Knob Creek on the History Channel - The Firearms Forum

RugerNiner · 12-28-2005, 04:34 PM

Knob Creek Gun Range: #90.
Airs on Tuesday, January 3 at 8:00pm ET

Host R. Lee Ermey heads to Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky, outside of Fort Knox, for the Knob Creek Shoot, a weekend when machine-gun owners and collectors converge for unbridled mayhem. At this former military-munitions test range, shooters nationwide come to buy, sell, and trade. First, the Gunny shows us around, talks about the history, hits sales tables, and fires off a few thousand rounds--from state-of-the-art to early vintage. Next, Lee takes a turn on the "Jungle Walk", a machine-gun shooting course with hidden targets and dense brush to recreate what it was like for the grunts in Viet Nam; and he gets a lift on a mule to the Knob Creek helipad where he goes aloft in a Cayuse OH-6A Helicopter for the range's aerial shooting course. Then, it's the night shoot, when you really get to see raw power as machine guns shoot tracers and fire at targets filled with diesel fuel and dynamite, incinerating cars, refrigerators, and oil drums. TVPG L

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shooter4 · 12-28-2005, 04:39 PM

Neat, thanks.

Silencer · 12-30-2005, 11:42 PM

They already aired it last week. It was awesome. I liked the part at night when Lee was walking past all the shooters and stops at this hot chick with a black t-shirt.

Lee got the chance to shoot from a chopper. He did OK. They even show the auction/gun show part as well. Great episode. A for sure "don't miss!"

Pistolenschutze · 12-31-2005, 12:01 PM

Sounds like a great show. I definitely plan to watch it. Ermey is great (even if he was a Jarhead

). All kidding aside, the Gunny does a truly fine job with his shows and presents the military in a fair and respectful light, which is a hell of a lot better than most of the crap one sees on TV these days.

ryan_marine · 01-04-2006, 09:05 AM

I watched that. It would be an awsome time and place to shoot. I hope to go to one some time soon.

Ray

berto64 · 01-04-2006, 01:53 PM

I watched that last night. Ol' Lee was like a kid in a candy store! The organizers pampered the old coot, he was having way too much fun!

Yes, I AM jealous!

Pistolenschutze · 01-04-2006, 01:58 PM

I saw the show last night also, Berto. You're absolutely right. The ol' gunny was in 7th heaven. Hell, I would be too!

12-28-2005, 04:34 PM	#1
RugerNiner V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lancaster, Pa. Posts: 196	Knob Creek on the History Channel Knob Creek Gun Range: #90. Airs on Tuesday, January 3 at 8:00pm ET Host R. Lee Ermey heads to Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky, outside of Fort Knox, for the Knob Creek Shoot, a weekend when machine-gun owners and collectors converge for unbridled mayhem. At this former military-munitions test range, shooters nationwide come to buy, sell, and trade. First, the Gunny shows us around, talks about the history, hits sales tables, and fires off a few thousand rounds--from state-of-the-art to early vintage. Next, Lee takes a turn on the "Jungle Walk", a machine-gun shooting course with hidden targets and dense brush to recreate what it was like for the grunts in Viet Nam; and he gets a lift on a mule to the Knob Creek helipad where he goes aloft in a Cayuse OH-6A Helicopter for the range's aerial shooting course. Then, it's the night shoot, when you really get to see raw power as machine guns shoot tracers and fire at targets filled with diesel fuel and dynamite, incinerating cars, refrigerators, and oil drums. TVPG L Alternate viewing times are at: http://www.historychannel.com/mailcall/?page=upcoming __________________ Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself! -->

12-28-2005, 04:39 PM	#2
shooter4 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: PRNJ Posts: 272	Re: Knob Creek on the History Channel Neat, thanks.

12-30-2005, 11:42 PM	#3
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,298	Re: Knob Creek on the History Channel They already aired it last week. It was awesome. I liked the part at night when Lee was walking past all the shooters and stops at this hot chick with a black t-shirt. Lee got the chance to shoot from a chopper. He did OK. They even show the auction/gun show part as well. Great episode. A for sure "don't miss!" __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out!

12-31-2005, 12:01 PM	#4
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Knob Creek on the History Channel Sounds like a great show. I definitely plan to watch it. Ermey is great (even if he was a Jarhead ). All kidding aside, the Gunny does a truly fine job with his shows and presents the military in a fair and respectful light, which is a hell of a lot better than most of the crap one sees on TV these days. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

01-04-2006, 09:05 AM	#5
ryan_marine Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 919	Re: Knob Creek on the History Channel I watched that. It would be an awsome time and place to shoot. I hope to go to one some time soon. Ray

01-04-2006, 01:53 PM	#6
berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,388	Re: Knob Creek on the History Channel I watched that last night. Ol' Lee was like a kid in a candy store! The organizers pampered the old coot, he was having way too much fun! Yes, I AM jealous! __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

01-04-2006, 01:58 PM	#7
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Knob Creek on the History Channel I saw the show last night also, Berto. You're absolutely right. The ol' gunny was in 7th heaven. Hell, I would be too! __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)