Red Jacket Firearms is the focus of the new Discovery Channel series, Sons of Guns. Red Jacket Firearms creates one-of-a-kind custom weapons.“If you can dream it, we can build it” is the motto at Red Jacket, the nation’s most unique weapons business. Owner Will Hayden and his crew of Baton Rouge, Louisiana gunsmiths are featured on the new series Sons of Guns. The show premiered tonight on Discovery Channel 9PM ET/PT.
Sons of Guns centers on Will’s Red Jacket shop, located in the heart of the Louisiana bayou. When Will isn’t rebuilding a “bring-back” rifle from the Vietnam War or using his wealth of weapon history knowledge to determine if a pistol found in the attic is an antique or not, he can be found in his shop with his daughter Stephanie and the rest of his team, swapping gossip with his customers. Whether it’s having a lunch break shooting contest, going on a nighttime bayou bow fishing trip or field testing a fully automatic M2 .50 caliber machine gun. You know, the usual family time.
As a straight shooter and an avid historian, Will is a trusted expert to handle the requests of Red Jacket’s major clients – law enforcement, military and collectors. From guns to knives to swords to cannons, Will sells, trades, buys, builds and customizes them all. While weapons manufacturers are making attachable silencers for AK-47′s, Will takes it a step further — creating internal silencers that help police departments be even more stealth in threatening situations. If someone needs to restore a WWII flamethrower to make it operational, Will can do that too. And when the sheriff’s department needs to turn two guns – a shotgun and a rifle – into one, they call Will.
I don’t know about you but Sons of Guns looks like a hit to me!
If publicity is what gun maker Will Hayden was shooting for, he’s hit his target.
Red Jacket Firearms on Discovery Channels Sons of GunsJacket Firearms is the focus of the new Discovery Channel series, Sons of Guns. Red Jacket Firearms creates one-of-a-kind custom weapons. “If you can dream it, we can build it” is the motto at Red Jacket, the nation’s most unique weapons business. Owner Will Hayden and his crew of Baton Rouge, Louisiana gunsmiths are featured on the new series Sons of Guns. The show premiered tonight on Discovery Channel 9PM ET/PT.
The first episode that will be on the feature here is called: “Civil War Cannon/Shotgun Silencer”. A customer sees a silenced shotgun in a movie and wants to know if Will Hayden, owner of Red Jacket, can create one. Meanwhile, Hayden’s friend shows up with a rare Civil War cannon worth $ 250,000.
This whole series will follow Hayden, his daughter/office manager, Stephanie, and his eclectic crew in their daily work of manufacturing custom weapons for law enforcement, the military and collectors. The business ships quantities of firearms all over the country.
If you are a fan of a good quality guns and firearms, that you will surely don’t want to miss the new Red Jacket Firearms serial on the Discovery Channel.
If publicity is what gun maker Will Hayden was shooting for, he’s hit his target.
Red Jacket Firearms on Discovery Channels Sons of GunsJacket Firearms is the focus of the new Discovery Channel series, Sons of Guns. Red Jacket Firearms creates one-of-a-kind custom weapons. “If you can dream it, we can build it” is the motto at Red Jacket, the nation’s most unique weapons business. Owner Will Hayden and his crew of Baton Rouge, Louisiana gunsmiths are featured on the new series Sons of Guns. The show premiered tonight on Discovery Channel 9PM ET/PT.
The first episode that will be on the feature here is called: “Civil War Cannon/Shotgun Silencer”. A customer sees a silenced shotgun in a movie and wants to know if Will Hayden, owner of Red Jacket, can create one. Meanwhile, Hayden’s friend shows up with a rare Civil War cannon worth $ 250,000.
This whole series will follow Hayden, his daughter/office manager, Stephanie, and his eclectic crew in their daily work of manufacturing custom weapons for law enforcement, the military and collectors. The business ships quantities of firearms all over the country.
If you are a fan of a good quality guns and firearms, that you will surely don’t want to miss the new Red Jacket Firearms serial on the Discovery Channel.
‘Sons of Guns’
WHAT: New reality series about local business Red Jacket Firearms.
