About this season
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.
Episodes (9)
1. Will Power
Aired 21 March 2014 • 30 min
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 prototypes a flying drone, to fire remotely. Will is hand-delivered dreadful news.
2. Mobile MAG-58
Aired 28 March 2014 • 30 min
A snowmobile is fitted with machine guns; Charlie works on a rare Japanese rifle.
3. Steel Tornado
Aired 4 April 2014 • 30 min
Will is commissioned to make a triple-barrel shotgun.
4. Scorpion Strikes
Aired 11 April 2014 • 30 min
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; Steph and Charlie work on a small revolver.
5. Master Blaster
Aired 18 April 2014 • 30 min
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.
6. The Throwdown
Aired 25 April 2014 • 30 min
Mounting a long-range rifle to a vehicle; Will wants to debut a prototype, but Joe thinks using a different model makes more sense.
7. Bone-dry .50 Cal
Aired 2 May 2014 • 30 min
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 Will by taking on a friendly bet. Will gives Joe an ultimatum.
8. Red Jacket Reloaded
Aired 9 May 2014 • 30 min
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; Charlie works on a suppressor for a very fast gun.
9. Red Jacket Rises
Aired 16 May 2014 • 30 min
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 works on a weapon that shoots suppressed darts.