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Sons of Guns — Storyline
Sons of Guns is a reality television series that airs on the Discovery Channel. The series centers on Red Jacket Firearms LLC, a Louisiana-based business that manufactures and sells custom weapons. Will Hayden is the founder and owner of the shop, while his daughter and business partner Stephanie manages the office.
As on the Discovery Channel series MythBusters, this show practices a degree of self-censorship and safety-consciousness. Each episode begins with a staff member warning viewers not to try anything demonstrated on the show at home. In addition, during scenes of catastrophic failure, the crew will remind the audience not to try anything at home. The program also makes a noted point to avoid showing specific detail of how weapon modifications or fabrications are performed.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Joseph Meaux, Kristafor Ford, Glenn 'Flem' Fleming
Sons of Guns — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2011-01-26 |
| Seasons | 5 |
| Episodes | 65 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | Discovery |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7.6/10 (8 votes) |
Sons of Guns — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Civil War Cannon / Shotgun Silencer (2011-01-26) — Will and his team of gunsmiths are hired to do the impossible — build a shotgun silencer. In the meantime, Will's friend Glenn shows up with a rare Civil War cannon worth $250,000
- E2: Master Key (2011-01-26) — Will and his firearms team have to combine two different weapons — an M16 machine gun and a shotgun — to build a Master Key "door breaching" gun for a SWAT team. For inspiration —
- E3: The Flamethrower (2011-02-02) — On a visit to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Will and Stephanie meet Woody Williams, a WWII Marine veteran who won the Medal of Honor on Iwo Jima As a tribute to
- E4: Browning Machine Gun / Stephanie's Big Bet (2011-02-02) — Will rallies the Red Jacket Firearms team to transform a 'Ma Deuce', a 1941 Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun from a box of parts — into a fully automatic weapon. But daughter St
- E5: Coffee Grinder Gun / Katana (2011-02-09) — Firearms expert Tiger McKee asks Will, owner of Red Jacket Firearms, to build a gun that Tiger calls the samurai sword for today's warrior – the lightweight AR-15 Katana rifle. Als
- E6: AK-47 Silencer (2011-02-09) — Will, owner of Red Jacket Firearms, is asked to do something that's never been done — build an internal silencer for an AK-47. The AK is put through sand and ballistics tests. Also
- E7: The Bazooka (2011-02-16) — Will and his Red Jacket crew build a bazooka for a WWII re-enactment client. To ensure that the bazooka rockets are safe, gunsmith Joe Meaux test fires it — and his target is Will.
- E8: Tommy Gun / Machete (2011-02-16) — The local sheriff asks Will, founder of Red Jacket Firearms, to convert a semi-automatic Tommy Gun into a modern, fully automatic weapon. Also, forensics firearms expert Charlie Wa
- E9: Movie Gun / Leopard Gun (2011-02-23) — The Red Jacket team turns an M-11 machine gun into a blank adapted prop gun for The Courier, an upcoming action movie starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Also, daughter Stephanie asks th
- E10: Remote Control Machine Gun (2011-02-23) — Will meets a security contractor who wants a vehicle mounted remote control machine gun built for his team in Afghanistan so American soldiers caught in kill zones don't have to ro
- E11: ATV Gun / Help Wanted at Red Jacket (2011-03-02) — Will and the Red Jacket team create a one-of-a-kind hunting gun mounted on an ATV to help a combat disabled Marine veteran. Also, with business booming, Will hires a new gunsmith –
- E12: Machine Gun Mania / The New Guy (2011-03-02) — The Red Jacket team works their magic to transform a heavy, tripod-mounted M1919 Browning Machine Gun into a shoulder-fire weapon for a local cop who wants to win a Machine Gun Sho
- E13: The Rocket Launcher (2011-03-09) — Will and the Red Jacket team build a 15-tube rocket launcher to combat pirates off the coast of Africa. Also, a rare 100-year-old Maxim gun worth $150,000 comes into the shop for r
- E14: Alligator Kill Stick (2011-03-16) — Vince, Red Jacket's lead gunsmith, creates a kill stick for alligator hunters – – a weapon used at point-blank range that humanely kills gators without ruining their valuable hides
- E15: Double M16 (2011-03-23) — A Navy special teams boat gunner challenges Will to create a twin M16 gun mount that can fire hundreds of rounds a minute within changing magazines. Then, apprentice Kris gets bust
- E16: Folding Flashlight Gun (2011-03-30) — Will is inspired by Charlie's cool folding pellet gun to get the Red Jacket team to create a combination flashlight and survival kit that unfolds to become a semi-automatic M11 rif
Season 2
- E1: Anniversary Bash (2011-07-13) — It's been ten years since Red Jacket Firearms first opened its doors and Will celebrates the only way he knows how: with a seemingly impossible build. Will calls his mentor Tony Ru
- E2: AK-Sniper Rifle (2011-07-20) — Will and Vince are shooting an AK 47 and a sniper rifle at the range when Will gets an idea: combine the parts of each gun to make the first 1000 yard AK sniper rifle. Meanwhile, t
- E3: American Chopper Gun (2011-07-27) — Kris gets the idea to do a chromed out, 1919 machine gun with a dragon painted on it. Vince loves the idea and wants to add to it a handlebar trigger system. Will realizes they nee
- E4: The Meat Chopper (2011-08-10) — A customer asks Will to build a quad MG 42 that he can take to a gun show that weekend. Will is hesitant given costs and timing but the customer is persistent and has the money to
