns ever made I swear to God.

[@bobrowley4346]

I still have the VHS collection of it!!!

[@pointly]

"Mail Call" on the History Channel is what got me into firearms. RIP R. Lee Ermey

[@RavenAlphaTwo]

I have a desert camo bandana signed by R Lee Ermey. I was part of his security detail in Afghanistan for Mail Call.

[@armorers_wrench]

Based R Lee Ermey protector

[@30augt6spring]

Thats Badass bro

[@chrisdonnelly5904]

That's awesome man!

[@BushidoDevilDog]

“OUT-F😁ING STANDING!!!!!” 😎👍🏻 Semper Fi!

[@dismemberedlamb9104]

Priceless piece of history my friend

[@favre4ever39]

Honestly R Lee Ermey had two great shows mail call and another "Locked and Loaded". Goodness I miss that man, god speed Gunny.

[@armorers_wrench]

Locked and loaded was goated in the sauce, as the youngsters say.

[@Jeff.78]

Mail Call was like having Gunny as a school teacher. The Fat Electrician and Habitual LineCrosser are some of my other favorite teachers. I had another teacher who was cool, but mysterious. He always wore a balaclava. Anyway, one day he didn't show up and I heard he got schwacked by some good lookin stud who doesn't skip leg day. Weird, innit? 🤷🏼‍♂️ Love you, Admin! boop🥰

[@TylerSnyder305]

He had 3 great shows. On the outdoor channel he had a great show called Gunny Time with R Lee Ermy, that show was great. Sadly he died, but they did try to keep it going for another season with various guest hosts like Adam Baldwin and Clifton Collins JR.

[@favre4ever39]

@@TylerSnyder305 honestly only thing I ever watched on the Outdoor channel was the Ted Nugent hunting channel

[@95dodgev10]

Mail call was the shit

[@PolenarTactical]

Combat Missions and Top Shot were amazing! 😎

[@gilevi]

combat missions deserved a second season, but i see how GWOT probably took all the perspective cast away.

[@deyoloco3110]

I watched top shot with my dad religiously. I was 11 when I started watching it. Good memories

[@joey_cola]

I miss Top Shot. I love the fact that Dustin Ellerman is still giving us content.

[@georgewhitworth9742]

Top Shot! I still watch Dustin here on the tubes, haha

[@ayemay2030]

Top shot FUCKEDDDD

[@MJLovesNature]

I was always into Mail Call way more than Lock N Load, I’d watch it anytime it was on. I actually got to meet R. Lee Ermey at a the Show of Shows in Louisville. He gave me a Mail Call challenge coin (he showed me how to do the handshake when presenting it) and autographed my copy of Mail Call: SNAFU.

[@NerdWithGuns]

American Guns was filmed in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, about twenty minutes from where I grew up. The guy lost his FFL and continued selling guns back door through other FFL’s in the area and he took down a few other gun stores in the area

[@neurotoksyn]

Yep, I vividly remember American Guns for one specific well toned reason that thigh gap is still locked in my memories

[@chicorodriguez3964]

Yup

[@AdministrativeResults]

@@neurotoksyn you are going to horny jail

[@xlwerner]

@@AdministrativeResults*bonk*

[@brettdavis4269]

A guy I worked with in LE, retired USMC, told me a story about how he got to drive the Gunny around 29 Palms for a day while he was there working on an episode of L&L. Said he swore like a true Marine and loved whiskey.

[@king_trout]

I remember being a lame little gun nerd watching these shows, and now I’m a lame normal sized gun nerd watching Admin

[@AdministrativeResults]

@@king_trout time is a flat circle it seems

[@king_trout]

@@AdministrativeResults sheeeiiiit gurl now you got me questioning my free will n sheit 😏

[@TheRagratus]

We are what we are lol.

