Here's a link to the blog from the "owner" of that modded shotgun. I thought it was interesting...
http://www.hausofguns.com/2012/07/11/behind-the-scenes-on-american-guns/#comment-3809
Scratch wrote:Here's a link to the blog from the "owner" of that modded shotgun. I thought it was interesting...
http://www.hausofguns.com/2012/07/11/behind-the-scenes-on-american-guns/#comment-3809
T.P.F.K.A.M wrote:This just another thinly veiled excuse to ogle paige again?
Scratch wrote:I'll continue to watch the show, for one, because there's not many shows about firearms on tv now,
and two... Paige...
But what I don't understand is that they know a large portion of their audience are gun nuts, and while some of us may not realize how much a 338 Lapua rifle is, most of us know how much it would cost to do those upgrades to an 870!
When they say 1700, and that's not even including the cost of the gun, it makes them look like high priced idiots I think. I know it's reality tv, and reading this guys blog explains a lot, but for those that haven't read it, they must think the Wyatt's think their work is gold plated.
I'd think they'd want to be more realistic in their pricing, just to seem more real to gun nuts.
yuppiejr wrote:The visible upgrades to the shotgun were the Surefire forend, extended magazine tube, replacement 18" barrel, ghost ring sights, a paint job on the receiver, recoil reducing buttstock and side-saddle... not sure if they did a buff and fluff on the internals at all while it was apart but there had to be a couple of hours of smith time to disassemble for paint, tap & install the new sights (front and rear) and then reassemble/test fire.. I can see where they have a couple hundred bucks in labor plus the parts, but even at MSRP I haven't figured out $1,700... then again it sounds like the whole thing is fiction so who knows where the number came from.
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