New reality series about local business Red Jacket Firearms.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday
8 p.m. Wednesday
CHANNEL: Discovery Channel (cable Channel 46)
Discovery Channel (cable Channel 46)
FIRST EPISODE: "Civil War Cannon/Shotgun Silencer": A customer sees a silenced shotgun in a movie and wants to know if Will Hayden, owner of Red Jacket, can create one. Meanwhile, Hayden’s friend shows up with a rare Civil War cannon worth $250,000.
If publicity is what gun maker Will Hayden was shooting for, he’s hit his target.
Starting Wednesday, Hayden’s Baton Rouge business, Red Jacket Firearms, will have national television exposure with the new Discovery Channel series, "Sons of Guns." The series will follow Hayden, his daughter/office manager, Stephanie, and his eclectic crew in their daily work of manufacturing custom weapons for law enforcement, the military and collectors. The business ships quantities of firearms all over the country.
"All of this is just a beautiful cherry on top of the cake of what we actually set out to do," Hayden said recently at his shop, while juggling his regular business, a Jupiter Entertainment film crew (shooting for Discovery) and media interviews.
Contrast that with the earlier days of Red Jacket, when the small business that was formerly a retail store and shooting range first started building rifles. With little or no money for marketing, Hayden and a friend took to making wacky gun demonstration videos and uploading them to the Internet.
"It just caught people’s eye," Hayden said. "About every six months, we got to make headlines in the industry, something that’s completely new, just something that shows thinking outside the box … that’s been my marketing strategy."
It was through the Internet that Jupiter Entertainment found Red Jacket Firearms and Will Hayden. Hayden’s name is well-known among weapons enthusiasts, and he often participates in online gun forums, where the average gun owner goes to for advice.
"They have problems with their guns. Most of the time it’s something simple,"
New reality series about local business Red Jacket Firearms.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday
8 p.m. Wednesday
CHANNEL: Discovery Channel (cable Channel 46)
Discovery Channel (cable Channel 46)
FIRST EPISODE: "Civil War Cannon/Shotgun Silencer": A customer sees a silenced shotgun in a movie and wants to know if Will Hayden, owner of Red Jacket, can create one. Meanwhile, Hayden’s friend shows up with a rare Civil War cannon worth $250,000.
If publicity is what gun maker Will Hayden was shooting for, he’s hit his target.
Starting Wednesday, Hayden’s Baton Rouge business, Red Jacket Firearms, will have national television exposure with the new Discovery Channel series, "Sons of Guns." The series will follow Hayden, his daughter/office manager, Stephanie, and his eclectic crew in their daily work of manufacturing custom weapons for law enforcement, the military and collectors. The business ships quantities of firearms all over the country.
"All of this is just a beautiful cherry on top of the cake of what we actually set out to do," Hayden said recently at his shop, while juggling his regular business, a Jupiter Entertainment film crew (shooting for Discovery) and media interviews.
Contrast that with the earlier days of Red Jacket, when the small business that was formerly a retail store and shooting range first started building rifles. With little or no money for marketing, Hayden and a friend took to making wacky gun demonstration videos and uploading them to the Internet.
"It just caught people’s eye," Hayden said. "About every six months, we got to make headlines in the industry, something that’s completely new, just something that shows thinking outside the box … that’s been my marketing strategy."
It was through the Internet that Jupiter Entertainment found Red Jacket Firearms and Will Hayden. Hayden’s name is well-known among weapons enthusiasts, and he often participates in online gun forums, where the average gun owner goes to for advice.
"They have problems with their guns. Most of the time it’s something simple,"
He said,
A gang member who is behind bars for allegedly shooting a man in the stomach told police he had fired several shots into the ground after being chased into an alley by two rivals.
Jose Cardona then reportedly stashed the sawed-off rifle and his jacket behind a Kennewick business Dec. 30 before his arrest minutes later.
Cardona spent his 21st birthday Tuesday in the Benton County jail, where he has been ordered held without bail.
The Kennewick man appeared Monday before Benton County District Court Judge Joe Burrowes, who confirmed probable cause to hold Cardona on suspicion of first-degree assault, first-degree possession of stolen property and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Charges have not yet been filed by prosecutors.
Cardona claimed he was hiding in an alley near HAPO Community Credit Union when he noticed Miguel Montenegro and another man following him, Kennewick Detective Rick Runge wrote in a court document.