[@terrymillspaw]

Interesting fun fact, Aryeh Nusbacher, who was on nearly every non-reality history channel show in the mid-2000s is now Lynette, and still makes appearances on some of their shows. I was like, wow that guy must have a sister that's also a historian and featured on the history channel a lot, what are the odds. ....Oh.

[@Strelok762]

You had that moment too? I mean, looking back he was fairly feminine then too. I saw him and was like "wait.. no, no that makes sense" lol

[@jasonhileman6398]

I seen that picture of him and wondered if Admin knew he was a she now. Still see her on some of the ancient alien shows.

[@georgewhitworth9742]

@@jasonhileman6398He's still a he, despite what he may wish otherwise

[@williamflowers9435]

He doesn’t exactly make a convincing woman 😂 He was always a bit over the top with the blood and guts… and claim the M14 failed because it was “too accurate” and no one needed a gun that accurate

[@cheapskateaquatics7103]

Ha, I noticed that too.

[@Carpythesharky]

Mail Call was so fun as a kid. R Lee Ermey shitting on the AK guy the whole time during the AK vs M16 episode is a classic.

[@Montblanc1986]

Tales of the gun was the best show I ever watched as a kid.

[@d.b.1176]

Yup, I love the one of Ruzzia.

[@GribbleD]

Hell yeah, love that one.

[@MrBubonicChronic]

The Smith & Wesson episode rules.

[@Big6Duke]

Top Shot 2010 also was a good one

[@forrestnunn4612]

Yesss, when the history channel actually taught history....

[@supaF]

RIP Mac RIP R. Lee Ermey two legends who will never be forgotten

[@ShellShock794]

And now Garand Thumb has basically turned into the modern version of Future Weapons. Except he knows what he's talking about

[@smileydog5941]

Used to FPS Russia. I still remember him showing off the quad copter drones that were later in call of duty games. Also bul-pups before they got huge. And he’s the reason dragon’s breath shotgun ammo is in John Wick 4

[@chadreese9501]

I was home on leave and bought an ak, which I had to leave with my mom when I went back over. We watched a couple episodes of Gunsmoke and after I left she sent me an email about jokingly sending my gun to them since the premise of the show was they somehow fuck up a customers order for dramatic effect and then the episode is solving the issue. I appreciate you bringing up the memory.

[@josephesquivel4066]

I think remember seeing a 1911 from Red Jacket Firearms once in a pawn store and store owners basically had huge regrets taking that one in before all the stuff came out about Will because afterwards that gun flat out untouchable.

[@maskedhobo]

The cliff Sons of Guns fell off was wild as shit.

[@mattorama]

I think it was the second season that ended on a cliff hanger, with a bunch of his people leaving, and I was excited to see what happened in season 3, and then BAM. News came out. His OWN DAUGHTER? Holy smokes.

[@TexasTunic]

Man, i remember watching the top 10 or future weapons clips while at school instead of doing my work. Good times lol

[@waynedieckmann9840]

How is this comment 2 days old when it was only posted 6 minutes ago?

[@TexasTunic]

@@waynedieckmann9840 Patreon gang yo

[@scrimshaw7470]

​@@waynedieckmann9840simulation confirmed

[@TexasTunic]

@@waynedieckmann9840 Patreon gang yo

[@williamflowers9435]

Weaponology too

[@edwardgaspar5428]

Sons of guns was the OCC of gun shows

[@armorers_wrench]

Wasn't the main guy convicted of p3d0philia and the daughter committed su!c!de?

[@Jeff.78]

Insert 'screaming back n forth' meme here...

[@Mr.PastGlory]

For sure.

[@thisagame5847]

Too bad there were some questionable activities going on behind the scenes that got the show cancelled.

[@Del_S]

@@thisagame5847 "Questionable" is what we can fairly call an understatement.

[@Mike_Oxard]

love admin’s videos where you can tell there’s no script. you remind me of my dad and how he can take a thought and somehow express it in like 15 different ways over the course of 7-10 minutes. I love ya admin, ya goofball. Good to know we shared similar childhoods.

