Fun at Knob Creek

Wow.  It's been a while since I have posted anything to this here blog.  Apologies to my long-time subscribers for keeping you in the dark.  I did not, however, truly appreciate my time off.  Been very busy working around the ranch - but that's for another post.  This one is all about fun...

So twice a year, the Knob Creek Gun Range shuts down for an entire week-end to allow Class 3 firearms to rule the range.  That's right, we are talking full-auto machine guns of all sorts.  You know, the stuff that drives the Liberals Bat Shit Crazy.

So, a group of us took off from here and drove the three hours down to West Point, KY to partake.  No, we do not own any of those types of firearms, BUT you can rent them from folks who do - and that is exactly what we did.

The weather did not cooperate too well.  It was a torrential downpour all the way down.  Then it rained most of the morning, but lightly.  Finally the sun came out and we had great weather all afternoon.  We got a little wet, but we didn't melt.  The bonus though was that the rain kept the crowds down.  According to folks who had been there in the past, the crowd was at about 1/3rd of the usual - and it was still packed, in my estimation.  Glad it wasn't "busy."

It is very difficult to explain what goes on there.  We took pictures and even videos of us and others shooting, but you do not get the FEEL of it.  When an entire line of machine guns go off, you feel it - and it's the feeling of FREEDOM!  Totally awesome time.  If you have never been, get this on your bucket list for sure.


A list of the guns you can rent and the prices for each

A row of machine guns ready to be fired - note the wetness

Dave P with the permanent smile you get after shooting a fully-auto weapon


I uploaded four Private videos to YouTube.  You can only find these by clicking on the link - they will NOT show up in any search.  However, once you get to YouTube, you can search on Knob Creek and see all kinds of stuff.  These are just from our trip.

1.  Craig shooting BAR - https://youtu.be/RY5auaA4lJg
2.  Dave shooting AUG - https://youtu.be/30rlFxwLiFE
3.  Craig shooting SAW - https://youtu.be/vb7h9odMqZc
4.  20" M2 going off - https://youtu.be/mzJFdLE0DF8

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