History Series / SonsOfGuns

-->'''Will''': Eyes and ears, people.

* Foreshadowing: An unintended example; when Vince took over construction of the desert AR from Kris, the camera focused in on Vince [[spoiler: putting the wrong buffer in the gun, causing it to malfunction later on.]]

** In a recent episode, Will described Ted Nugent as "semi prepared" after he had pulled out a glock, two spare magazines, and a PPK. Will then showed Ted a full-auto Glock 18

** In a recent episode, Will described [[Ted Nugent]] as "semi prepared" after he had pulled out a glock, two spare magazines, and a PPK. Will then showed Ted a [[coolguns]]full-auto Glock 18]]

* HandCannon: The .50[=AE=] Desert Eagle one customer brought in. Kris actually built s stock onto it so the customer could handle the recoil of that monster.

* RockPaperScissors: Whenever the crew has a dispute about something, like who gets to shoot the flamethrower first, they go to the shooting range and have a best-of-5 shoot-off, "Red Jacket Style." Whoever is the most accurate, wins. See also: Bait and Switch, above

** The crew rigged several anti-aircraft guns to simulate firing at several aircraft for a 4th of July show at the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, LA.

** When testing the Maxim machine gun hooked up to an interrupter to allow it to fire between propeller blades, will specifically tells the viewers that he won't let the camera crew anywhere near the thing when it fires.
** Another time Vince storms off when Kris asks him for help on a project and one of the producers is shown following him outside and asking him WTF was going on.

* BlingBlingBang: A mild version results from applying a layer of chrome and some dragon tattoo paint art to an M1919 machine gun. See Doing It For The Art below.

* ExtendedDisarming Sequence: Ted Nugent stopped by and displayed the fact that he was carrying at least 3 handguns. No knives were seen, but...

* ExtendedDisarmingSequence: Ted Nugent stopped by and displayed the fact that he was carrying at least 3 handguns. No knives were seen, but...

-->'''Will:''' That is why you spend $1,500 on a grenade launcher. So that you can launch grenades!

** More specifically, one episode featured a Finnish [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti_L-39 20mm Lahti]] Anti-tank Rifle. A gun that weighs ''a hundred and nine pounds!''

* FullBoarAction: One ep has the boys coming up with a gun powerful enough to take down feral hogs.

* HandCannon: The .50 AE Desert Eagle one customer brought in. Kris actually built s stock onto it so the customer could handle the recoil of that monster.

* RulesLawyer:

* SmallGirlBigGun: Steph often qualifies, often seen behind a .50 Barrett. One episode had a girl with a .50 AE Desert Eagle.

* PinkProductPloy: Steph takes of in this direction with an easy shooting, lightweight rifle wearing a coat of white paint. Then, over her father's objections, plays it laser straight and promises to offer it in pink.

* CrossOver: With {{American Chopper}}.

* AntiAir: The quad [=MG42=] rig was devised as a more affordable alternative to the WW2-era quad .50 BMG anti-aircraft rig. They demonstrated it by shooting down model airplanes.

* {{BFG}}: The show could almost be retitled "BFG, the reality TV Series."

* BringMyBrownPants: When Will tests the modified M11 that can only fire blanks ''inside the shop''.

* ClipShow: ''Series/SonsOfGuns: Guns of Glory'' on Thanksgiving 2011 recapped the crew's favorite projects.

* CoolGuns: Particularly the large-caliber machine guns the crew works on; they've also worked on some interesting historical pieces. The shop makes its living mostly off of Saiga (An AK-47 variant) conversions into cool guns (such as automatic or supressed shotguns).

* DoingItForTheArt: Supposedly, Will OK'd the motorcycle-machine gun because he had never gotten the opportunity to create a gun for purely aesthetic reasons.

* DontTryThisAtHome: A fun snippet that's different every time begins every episode with a short spot with one or more of the crew warning about the dangers of what they do, both mechanically and legally. Will and the crew are professional gunsmiths, and a good portion of what they do in the shop (particularly full-auto conversions and suppressors) is legal only by licensed professionals. Some of the repair work on guns can get pretty dicey at times as well.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: The show frequently ends with junked cars being used as targets, said cars often being rigged to explode when fired upon.

* GrenadeLauncher: When designing the Master Key (See ShootOutTheLock below), Will had Joe find a guy with a M203-equipped assault rifle. Unfortunately, it didn't help at all. Will shot it and bought it anyways for $1,500. As Will stated when Stephanie confronted him on his reason for buying it, "the sheer inability to continue life without it."

* GunStripping: Happens a lot, not much details shown on screen though. They are gunsmiths, after all.

* KillItWithFire: The World War II flamethrower.

* ManChild: These guys are gun nuts, it was bound to happen. In particular, the time when Will splurged on a grenade launcher comes to mind.

* MoreDakka: The show has several examples, epitomized by the "Triamese." The "Siamese," two fire-linked M-16s wasn't enough for Will. The crew puts together the "Triamese," THREE fire-linked M-16s. More Dakka indeed.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Will is vehemently against actually ''firing'' the flamethrower they fixed, Steph has this reaction. As it turns out, Will is deathly afraid of fire.

* RareGuns: Almost once an episode, a customer shows up with a rare firearm that someone at the shop gets over-excited about. Most of these guns wind up repaired and fired, with interesting results. Some of the older pistols can get downright scary to shoot, because they're unpredictable as to whether or not they may simply explode in your hand.

* RulesLawyer: Every so often, a client comes in with an idea or firearm that is dubious in its legality, and Will has to come up with a way to make it work legally, or come up with an alternate solution that IS legal.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Will has a sort of hazing ritual for new or potential employees. He makes them do terribly demeaning grunt work like cleaning out the toilets or picking up the dog kennel, because he says that the surest way to tell someones work ethic is to see how well they do a bad job.

* ShootOutTheLock: Will, at the prompting of SWAT Team Consultant/Mercenary Marco, decided that simply having a guy using a shotgun to shoot out a lock then switching to a rifle took to long. So he took an M16 and mounted a shotgun on it. He called it a Master Key, because it can open any lock.

* StayInTheKitchen: Averted as hard as it can be possibly be averted. Steph mans the front of the shop, and many times ends up surprising the hell out of most of the customers about how much more she knows about guns than they do.

* WallOfWeapons: Will's office has 3/4 of the walls covered with guns. It's also the background used for the crew's individual testimonials.

* WeaponizedCar: Mounting the .50-Caliber Machine gun on top of the War Wagon.

* ClipShow: ''SonsOfGuns: Guns of Glory'' on Thanksgiving 2011 recapped the crew's favorite projects.