[@cardsfanbj]

American Guns had one cool thing going for it that the son was an engraver, and he did some really nice work there. Wild West Alaska was another of the shows from around that time, but it was pretty much the same show as American Guns minus the legal problems, but set in Alaska.

[@SVTeel]

I talked to a guy that worked on the American Guns show and he said Wyatt would rent the helicopter to go see a customer 30 mins away so he would look like a big shot. He said the whole cast was a pain in the ass to deal with.

[@henrygonzalez360]

1.Top Tenz.(Best GunShow) 2.Mail call.(History) 3.Future weapons.(Futuristic) 4.Sons of Guns.(Dramatic) (Orange County Choppers for the Gun Crowd) 5.Gunsmoke.(Family friendly)

[@pablowentscobar]

Don't care, Carnik Con #1

[@lethalweaboo8662]

Gunsmoke and that one military restoration one was da bomb.

[@ColdStartAuto]

I met will from sons of guns. He then went to jail for being a kiddy diddler- my local LGS has a red jacket, and has had it for years. Nobody wants it because of his name on it

[@PigSticker-wm2tq]

Dang #4 is kind of disturbing.

[@TylerSnyder305]

That show was called American guns, the shop was called Gunsmoke.

[@_Art.Vandelay]

Bro I was DEVASTATED when I went on “Mail Call’s” website and my question wasn’t picked for the show. I asked R. Lee Ermey if ACOGs would get me laid. Saddest moment of my 10th year on earth.

[@jvang2293]

Damn 10 year old me needed this information then 😢

[@lochlan1324]

Now is this all leading to a 'top shot' recreation staring all your favourite guntubers.

[@sirbughunter9972]

I LOVED Battle 360 and Patton 360 in the late 00's/early 2010's. Really enjoyed the presentation, narration and it's showing of related history surrounding the main topics like the famed USS Enterprise and of course "Old Blood and Guts" himself. Great video! Top Tens was so fun at the time too.

[@williamflowers9435]

Weaponology was good too

[@freakingabagool3510]

You forgot about Special Ops Missions with Wil Willis. That show was hands down my FAVORITE as a young teenager, probably the biggest reason why I’m so obsessed with gear and tactics 😂

[@BasicMacik]

Brooo yesss remember that show on Military channel Top Sniper challenge?

[@WhitexFeatherx]

Holy shit yes

[@Crossed_cannons_armory]

Bro that show slapped!

[@z0sick87]

My dad worked with will aparently a real nice fella

[@LordZebra]

I recall it being all on KZbin. The good ol' days.

[@ethan5.56]

2012 graduate. Military channel was so lit back in the day. My favorite haha and seeing Larry potterfield ads for midway USA. Good stuff. Future weapons was pretty good when I was 10 for sure. RIP. Great video

[@loganrose648]

Midway USA, just about everything for nostalgia. I’m Larry Potterfield with Midway USA, thanks for the memories😢

[@beardedshooter9540]

Oh boy a trip down memory lane

[@deancarr4507]

Additionally, I have enjoyed watching this channel since sub 500 subscribers, finding out Admin and I are the same age, and watching our hair thin at the exact same rate

[@mtndewman1022]

Restoring an 86 Suburban (just did the timing on the 350!) and had to replace the barn door limiting straps. Couldn't find any aftermarket ones and had to replace the driver's seat belt anyway. My mom was able to help sew the old belt into new straps with different slots for different angles of opening. We even made the old seat belt safety label front and center on the left strap to proudly show it was repurposed. Easily my favorite part of the rebuild! This video brought back good memories. Love the new content!!

[@Username4453]

Top Shot was my favorite gun show.

[@warrenharrison9490]

Loved that show, learned a lot about different firearms watching that show.

[@thisagame5847]

One of the winners from that show has a KZbin channel now. I think it's Top Shot Dustin.

