Top Shot Season 3: When the Smoke Cleared a Winner Emerged

Another season of Top Shot is in the books and a clear winner has been named. After eliminating 15 other competitors it was finally time for someone to claim the $100,000 prize.

The show started off with the final four competitors being Chris, Mike, Dustin and Gary. These four men have each performed very well and each man has also sent at least one person home during elimination challenges.

The first competition saw the shooters having to face off one-on-one in pairs. There were four hanging sets of three targets. The goal was for the shooters to hit the other persons colored targets, while they were moving back and forth.

In the end it was Chris who was the first person from the finale to go home. The next contest was the ever popular pick your shot.

The three remaining contestants each got to pick a target, weapon and distance from a set of predetermined choices.

Mike had the most impressive choice when he had the men shoot an AK-47 with only one hand. He and Gary each made the shot look easy.

Gary was the one who was sent home at the end of the contest when he failed to hit a target set out by Dustin.

Mike and Dustin faced off in a gauntlet that contained seven stations containing guns they had used throughout the entire competition.

When the smoke cleared and the targets were all shot, Dustin emerged as the winner of Top Shot. The young Christian Camp leader who had no official shooting resume had defeated 15 people made up of military,  law enforcement and competitive shooters, including world champion revolver champion Cliff Walsh and Pistol grandmaster Mike Hughes.

His plans for the money include expanding his Christian camp to take on more kids.

This season had its share of drama but in the end it was the superior marksmen who took the win.