We're winning

In last night’s Top Shot (available on Hulu) when Colby talks about the HK93 he didn’t call it an assault rifle, or a military rifle, or any of the terms you see the media slipping in to demonize these weapons.  What did he call it?  A semi-automatic sporting rifle.  Word for word.  Don’t believe me?  Check it out on Hulu right around 19:51.

This is what’s good for the shooting sports about Top Shot.  We’re winning hearts and changing the dialog on firearms with shows like this.

9 Comments

  1. That right there goes to prove that Colby is a shooter and not just a hollywood talking head.

  2. In fact, Colby is a shooter and a hunter. While he’s definitely not quite the level of the cast of the show, he’s definitely not some anti-gun hollywood weenie.

  3. I personally prefer Self-Loading Rifle, short, descriptive and accurate, and gets rid of that awkward Semi-Auto part that so many gun tech ignorant people think means a machine gun or can be easily converted to fully automatic fire.

  4. I’m still surprised a show like Top Shot is shown on History Channel. The whole Discovery network has a tendency to sometimes be pro-gun (tales of the gun/wild west tech, I miss that show) but then be overly anti-gun (gangland)..sometimes in the same day.

  5. @ Linoge,
    I was going to post that but you beat me to it. Was it an AR15 or an M16 I can’t remember, I thought it was a 16.

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