[@aaronkcmo]

Didn't see this before commented the same thing. Such a shame this hasn't been picked back up. Every episode had great competitions and the drama wasn't usually beyond mildly annoying.

[@Edweird2w1]

+1 to this, a modern remake of top shot with the guntubers as a season could be fire

[@aaronkcmo]

Ok, here's my idea. Two teams, one with the wild boys of guntubers and one with the reserved, historically focused creators. Here are my teams, lmk who I missed: Team Wyld Stallyons: Admin Results Garand Thumb Demo Ranch Brandon Herrera Donut Operator Team Get Off My Lawn: C&Rsenal Forgotten Weapons InRange TV British Muzzleloaders Bloke on the Range Please discuss.

[@rando3448]

When you find something on Future Weapons in some back room at work.

[@orcatwar9810]

or see it on forgotten weapons

[@ZeusHands]

God I miss early to mid 2000’s History Channel. Between Mail Call and Modern Marvels I learned so much and gained so many awesome memories with my old man.

[@moonlightfilms5279]

Watched the military channel all the time as a child child with my grandfather, I always loved commercial breaks when my grandfather would drop details on his service and geopolitical details that weren’t ment to be shared with any civilian let alone my adolescent self.

[@ArsonalTech]

I’m a year older than you and I remember watching all these shows. What a trip down nostalgia lane

[@tinysupreme6417]

Does anyone remember the show Top Shot on the History Channel? Damn... the early 2010's were probably the last time I've ever felt the warm embrace of serotonin...

[@sgtmacsalty1282]

It had that one contestant guy from Survivor as the show host, right?

[@tinysupreme6417]

@@sgtmacsalty1282 Yes. It was basically Survivor - surviving + guns.

[@endless3cho]

I watch Dustin on YT.

[@mr.martyr8573]

Man did that show have some real douche bags on it didnt it? Lol

[@ethanhouk3784]

If you want to relive it, I believe a season or 2 is still on Hulu.

[@johnqpublic2718]

I remember all of these shows. "Tales of the Gun" is a big reason I like the guns I do to this day, as well as a reason I majored in History in college.

[@MrKronikDeception]

Bro... A couple of my buddies were on Future Weapons talking about Land Warrior. We clowned them for YEARS after that.

[@cbeaudry4646]

Admin, you should do an episode on shows like "One Man Army" "Top Shot" "Ultimate Soldier Challenge" & best of all "Spec Ops Mission"

[@gustonzimasheen]

Wow you covered every single show I watched, but I was in my 30's at the time. I still watch videos of Future Weapons. Ate it all up because in my country there was limited TV shows of this nature. Was pretty sad what happened to some of these people. Have you covered "Tales of the Gun" and Ian McCollum's dad as one of the "Talking heads"? Great stuff.

[@caleblebaron1179]

you should grow a kaiser Wilhelm mustache, it would be a vibe, have fun getting over the cold.

[@TheShootingvids]

Future weapons was the reason I bought an LWRC m6a2 when I turned 18 😅

[@RandoMcguyface01]

My Marine Corps vet grandpa and I used to watch Lock and Load and Mail Call a lot when i was a kid. Those old leathernecks were a big part of what got me into guns when i was younger.

[@benjaminchidwick9418]

Mail Call was my childhood, that and Dogfights and Shootout (yeah all History channel before the... you know) . I'd kill (in minecraft) for shows like those again. Thanks for the nostalgia trip Admin!

[@masonsheppard1236]

What happened to the History channel? I don’t know ha. But am annoyed it’s gotten worse

[@cheapskateaquatics7103]

I miss this era of tv so much. I remember these shows picking up pretty quickly starting in 2004 when I was 11. Along with OG Mythbusters, this was the greatest tv era for guns and explosions.

[@discipleofsound4565]

I met R Lee Ermey once when I was a kid. Nice guy. That was one of the formative factors in my firearms interest.

