Presents

Guns & Ammo (2006 season) on WILD TV

Guns & Ammo TV is locked and loaded for an exciting season as our staff of expert writers and editors takes you on a memorable season-long journey that places you in the middle of everything from X-treme torture tests of some of the best firearms made today to exclusive product reviews that you won’t see on any other show to appraising some of the classic guns of yesteryear to spending time with the historians of the oldest handgun manufacturer in the United States and the oldest firearms company in the world…

Our staff of experts, including Craig Boddington, Sheriff Jim Wilson, Wayne van Zwoll, Garry James, Dick Metcalf, David Fortier, Bart Skelton, and others, provide you with up-close and personal views and insight from their hands-on experience with firearms, ammo, optics and more in the shooting sports world. Plus we have special guests from the firearms industry who can bring you behind-the-scenes views and information. You won’t want to miss a show.

Week of December 31, 2007

Show 1
Our first show of the season kicks off with a look at the LeverEvolution rifle cartridge that is the result of a unique partnership between Hornady and Marlin…it will have you dusting off your old lever action rifle for field use in no time… we also tag-team “torture” the Springfield M1A rifle by chaining it to the back end of a Jeep and driving off road… was it “battle ready?”…plus we range test two exciting guns from Ruger and Thompson/Center.

Week of January 7, 2008

Show 2
You’ve used, seen, or heard about S&W’s classic Military & Police revolver… but have you caught the news about Smith & Wesson’s M&P-15 SEMIAUTO RIFLE? Guns & Ammo TV has a look as S&W has shattered the AR-15 barrier by producing its first-ever semiauto .223 rifle… it has caught on like wildfire with shooters and law enforcement… and Guns & Ammo was there to test it first… plus, Kimber has a bolt-action rifle that’s drop-dead gorgeous, performs up to Kimber’s high standards, and drops game in its tracks… and we grab cement mix, a jackhammer and a Ruger handgun and head out to the range for this week’s torture test…

Week of January 14, 2008

Show 3
Craig Boddington takes you behind the scenes as he travels to Prescott, Arizona to show you first-hand how Ruger builds a P345 pistol… then G&A’s torture tag team conducts a drop test on a Thompson/Center Omega rifle that you simply won’t believe… finally, our guys evaluate one of the best sniper rifles ever built and we try to put to rest the age-old question of whether the .30-06 or .270 is best….

Week of January 21, 2008

Show 4
This week’s show is loaded—from Leupold’s revolutionary rangefinder system to the T/C G2 Contender to a sharp adjustable stock system for the Ruger 10/22… plus our torture test warriors avoid meltdown by encasing a S&W revolver in a block of ice while Bart Skelton talks about why John Browning’s 1911 pistol is a design for the ages… and our on-staff expert appraisers shoot one of the all-time great military battle rifles—the M1 carbine.

Week of January 28, 2008

Show 5
One of the hottest centerfire semiauto pistols from 2006 is range tested for accuracy and reliability, we test and evaluate a first-ever–of-its-type AR-15 from a young U.S. arms manufacturer that may just prove to be a “sleeping giant,” and we shed some light on some illuminating optics… plus our torture team, try some shotgun blasts on a classic bolt action rifle… this one will make you cringe….

Week of February 4, 2008

Show 6
An absolute amazing recoil reducing stock system—that really works!—is profiled on this week’s show, and it’s the platform for a unique and versatile shooting system that’s loaded with special features… and we torture test one of the most popular .22 semiauto rifles ever built that turns out to be the “cat’s meow….”

Week of February 11, 2008

Show 7
Torture testing reaches new heights on this week’s show… after freezing, dragging, dropping, cementing, and shooting firearms in our attempt to sideline some of the best guns made, our torture test experts decide to grill a new centerfire semiauto pistol—as in would you like it rare or well done grilling! …But we don’t stop there… here’s what else is on the menu this week: ultra-accurate slug loads, glowing targets, a portable shooting bench unlike any other, benchmark compact revolvers… you’ll be stuffed by the time you finish watching this show!

Week of February 18, 2008

Show 8
How about a custom 1911-style pistol with built-in laser grips, multi-reticle sights, and two must-have muzzleloaders to kick things off this week, plus we look at a “Top 5” list of handguns… plus, our torture test team rolls up the sleeves on their white lab coats and securely position their hardhats while trying to prove this semiauto rifle will be all washed up after it takes a slip and slide ride in a mudbath beyond belief… finally, the French Foreign Legion is known for a lot of things, not all good, so our firearms experts take a rare, close up look at one of favorite rifles… will they like what they see?

Week of February 25, 2008

Show 9
The mega-bore magnum twins—the .460 and .500 cartridges--have received rave reviews since being introduced, and Dick Metcalf will give us a view on these hot cartridges. Plus, there’s a shooting rest that’s going to “hammer” handgunners… you won’t believe what you’re going to see in terms of how quickly and easily it “puts a gun and load on paper…” We also take a close-up look at the first-ever magnum revolver made, look back at a handgun that puts a tiger in your tank, and in this week’s torture treat, do an extended dunk test to a pistol in saltwater… will the gun be worth its salt?

Week of March 3, 2008

Show 10
G&A TV has a smorgasbord for viewers to feast on… Federal’s first-ever centerfire rifle cartridge is profiled by Craig Boddington, and we test one of our experts to the limit by blindfolding him and asking him to fieldstrip--disassemble and reassemble--an AR-15 rifle… was he blindsided by this idea, or could he find a way to beat the odds? Plus, we look at a handful of powerful, magnum handgun hunting loads, wring out two compact centerfire pistols, and our torture team takes a whack at trying to knock the stuffing out of an auto pistol… did they whiff or hit it out of the park?

Week of March 10, 2008

Show 11
What many people in the shooting sports call the most significant handgun introduction over the last 50 years highlights this week’s show, and we have a commemorative handgun signifying this special anniversary… do you know what it gun it is? Our torture team takes extreme to the limit this week as they give a S&W handgun the ultimate acid bath by dunking it in muriatic acid… we round out this week’s show by reviewing a hot cartridge in an AR-platform rifle, take a closer look at the classic Martini-Henry rifle, and take a step back in time by looking at firearms that go back 400 years!

Week of March 17, 2008

Show 12
This week two major manufacturers have teamed up to bring rifle hunters a cartridge/rifle combination that will impress even veteran hunters. Then there’s a target version of one of the most popular .223 semiauto rifles ever made… and we bring it out at the range… plus, we’ll show you yet another gun that reminds us once again why the 1911 platform for a semiauto pistol is second to none, we reveal why the Colt SAA wasn’t the only significant handgun used in the Old West, and finally, our torture tandem literally try to run over a rifle as the rubber meets the road!

Week of March 24, 2008

Show 13
Your youngsters will like what they see this week as we range test a youth rifle that would be the perfect fit for your son or daughter… and then we take a look at a portable motorized target system that you can use to hone your shooting skills with your favorite .22 rimfire… plus, we look at one of the best military handguns of all time and then double up on providing you with an at the range segment shooting a lightweight 1911 and then taking yet another 1911 and, you guessed it, exposing it to the ultimate hot oil bath treatment to see if it can take the heat!