Cardona said he initially was confronted about his gang affiliation when the men pulled up next to him in a car associated with his upstairs neighbor -- a member of another gang, the document said. The neighbor was not in the car.
Montenegro, 20, collapsed in the credit union's parking lot at Fourth Avenue and Union Street after being shot near the Sundance Apartments.
He had emergency surgery to remove the bullet from his stomach. He has been recovering at Kennewick General Hospital and might be discharged today, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Detectives speculated after Thursday's incident that it was related to gang shootings in Pasco earlier last week.
However, Kennewick Sgt. Ken Lattin issued a news release Tuesday saying that after a thorough investigation, "we have found no direct tie" to those shootings.
Kennewick's shooting "did involve two rival criminal gangs that also have affiliations in the Pasco area, but no firm evidence has come forward to link the Kennewick shooting as a retaliation crime."
Cardona has been involved in at least three other gang clashes in the Tri-Cities in two years.
In an interview with Runge and Detective Dan Long, Cardona explained that he had left his home Thursday afternoon to donate blood. He carried with him a rifle with a sawed off barrel and stock, which made it easier to conceal in his jacket, Runge wrote.
The rifle's serial number showed it had been reported stolen out of Douglas County. Cardona is not allowed to possess firearms because of an August 2009 felony conviction for rioting with a deadly weapon.
He told the detectives he "had the rifle with him because he had been shot in the past and wanted to protect himself." He was injured during a drive-by shooting in June 2009.
Cardona also is facing trial Jan. 19 in Franklin County Superior Court for second-degree assault with a deadly weapon.
In that case, he allegedly drove his car toward three males in front of Rowena Chess Elementary School on June 2 because he saw one of the victims "reaching for the waistband, which he thought may have been a move to reach for a firearm," court documents said. "He said it was a gut reaction because he has been shot at before."
A 14-year-old boy was treated at Lourdes Medical Center after that incident.
Cardona, who now lives in a North Sheppard Place complex, said a rival gang member had moved above his apartment in November and has been taunting him, the court document said. A gold Cadillac linked to the neighbor drove by Cardona twice on Dec. 30 when he was walking on Kennewick Avenue, he said. He claimed that "the passenger had his hand by his side as if concealing a weapon," the document said.
Cardona told the detectives he walked next to HAPO thinking the men would leave him alone if they realized they were on a security camera.
Instead, the men parked the Cadillac, jumped a fence and came toward him, the court document said.
Cardona claimed he hid between two buildings "until he saw the two males and then shot several times into the ground." He said he didn't know either man by name, the document said.
The second man got away after Montenegro was hit.
Kennewick officers and Benton County sheriff's deputies quickly surrounded the area after the 2 p.m. shooting near Union and Albany streets.
Cardona was caught as he walked behind Winco Foods on Clearwater Avenue. The rifle and jacket reportedly were found behind another Clearwater business.
A HAPO employee told Runge at the scene that he was leaving on a lunch break when he saw a man in a red jacket with two other men about 75 feet behind "walking aggressively" toward the first man. The employee said "he knew something bad was going to happen and waited by his van," Runge wrote in the court document.
After the first man went into the nearby alley, one of the two followers "jogged to the opening of that alley." That's when he heard four to five shots fired, likely by the first man because he noted neither of the other men had weapons, Runge wrote.
The employee then ran back into the credit union, notified his manager and called police.
The Kennewick Police Department credits the officers, detectives and "most importantly, the citizens who helped bring the criminal gang member to account for his actions very quickly," Lattin wrote in his news release. "The partnership we have with our citizens is vital to keeping our city safe."
Police Chief Ken Hohenberg added: "We will continue to be relentless in the pursuit of eradicating criminal gang activity throughout the Tri-City area by working with our law enforcement partners."
A gang member who is behind bars for allegedly shooting a man in the stomach told police he had fired several shots into the ground after being chased into an alley by two rivals.
Jose Cardona then reportedly stashed the sawed-off rifle and his jacket behind a Kennewick business Dec. 30 before his arrest minutes later.
Cardona spent his 21st birthday Tuesday in the Benton County jail, where he has been ordered held without bail.
