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\nThe range and gun store will still remain open for business.<\/p>\n
Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot Going Out With A Bang<\/a><\/p>\n Twice a year for the past half-century or so, the rolling hills around the small Kentucky town of West Point have echoed with the sounds of full-auto rifles, booming explosions, and the roar of the crowds at the Knob Creek Gun Range\u2019s Machine Gun Shoot. But while the gun range will continue its operations, this weekend will be the last hurrah for the\u00a0venerable festival<\/a> of firepower.<\/p>\n That\u2019s right. The Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot is coming to an end.<\/p>\n The April shoot was canceled because the COVID-19 pandemic, so crowds are expected to be big. WDRB started getting calls about traffic backups on Dixie Highway and Highway 44 before 8 a.m. on Friday, when people started making their way to the site.<\/p>\n Anyone who has ever attended the events over the past 50 years can describe feeling the vibration of the barrage of bullets during the open shoots. Those participating in the shoot take aim at a variety of targets including used appliances, abandoned vehicles, and barrels of fuel with pyrotechnic charges attached. When one of the bullets hits the barrels, there is a huge explosion and flames that last for several minutes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n One of the highlights of the twice-a-year event has been the nighttime shoots, which will thankfully live on in videos that have received hundreds of thousands of views online.<\/p>\n