- E5: Grenade Launcher Silencer (2011-08-17) — The Red Jacket crew tackles the nearly impossible – taking a fully automatic Mk 19 Grenade Launcher, and converting it into a silenced, single shot select fire weapon. Meanwhile, K
- E6: Flying Guns and Uzis (2011-08-24) — Will and the RJ crew are now building guns for helicopters! Red Jacket is building a complete Mag 58 weapons system with a unique twist — a swivel arm. Will takes a stock Uzi and
- E7: Taser Shotgun (2011-08-31) — Will brainstorms combining a shotgun and a taser for the police, but someone in the shop will need to be tased for the demonstration. The Red Jacket team revives a demilitarized WW
- E8: The Gatling Gun and Dueling Pistols (2011-09-07) — Will's motto "If you dream it, we can build it" is put to the test when a local scrap yard owner challenges him to build a modernized Gatling shotgun. The Red Jacket team repairs a
- E9: Oh My God, a Cannon! (2011-09-14) — Things get crazy when Will tackles a WWII-era 57mm cannon. Meanwhile, Vince gives an AR-15 the Red Jacket treatment for Super Bowl champion and New Orleans Saints kicker Garret Har
- E10: Will's Floating Fortess (2011-12-07) — The Red Jacket crew creates a dual mounted M240 Bravo machine gun and Mark19 grenade launcher for the local sheriff's Gulf Patrol Boat. Will restores a WWII German Luger after he's
- E11: Honey, I Blew Up the USS KIDD (2011-12-14) — Will and the Red Jacket crew restore a 20mm Oerlikon cannon and twin 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns aboard the World War II destroyer USS Kidd for an explosive Fourth of July air s
- E12: Flamethrower Cannon (2011-12-21) — Will and the RJ crew are challenged to build a double-barreled, napalm spewing, flamethrower cannon. Meanwhile, against Will's wishes, Steph enlists Kris to help her design Derring
- E13: Boys and Their Maxim Toys (2011-12-28) — Will and the RJ crew restore a WWI Maxim machine gun, mount it to a plane engine and create an interrupter system allowing the gun to fire cleanly between moving propeller blades.
- E14: The Hogzilla Gun (2012-01-04) — Will and the RJ crew create a muscled up, silenced, night stalking AR to take down the wild hogs that are tearing up Louisiana farm land. Also, Charlie scores big when he finds rar
- E15: Mortars and Mayhem (2012-01-11) — Will and the Red Jacket crew resurrect an 82mm Russian mortar, and push its limits going HE – high explosive – while testing. Then, tempers flare when Kris has trouble building the
- E16: Wedlock & Load (2012-01-18) — In this explosive season finale, Will, Steph and Kris head to Vegas to demo the Red Jacket Desert AR – an American gun built to challenge the AK during all-conditions desert warfar
Season 3
- E1: This Time It's Personal (2012-02-29) — Officer David Liang of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) wants to transform a Ferret armored scout vehicle into a crowd control/riot control vehicle and turns to Will Hayden
- E2: Sniper Rifle Silencer (2012-03-07) — Jon Weiler of Professional Marksmen Inc. commissions the Red Jacket crew to integrally suppress a .50 caliber sniper rifle. This is one of the largest caliber gun rounds — and gun
- E3: Kamikaze Cannon (2012-03-14) — Vahan Kelerchian from Armament Services International has a client willing to pay $50,000 to get his Japanese auto cannon repaired — but he needs Will's help. Will tells him he is
- E4: Behind the Scenes Special (2012-03-21) — Find out what it takes to make Sons of Guns – with interviews and behind the scenes footage from the Red Jacket team and the film crew. From dangerous near misses and melting camer
- E5: Jesse James Gun (2012-03-28) — Jesse James surprises the crew at Red Jacket Firearms as he stops by the shop to have them build a custom WWII BAR machine gun for him. He wants to help with the build, and had bee
- E6: Worlds Largest Machine Gun (2012-04-04) — Red Jacket is put to the test when a 70-year-old, $150K, full auto 40mm Bofors cannon, with over 500 parts, breaks down 4 days prior to its sale. Also, the crew resurrects an 1855
- E7: Amoured and Dangerous (2012-04-11) — Red Jacket Firearms redefines armored cars when they conceal fully automatic M-16s and Claymore mines in an armored Porsche for a client that needs protection as well as the abilit
- E8: Zombie Gun! (2012-04-18) — Max Brooks, best-selling author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, drops by Red Jacket Firearms to discuss the ultimate zombie gun. Max wants to use a .22, but Will want
- E9: Total Recall Vector Submachine Gun (2012-07-25) — Inspired by the new "Total Recall", Kris builds a Red Jacket version of the Vector submachine gun used in the film. Sony surprises him by sending out the film's hovercars, synths,
- E10: The Gun That Killed Osama (2012-09-12) — A former Navy SEAL sniper asks Will to modify a civilian H&K 416 for charity. Will agrees on one condition: that he helps the Red Jacket crew recreate the gun believed to be used t
- E11: Three Cannons and a Rock Star (2012-09-19) — The Red Jacket crew bring an antique, blackpowder Lyle Cannon back to life for Aerosmith rocker Joe Perry. But one cannon is never enough. Kris and Flem repair and then square of
- E12: Red Jacket Snow Blaster (2012-09-26) — An avalanche expert challenges Red Jacket to build a gun that saves lives. Will agrees to reactivate a 57mm recoilless rifle for a mountain rescue team in the Pacific Northwest. Kr
- E13: Red Jacket Challenges Mythbusters (2012-10-03) — The Red Jacket team attempts to un-bust a busted myth from Mythbusters. Tory Belleci and Kari Byron come out to Louisiana to help the team break the famous James Bond myth. Will Re
- E14: Shotgun Superstars vs. Red Jacket (2012-10-10) — A Benelli M4 shotgun is redesigned for competition shooting.