The Kennewick man appeared Monday before Benton County District Court Judge Joe Burrowes, who confirmed probable cause to hold Cardona on suspicion of first-degree assault, first-degree possession of stolen property and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Charges have not yet been filed by prosecutors.
Cardona claimed he was hiding in an alley near HAPO Community Credit Union when he noticed Miguel Montenegro and another man following him, Kennewick Detective Rick Runge wrote in a court document.
Cardona said he initially was confronted about his gang affiliation when the men pulled up next to him in a car associated with his upstairs neighbor -- a member of another gang, the document said. The neighbor was not in the car.
Montenegro, 20, collapsed in the credit union's parking lot at Fourth Avenue and Union Street after being shot near the Sundance Apartments.
He had emergency surgery to remove the bullet from his stomach. He has been recovering at Kennewick General Hospital and might be discharged today, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Detectives speculated after Thursday's incident that it was related to gang shootings in Pasco earlier last week.
However, Kennewick Sgt. Ken Lattin issued a news release Tuesday saying that after a thorough investigation, "we have found no direct tie" to those shootings.
Kennewick's shooting "did involve two rival criminal gangs that also have affiliations in the Pasco area, but no firm evidence has come forward to link the Kennewick shooting as a retaliation crime."
Cardona has been involved in at least three other gang clashes in the Tri-Cities in two years.
In an interview with Runge and Detective Dan Long, Cardona explained that he had left his home Thursday afternoon to donate blood. He carried with him a rifle with a sawed off barrel and stock, which made it easier to conceal in his jacket, Runge wrote.
The rifle's serial number showed it had been reported stolen out of Douglas County. Cardona is not allowed to possess firearms because of an August 2009 felony conviction for rioting with a deadly weapon.
He told the detectives he "had the rifle with him because he had been shot in the past and wanted to protect himself." He was injured during a drive-by shooting in June 2009.
Cardona also is facing trial Jan. 19 in Franklin County Superior Court for second-degree assault with a deadly weapon.
In that case, he allegedly drove his car toward three males in front of Rowena Chess Elementary School on June 2 because he saw one of the victims "reaching for the waistband, which he thought may have been a move to reach for a firearm," court documents said. "He said it was a gut reaction because he has been shot at before."
A 14-year-old boy was treated at Lourdes Medical Center after that incident.
Cardona, who now lives in a North Sheppard Place complex, said a rival gang member had moved above his apartment in November and has been taunting him, the court document said. A gold Cadillac linked to the neighbor drove by Cardona twice on Dec. 30 when he was walking on Kennewick Avenue, he said. He claimed that "the passenger had his hand by his side as if concealing a weapon," the document said.
Cardona told the detectives he walked next to HAPO thinking the men would leave him alone if they realized they were on a security camera.
Instead, the men parked the Cadillac, jumped a fence and came toward him, the court document said.
Cardona claimed he hid between two buildings "until he saw the two males and then shot several times into the ground." He said he didn't know either man by name, the document said.
The second man got away after Montenegro was hit.
Kennewick officers and Benton County sheriff's deputies quickly surrounded the area after the 2 p.m. shooting near Union and Albany streets.
Cardona was caught as he walked behind Winco Foods on Clearwater Avenue. The rifle and jacket reportedly were found behind another Clearwater business.
A HAPO employee told Runge at the scene that he was leaving on a lunch break when he saw a man in a red jacket with two other men about 75 feet behind "walking aggressively" toward the first man. The employee said "he knew something bad was going to happen and waited by his van," Runge wrote in the court document.
After the first man went into the nearby alley, one of the two followers "jogged to the opening of that alley." That's when he heard four to five shots fired, likely by the first man because he noted neither of the other men had weapons, Runge wrote.
The employee then ran back into the credit union, notified his manager and called police.
The Kennewick Police Department credits the officers, detectives and "most importantly, the citizens who helped bring the criminal gang member to account for his actions very quickly," Lattin wrote in his news release. "The partnership we have with our citizens is vital to keeping our city safe."
Police Chief Ken Hohenberg added: "We will continue to be relentless in the pursuit of eradicating criminal gang activity throughout the Tri-City area by working with our law enforcement partners."