[@TANKTheImmortal]

I remember watching future weapons way back as a kid. Completely forgot about these shows, so much nostalgia.

[@ImVexuli]

Im only 28, and R Lee Ermy's Mailcall intro is burned into my brain. Much simpler times gentlemen, much simpler times.

[@gabrielgard7194]

Lock n' load brought me into the world of guns when i was around 5 or 6. Thanks to that show i began to love guns, especially old surplus guns.

[@MichaelDrone]

Mac was awesome. I ended up waiting on him one day about 4 years before he passed. Ended up becoming friends with him. Super grateful for him and his family and I appreciate them taking helping mentor me.

[@DarkPassenger]

Still watch Lock n Loaded repeats every now and then on the history channel.....or military channel. I remember most of these shows lol.

[@Lohengrinner]

Oooooooh boy. Lock n Load with good ole R. Lee Ermey. I was a huge nerd for his older Mail Call show. My story about Gunny is that he filmed one of the Lock and Load episodes at a range my folks used to go to. It was for the sniper rifles episode. If you remember the scene where he shoots the 55 gallon drums with the .50 cal, then that's the range. Spent most of the day out there. He talked with my parents while the show breaked for lunch. I was standing with all the other tag-alongs at the range tower when he shot the exploding barrels. They were about 100 yards off, but I could still feel the heat from the fireball wash over us! Let me tell ya, for a little tyke going gaga over all things military, that made my entire summer! I do remember that after the filming was over, Gunny stayed up in the tower and all us little fan boys and girls got him to sign the .50 cal brass. The old timer ripped off at least two dozen of them during the humid Nebraska summer, but he still had the patience for all of us! When it came my turn to get the signed brass I could barely talk with the man, I was so nervous! Still one of my best memories of my childhood, I got to meet one of my heroes and he definitely lived up to it!

[@Doc41295]

I dug through old KZbin as a kid to find all the episodes of Special Ops Mission. 13 year old me thought it was the coolest shit ever.

[@Ryan-ov7sn]

Wil Willis 🙌🏼

[@Krowzdawn]

This is whiskey whiskey

[@plasmakomodo4845]

The Somali Pirate episode where they gave the female operator the callsign "Skinny Four", "Foreskin".

[@MichaelVoiceArchangel]

Hope you feel better. GOD Bless you!❤

[@HuntEthical]

Fun Fact. Chris Costa was in one of the episodes of future weapons. The one that featured the Magpul Masada.

[@durbeshpatel3047]

History Channels Tales of the Gun is a hidden gem and its all on youtube to watch, highly recommend

[@anonymousm9113]

Joe from "Sons of Guns" bought a firearm from my store awhile back. I did the final check and recognized the address, so I couldn't help but mention the show and what happened to Will Hayden. I'd seen some of the show but never really paid much attention, so I was unaware that he'd had a prominent role in Red Jacket, before buying out the company and changing its name after the fallout. When that show was filming, I really wanted to like it. My neighbor told me about it, and I was an Army Recruiter working out of a mall a mile or so away from the business. I looked up the address and drove by one day but couldn't find anything. No signage, no indication that Red Jacket existed. Month later, I drove back by, and they were obviously filming, with full signage, that dumb looking truck, and a parking lot full of cars and production vehicles. Something about the show just seemed off. First, you had Will Hayden, the now-convicted chomo serving the rest of his life at Angola. It seemed like every episode he'd bring up his time in the Marines, and the "first of its kind" build they were doing for the episode. The M1919 was laughable, as it was the "first time" an M1919 was built as a shoulder-fired weapon (never mind the WWII-era M1919A6). I'm a gun guy who spent 21 years as an Army Infantryman, and I'll be the first to tell you that military or police service do not equate to weapons knowledge. There are 18Bs (Special Forces Weapons Sergeants) that no less about the history and function of small arms than the average GunTuber. Then you had all the fake drama, pointless deadlines, and such. I recall one episode where a "customer" walked in off the street and was berated for daring to think they did over-the-counter sales. To his credit, Joe, who now runs Aklys Defense in the same building where Red Jacket operated, seems pretty cool. They design and manufacture their own silencers, among other products, and he told us to stop by anytime to check out the facility.