- E15: Nine Guns and a Shootout (2012-10-17) — When two clients order 3-gun competition sets for their dads, Kris decides to secretly make a third set to honor Will. The gunsmiths agree to the overtime, but late nights lead to
- E16: Free Fall Shotgun (2012-10-24) — Someone from Red Jacket must jump out of a helicopter after a special services contractor asks the team to build a tight quarters Para-shotgun. As things get hot, Will takes a call
Season 4
- E1: Under Siege (2013-04-19) — A hurricane isn’t the only thing brewing in this season's premiere. A blacklisted visitor shows up mid storm. An important order's mishandling wreaks havoc on the shop; meanwhile t
- E2: Hangfire (2013-04-26) — Will and Joe head out to Jordan for some high level meetings and leave the SOCOM order still hanging in the balance. Kris takes on a stubborn Solothurn without Will’s permission. W
- E3: Will’s Monster (2013-05-03) — With the SOCOM order still on hold Will is on edge so he decides to clean house. He builds a hybrid gun out of Red Jacket spare parts. Will keeps the boys busy on an R & D project,
- E4: Russian Roulette (2013-05-10) — Flem modifies an MK-7 for a sub-machine gun champ’s upcoming competition. In the meantime, desperate for revenue, Will agrees to overhaul a rusted out anti-tank cannon. Tempers fla
- E5: Cutbacks (2013-05-17) — Money is tight, Red Jacket has gone into the red and cutting down on OT causes tempers to flare. Steph brings in the Olympic shooting team to make a commemorative gun. Will has the
- E6: One Man Army (2013-05-24) — In an exciting challenge the crew modifies a PKM from a three man to a one-man combat unit. Will restores a Lefever rifle destroyed in a tornado. Kris makes a deal hoping he'll sav
- E7: Misfire (2013-05-31) — As the SOCOM order finally gets completed, Tom's unpredictable ways put his job on the line. Will and Flem have a heart to heart about his future at RJF. The crew is challenged whe
- E8: Last Round (2013-06-07) — In this season finale, Will is asked to build a sniper rifle for the sheriff but RJF isn't the only shop in the running. Will is faced with overcoming much more than a gun build. T
Season 5
- E1: Will Power (2014-03-21) — After Red Jacket looses a lucrative contract, Will and Joe have a heart to heart about RJF's future. Will attempts to fit a 25mm Hotchkiss canon inside a pick up truck. Joe prototy
- E2: Mobile MAG-58 (2014-03-28) — A snowmobile is fitted with machine guns; Charlie works on a rare Japanese rifle.
- E3: Steel Tornado (2014-04-04) — Will is commissioned to make a triple-barrel shotgun.
- E4: Scorpion Strikes (2014-04-11) — Joe shows Will the new building; a customer brings a World War II 75mm Scorpion Tank to the shop, and the team quickly learns their new project may lead to some unexpected trouble;
- E5: Master Blaster (2014-04-18) — Joe tries to convince Will to make his building Red Jacket's new home; Will must attach a Mac 11 machine pistol to a Saiga-12 shotgun; Kris snaps; Will learns about the AK-47 deal.
- E6: The Throwdown (2014-04-25) — Mounting a long-range rifle to a vehicle; Will wants to debut a prototype, but Joe thinks using a different model makes more sense.
- E7: Bone-dry .50 Cal (2014-05-02) — Will senses danger in the way a rare, water-cooled, 50 cal Browning machine gun is running. He steps in to keep the shooter safe, by rebuilding the powerful gun. Charlie defies Wil
- E8: Red Jacket Reloaded (2014-05-09) — Will faces some big challenges as he chooses Red Jacket's new home and works on the 155mm Russian D20, which is the largest civilian owned gun in the world; Kris sustains an injury
- E9: Red Jacket Rises (2014-05-16) — Red Jacket's new home has been selected, and Will and the crew are in the middle of moving when Will is asked to mount a Hispano-Suiza to the sidecar of a motorcycle; the RJF crew
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Sons of Guns have? 5 season(s) with 65 episodes.
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