February 25, 2011
American Rifleman gave its social media audience on Facebook and Twitter a chance to ask Jermaine Finks, the most recently eliminated contestant from Top Shot, questions they had about his experience on the show. Below are Jermaine's answers.
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February 25, 2011
Three would-be robbers in Detroit recently had the tables turned on them by a pizza delivery guy who was prepared to fend off their attack.
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February 23, 2011
It's pretty much a given that savvy police officers often carry a second handgun to back up their primary service auto. I believe that the second gun needs to be very similar to the primary in its handling and operation. In my day, this requirement was most commonly manifested with a Model 19 (or 15) in the holster with a 2-inch Model 36 (or 42) in hiding. Under stress, the similar loading, handling and firing was very comforting. But now that the police service revolver is pursuing the Dodo bird, this practice seems to be falling into disuse. It doesn't need to. In fact, there is more reason than ever to pair up the service handgun with a hideout pistol of the same make and/or similar handling.
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February 23, 2011
Many elements of self-defense can be imitated in training. Certain scenarios, like low-light situations, can be realistically created to test skills and raise the stakes exponentially. However, it’s difficult to implement one of the biggest factors of self-defense: pressure.
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February 23, 2011
As with every other human endeavor that involves lots of highly specialized people, there’s more to this TV business than meets the eye. Literally. To get some idea of what this means, imagine looking at the world through your favorite scope; there’s that part in the glass that is crystal clear and hi-def. Then there’s everything else – the world outside the scope that’s happening around what you perceive to be the universe, but is just as real, just as valid. The director’s job is to move that scope around and capture the essence of what’s happening in the bigger picture – get it right and the image onscreen becomes a microcosm of actual events. Get it wrong and you miss out on vital information, or give entirely the wrong impression.
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February 23, 2011
On last night's Top Shot, Jermaine Finks was eliminated from the second season at the foe/friendly plate shootout by Jay, and seems to have gotten a tough break.
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February 22, 2011
On Tonight’s Top Shot, the remaining competitors will be shooting two firearms that are very popular with the shooting public—the M1A and the Glock 17.
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February 17, 2011
As we'll attempt to do every week, Reality Shots caught up with Top Shot contestant Athena Lee to get her reaction to being the second shooter (and first woman) eliminated from the show. Before we go any further, we'd just like to commend her for going full auto on the Thompson submachine gun during the elimination challenge. Athena, you certainly went out with a bang.
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February 16, 2011
In the golden era of bullseye shooting—1950s and '60s—the great 2700 aggregate matches were fired on ranges all over this country. A 2700 was actually three different 900 aggregates fired with three different guns—a .45, a centerfire of some kind and a .22 Long Rifle.
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February 16, 2011
By Iain Harrison, Top Shot Season 1 Champion
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