[@thomaskirkscey4504]

I watched Future Weapons on Discovery and with the DVD Netflix, I remember being so stoked to check the mail after school and seeing that red envelope

[@DOOM_A-O]

I miss dvd Netflix. And GameFly too. Those were great times.

[@jasondubois3399]

I guess admin and I must be pretty close to the same age, because I also remember watching “American Guns” when I was in junior high, and I was also watching it for the same reason 😂 But also I’m surprised that Top Shot isn’t on this list. Ian, the season one winner later became the editor of Guns&Ammo magazine.

[@mariomb9796]

Future Weapons was such a fun show to watch back in the day. The masada, javelin and cornershot episodes were so entertaining to watch especially at the time being able to play videogames and use the weapons you’d just seen on tv! Also honorable mention Top Shot!

[@michaels5210]

I remember the Thompson episode of sons of guns. I was too young at the time to realize how absolutely horrifying and sacrilegious it was when they messed with that Thompson.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Iirc, fortunately, it wasn't a vintage Thompson but a modern semi-auto Auto Ordnance that they converted to full-auto tacticool SMG.

[@vaultmartyrd]

American Rifleman on the Outdoor Channel had the greatest intro of those gun shows

[@Scruffyman81]

Nobody remembers the old 80s show called, "Sledge Hammer!"

[@AdministrativeResults]

@@Scruffyman81 way before my time:/

[@Jeff.78]

I was 7 when it came out, so my memories of it are faded, but not gone.

[@artyomsevchenko6089]

I remember! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3XFXqmwm92Xe9U&ab_channel=LeeJohnson

[@artyomsevchenko6089]

@@Jeff.78 Almost all of the shows episodes are on youtube if you want to refresh your memory.

[@scott_hunts]

My mom had it on DVD and I thought sledge hammer was MC hammer. Made for a very confusing middle school because nobody knew what I was referencing and I had no idea that the main actor was a singer. Absolutely top notch show.

[@FZD173]

Thank you for setting a standard for firearms knowledge

[@PolymurExcel]

History Channel's Tales of the Gun. I loved binge watching that along with Lock n' Load.

[@yellowtang2309]

The Dune Bucket in the background 😂

[@NorthRainProductions]

Ian was on an unreleased segment for Sons of Guns

[@ZeusHands]

William Atwater explaining the operating system of the M16 is a childhood core memory. 🙏🏻

[@ytty5183]

ATWATER IS THE GOAT 🐐

[@tacticalmattfoley]

That thumb of a man forgot more about guns than most people will know in a lifetime.....

[@abedekok322]

Mail Time with R Lee Ermey was a sleeper hit, also got to play around in a gun store for most of my childhood when my folks operated one, somehow I turned out fine in the end

[@justinkrueger3444]

Jim Scoutten's Shooting USA show was another one that I thought was very informative and enjoyable to watch back in the day.

[@evanmcc1877]

Shootout Weapons of War Lost Evidence Combat Missions Killzone The World at War World War II in Colour Battle 360 Soviet Storm I know not so much Gun Shows but part of my childhood along with what you mentioned

[@cerealata9035]

Battle 360 was, and will always be, peak.

[@z0sick87]

@@cerealata9035battle 360 < dogfight 360

[@dylanchristensen3072]

In sons of gun they made a stock for the desert eagle and when stephanie "fired" the desert eagle it was cropped but you could tell she was shooting an M9

[@mattdye8332]

Rip to Admin's immune system, always knew there was something wrong with him. 😞😞

[@Apocrypha303]

Thanks for the nostalgia trip. I forgot about those first shows, makes sense that I watch what I do on KZbin now.

