October 11, 2021
After 50 years, the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot is over.
This weekend, Kentucky residents enjoyed a special event — the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot. This Kentucky tradition is ending after 50 year. This was the last event of its kind. The famed event was held Friday, October 8, and Saturday, Oct 9, and concluded with a massive display of flames and tracers.
Local news outlet WRDB.com reported that the final Knob Creek Gun Shoot will end a Bullitt County tradition. Although the Knob Creek Gun Range will remain open, it is closing down its long-running spectacle of machine guns and flamethrowers as well as heavy artillery. Although it hasn’t given any reason, in the past, the machine guns shoot was held twice per year.
Pandemic restrictions forced the cancellation of the April 2021 shoot. The October shoot at Knob Creek was cancelled. Crowds were large for this shoot, which was the last-ever at Knob creek. Here’s a video of Day One, October 8, 2021.
In the past, two times a year, selected-fire enthusiasts traveled to West Point, Kentucky’s Knob Creek Gun Range for the nation’s largest Machine Gun Shoot. The Machine Gun Shoot, which was held bi-annually, was usually held on the second weekend of April or October. The Saturday Night Machine Gun Shoot is the highlight. This Saturday Night event saw scores of guns sending regular and tracer bullets downrange. A typical October Night Shoot saw the use of 1.25 million rounds in years past.
Chris Cheng, Top Shot Season 4 Champion, was there to capture the firepower in 2013. Chris writes: “About one hour before darkness falls, people are setting up explosives at the range while a crowd gathers, eagerly waiting for what we all know is coming.” The lights go out and machine guns start firing for almost 20 minutes straight. The October 2013 edition was a great success. You can see the video below. My favorite part is at the 5’50 mark [when a Mini-Gun fires from the right].
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