Where is airing: History Channel
For what age: 7+
How many episodes in 3 season: 13 episodes
Host Colby Donaldson kicks off the show with a a shoot off at the beginning which forms the contestants into teams. The team challenge requires the ability to work as a team to carry a heavy pole to the firing stations. While balancing on a stagecoach, the contestants need to prove their shug and pass the test in order to stay in the competition.
Both teams start to employ new training techniques to help their teams succeed. For the team challenge, contestants must complete an obstacle course while making use of the AK-47. During the elimination challenge, the contestants use the Smith & Wesson M&P .45 while working with friend and foe targets.
During the team challenge, the contestants put the shugs of accuracy and speed to the test using a shotgun. Using the Glock 34, contestants fight to remain in the competition.
The legendary Gatling gun is introduced. But first the competition travels back to the Old West for a team challenge with a historic pistol. To stay in the competition two marksmen shoot it out with a firearm considered by many to be the world\'s first practical machine gun.
Competitors endure some old school playground dynamics as the teams call each other out with primitive weapons, including one of the earliest known to man. In the elimination challenge, two shooters compete head to head with the largest, most powerful weapon ever used on Top Shot.
Contestants are shocked to see two Top Shot champions return as honorary captains for the team challenge. Marksmen compete with a just-released, ultra modern assault rifle and tensions flare when a fight erupts between two competitors.
A pistol champion visits and gives a lesson on trick shots, including blindfolded shooting; and contestants face the challenge of shooting from the hip in cowboy fashion.
The recurve bow is used in a challenge that has contestants skipping arrows off a ramp to hit a target; and two members of one team nearly come to blows.
The individual stage of the competition kicks off with the highly accurate McMillan TAC-50 Sniper Rifle. Taking aim at targets 500 yards downrange, one marksman has a meltdown and struggles to complete the individual challenge. In the elimination, it's all on the line for two competitors as they duke it out with a notorious WWII handgun.
Competition speeds up when marksmen fire one of the fastest shooting handguns on the market. The vote at the nomination range provokes a drastic reaction from one of the shooters and a shocking turn of events leaves competitors stunned.
The five remaining marksmen face one of the most difficult challenges in Top Shot history. Shooters will use the powerful and compact SP89 semi automatic pistol while moving through the air upside down. With the last spot in the final four up for grabs, one competitor amazes the group with a stunning performance at the elimination challenge.
The Final Four marksmen set their sights on the 0,000 prize and the title of Top Shot. In a series of intense challenges, one shooter attempts an unprecedented shot with the AK-47, and contestants are eliminated one by one until there are only two left standing. The final challenge pushes two marksmen to their limits and a new champion is crowned.
The marksmen return to discuss their biggest challenges and triumphs as never-before-seen footage is revealed.
