The WORST episodes of Top Shot
Every episode of Top Shot ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Top Shot!
Sixteen skilled marksmen compete for the title and a $100,000 prize package in this first-ever competition series from History. Each week one contestant is eliminated as they face both individual and team challenges that involve not only modern-day firearms but muzzle-loading muskets, throwing knives and slingshots. Special high-speed, high-definition cameras capture the action for a slow-motion replay.
#1 - Down to the Wire
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/19/2011
Marksmen shoot while hanging from a 125-foot crane, then shoot from the back of moving jeep. In the last episode before the finale, the final five marksmen face the two biggest challenges of the competition.
#2 - Shotgun Showdown
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2012
Top Shot season 2 champion Chris Reed returns to instruct the shooters on several modern shotguns. One team crumbles in the team challenge, leading to a tense nomination discussion. The final challenge is a head-to-head shotgun battle that sends one contestant packing.
#3 - In the Trenches
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2012
Teams grapple with an explosive obstacle course and endure trench warfare conditions while firing the legendary Browning Automatic Rifle. And in a Top Shot first, two competitors duke it out in a fierce battle with a multi-shot grenade launcher.
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#4 - The Shakedown
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2011
The competition shakes up literally, as the final six marksmen are forced to shoot from unstable platforms. Season One winner, Iain Harrison, returns to lend a steady hand. Meanwhile, tensions among the final competitors come to a head.
#5 - Down and Dirty
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/16/2011
Teams get down and dirty with one of the most influential firearms, the legendary AK-47. They face an extreme obstacle course with mud pits, barbed wire and exploding mortars. The Blue Team employs unusual, divisive training methods and the Red Team remains unimpressed. In the elimination challenge, two shooters face a friend or foe challenge with a military and police pistol.
#6 - Wild, Wild West
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2010
Targets fly in an extreme shooting gallery; halfway through the competition a rule change forces contestants to start evaluating their own teammates.
#7 - The Gauntlet
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/9/2011
The Season Three premiere begins with a shoot off between pairs of contestants using what many consider the most powerful hand gun in history. The winners will form one team and the losers the other. The first team challenge is a race where each team must carry a pole weighing over 200 pounds between eight foot tall firing platforms. The elimination challenge is inspired by the stagecoaches of the Old West. Skilled sharp shooters armed with shotguns and rifles were recruited to ride atop the coaches and protect their cargo. Hence the term "Riding Shotgun." The two contestants competing to stay on the show have to master the extremely difficult skill of shooting while bouncing up and down in a stagecoach with the loser being sent home. Colby Donaldson hosts.
#8 - The 1000 Yard Shot
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/2011
Marksmen face a supreme long-range test, the iconic 1000 yard shot. They will use the biggest gun ever used in Top Shot competition -- a Barrett 82A1 .50. Teams dissolve and it is every marksmen for himself.
#9 - Catch .22
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/2011
Competitors face an extreme shooting gallery. With only eight remaining, it's back to marksmanship basics. The marksmen face off with a firearm they're all familiar with, a .22, and the level playing field allows them to see who really excels.
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#10 - Trick Shot Showdown II
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/2011
It's a Trick Shot Showdown! Contestants split a bullet on an axe, shoot with both hands and upside down as they attempt iconic shots from exhibition shooting history. Some marksmen step up to the extreme challenge while others fall short.
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#11 - Bury the Hatchet
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2011
Marksmen compete with legendary primitive weapons: the tomahawk and blowgun. One of the most intense challenges of the season allows us to see who has natural skills and adaptability -- and who doesn't.
#12 - Quickfire Face-Off
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2011
It's all about speed as marksmen face off in a head-to-head speed-shooting showdown. Using a Colt .45 and a rarely-seen Razorcat Racing Gun, contestants also get surprise visitors to help them with their training.
#13 - Compound Fracture
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/2011
Using a modern compound bow, contestants' archery skills are put to the test. Contestants must rank themselves before competing in a tubular team challenge. Meanwhile, tensions with team leadership threaten to unravel the group.
#14 - Uphill Battle
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/22/2011
In this military-themed episode, teams try to blow up an ammo dump. Using the legendary M1A rifle, they face a literal uphill battle. One contestant's shocking mistakes put his team in jeopardy. In the elimination challenge, marksmen face an obscured targets challenge using the Glock 17 pistol.
#15 - Sharpshooter Surprise
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2011
14 men and 2 women arrive from around the country to compete for the $100,000 prize and the title of Top Shot--only to face a surprise right from Civil War history: exactly 150 years ago, soldiers had to pass a test to get into the first sharpshooting regiment. Using the same weapon, marksmen will face the same challenge and find another surprise. The two marksmen who had the best shots, two amateurs with dramatically different personalities, now have the opportunity to choose their own teams, a situation that sets the entire competition in motion. After choosing teams, they face a team challenge of extreme billiards and an elimination challenge which ultimately sees the first marksmen sent home. Colby Donaldson returns as host.
#16 - The Razor's Edge
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/1/2010
Contestants compete with throwing knives and slingshots; in addition to the elimination challenge, another contestant suddenly goes home.
#17 - The Good, The Rat and The Ugly
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/11/2010
Using muzzle-loading weapons, contestants compete in an old-fashioned frontier face-off; a heated conflict on one team plays out in the elimination challenge.
#18 - Slug It Out
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/23/2011
Shotgun skills are tested with a head-to-head speed shooting challenge. Leaders emerge and tension escalates on both teams. And it's an elimination challenge unlike any before, featuring an elaborate machine, a Glock 34, and a line of non-stop cannonballs.
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#19 - The Bulldog Gatling
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/30/2011
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.
#20 - Throwdown Showdown
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2011
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.
#21 - Turn the Corner
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/13/2011
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.
#22 - Tricked Out
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/20/2011
A world famous pistol champion teaches teams some extremely difficult trick shots including shooting while blindfolded. The Blue Team is in disarray after a team member vows to go it alone. The elimination challenge features the classic cowboy skill of shooting from the hip.
#23 - Ramp It Up
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/27/2011
Contestants must master the Recurve Bow and nail a target by skipping an arrow off a ramp. One team goes to the brink of self-destructing when two teammates almost come to blows during a dispute of a previous elimination decision.
#24 - Odd Man Out
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/11/2011
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.
#25 - Wheel of Fire
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/18/2011
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.