West Point, Kentucky -
Machine Gun Shoot

The biggest machine gun shoot in the U.S., according to its literature. You can rent flamethrowers, too.

Address:: Richey Lane, West Point, KY
Directions:: Knob Creek Gun Range. US Hwy 60/Dixie Hwy to Hwy 44/Stites Station rd. Drive east a little over a mile, then turn right (south) onto Richey Lane to the gun range.
Hours:: W-M 9 am - 6 pm. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 502-922-4457

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Shoot an Uzi, watch Napalm bomb drop

The Knob Creek Gun Range has a combo Machine Gun Shoot and Jungle Walk twice a year, in April and October. $10 to get in and $15 for jungle walk, more if you would like to shoot a Tommy gun 1919, Uzi sub, or others,

They have a very cool light show with all the military weapons in many colors, it's like a fireworks show. They drop a napalm bomb. Took my daughter there for her 21st birthday -- was she surprised! Kids are welcome to come see too! Educational - owners of the guns and vets are there to show and talk. Info at www.machinegunshoot.com. [michelle, 04/24/2004]

[RA: It claims to be "Home of the Nation's Largest Machine Gun Shoot." ]

Machine Gun Shoot

You can rent flame throwers and machine guns. Big weekend shoot fest with even tanks firing away at buses and stuff. [Joel Rayburn, 06/10/2001]

[RA: The Knob Creek Gun Range web site at www.machinegunshoot.com shows scenes of ballistic carnage, cindered school buses and whole families enjoying machine gun fun. They warn: "All visitors enter Knob Creek Property at their own risk! It is public knowledge that the pyrotechnic charges sometimes blow debris into the spectator area."]

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February 10, 2012