Guns of Swamp People

[hipshot]

Sitting around bored to tears and watching a few episodes of Swamp People and I cringe when I see the condition of the guns they use to make a living , I take care of my tools that I work with and I take care of my guns as well.
I see those guys using rusted and broken guns and it drives me nuts !! I know they work in the swamps and the salt air but damn just take them home at night and clean/ oil them and they will be dependable for a long time !

 

[aarondhgraham]

I would wager that those guns and their unkempt condition,,,
Are carefully though out details in creating the Swamp People characters.

Producers and writers of reality tv leave very little to chance,,,
Every aspect of the actors is carefully scripted.

Just sayin',,,

Aarond

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[XYZ]

They been like that from the very beginning.
Just tools. I wouldn’t loan them any of my tools.

 

[Chaparral]

You do know reality shows are fully scripted. Far more so than Mark and Mindy was. Far more.

 

[dennishoddy]

You do know reality shows are fully scripted. Far more so than Mark and Mindy was. Far more.

That's why I don't watch em.

 

[Chaparral]

(spellwronger first had Mark then Mirk) Mork and Mindy was filmed live. As I remember, the writers had a general direction to go and Robin Williams improvised with Pam Dawber Running cleanup. She was so very talented to keep up with him. And then throwing in Jonathan Winters (more uncontrollable than Robin) supposedly made for a chaotic mess. It was fun to watch!

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Wished I'd picked up a Ruger 96 before the show got popular. Passed on one at an OKC gun show for $350 in +/-2008-ish... Auctions regularly go for over $900 now

 

[Snattlerake]

MORK not Mark

 

[saddlebum]

Mark and Mindy was filmed live. As I remember, the writers had a general direction to go and Robin Williams improvised with Pam Dawber Running cleanup. She was so very talented to keep up with him. And then throwing in Jonathan Winters (more uncontrollable than Robin) supposedly made for a chaotic mess. It was fun to watch!

Mork and Mindy

 

[retrieverman]

Wished I'd picked up a Ruger 96 before the show got popular. Passed on one at an OKC gun show for $350 in +/-2008-ish... Auctions regularly go for over $900 now

That would be about every gun and not just a Ruger 96. I look back at all of the guns I let go of over the years and cringe at how much more I could get for them now.

On the subject of not taking care of guns, I know some farmers and ranchers that have “truck guns” that are in pretty rough shape.