[@c2099]

These shows, Counterstrike, and Band of Brothers got me into firearms in high school. First gun was a 1936 K98k. I miss the prices of those days...

[@psycomutt]

My first was a $300 WASR

[@ashe1.070]

Hey, that’s really cool man! My first was a Kar98k made in 1944 in Oberndorf, Germany. It was used on the eastern front where it was captured by the Soviets, and eventually imported by CAI. I still have that rifle. Never going to get rid of it

[@c2099]

@@ashe1.070 Same with me, I'll sell everything else I have before my K98. I have no clue where it was used, aside from Europe lol. The stock was pretty beat up when I got it though.

[@ashe1.070]

@@c2099 Its kind of difficult to find any info on a rifle unless you have some paperwork that came with it unfortunately. I only know what I know about mine because of the factory code (byf), and Russian capture mark (an "X") stamped on the action. The stock on mine isn't in the greatest of shape either, but the action, bolt, barrel, etc. are all in decent shape. So, that's all that matters for a historical artifact in my opinion. I think of the minor damage to the stock as being indicative of its history though, so it's not something I'd ever change personally. But, I guess it depends on how bad the damage is.

[@outofrangetv2353]

Paige from American guns was my junior high dream

[@Bigshotsuspence1568]

You HAVE to go over Top Shot too

[@stevenmc62089]

On a good note on sons of guns Vince (was on the first few seasons) went on to open mesa and now Michigan kinetics and is one hell of an AK builder

[@troykazlauskas2792]

Deadliest Warrior vid needs to happen. That show lives in my head rent free.

[@TacticalUniverse]

Sons of Guns tried to capitalize on American Chopper's prestige and formula. It didn't really work that well in the long run

[@johnsheppard7175]

I'm three years your senior, and Brandon Herrera's. What even is my life.

[@Darknight0781]

Finding out I'm the same age as Brandon was fucking wild.

[@diehard096]

It’s odd knowing we’re in the same age group then I remember I have a wife and a kid. Old.

[@justinfarmer7460]

Their experience and skills notwithstanding, Admin and Brandon's excellent facial features alone make me a bit jealous. I've got baby face at 30.

[@johnsheppard7175]

@@justinfarmer7460 Dude, same. I look young than both of them.

[@scholasticaltactical9058]

I used to watch Tales of the gun while reading the shooters bible. That’s why I never forgot the weapons on Ian’s channel

[@AlcatrazP226]

So, Joe Meaux is actually still extremely active in the firearms industry and making some cool stuff over at Akly's Defense. I've got one of his Falcata Heavy AR-10s and I love it.

[@randomlyepic6563]

The first gun show I remember watching was Tales of the Gun, loved that show.

[@SundayFountains]

Before Wil Wills appeared on “Forged in Fire,” I loved watching his TV show “Special Ops Mission.” Aired in 2009, with six episodes.

[@gilevi]

the original "hunting christ ryan" was even better

[@LordZebra]

One of the best shows ever

[@ryanashby3640]

Tales of the Gun

[@aaronkcmo]

Great show, thanks for the throwback.

[@jaffa726]

Fun thing that happened to me wile wearing one of your sierra leone geological club shirt, wore it on a first date, convinced her to watch blood diamond, she loved the movie and now we are think as theifs, thanks Admin, now apparently i have a sheila... ass hole haha

[@ianhall6614]

Shout out to Wild West Tech too, although it was more than just guns. I’m gonna be honest, I had no memory of American Guns until THE memory of it. Thanks Admin

[@oregonborn9769]

I miss gunny mail call was amazing but thank you admin for unlocking some deep memories.

[@AlfredFJones1776]

Tbh I’ll never forget about Sons of Guns. Glad Flem and Joe got out of there before SHTF.