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"It's Disneyland with rifles," Winters said at the two-day event held twice a year in the Kentucky Hills near the hamlet of West Point.
"It's a place to compete and have fun with your friends," he said.
The machine gun and military rifle shooting show of Knob Creek was launched in 1965 by Biff Sumner and some friends who organized meals and fired weapons for fun.
It has evolved into the largest private shooting in the world, attracting thousands of auto weapons enthusiasts from the United States and abroad.
General admission is $ 15 per day for adults and $ 5 for children under 12 years of age.
Hearing and eye protection is strongly recommended.
The rapid fire of automatic fire is never far away, as machine guns unravel abandoned cars, old appliances and other targets pierced with bullets in the Knob Creek Range.
Machine gun owners can reserve seats on the main firing line, but there is a waiting list of up to 10 years.
Visitors who do not have a weapon can rent a machine gun – in cash only – if they sign a waiver and if they are over 18 years old.
"You can film everything that happens if you have enough money for rental," Winters said.
There are shooting competitions with machine guns, shotguns and pistols.
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At the firearms show that accompanies the shoot, the sellers sell everything from weapons to ammunition. A considerable amount of German memories of the Second World War is also available.
Each day ends with a "night shooting" with thousands of plotters bouncing off their targets in the night sky and triggering fireworks attached to fuel barrels.
Kenny Sumner is the current owner and manager of the Knob Creek Gun Range.
"It's in the United States because we have the luxury of being able to own guns, especially machine guns," Sumner said.
"There is a bit of paperwork you have to go through – background checks on all the elements of the automobile," he added.
"But Title 1 weapons, you just fill in your papers, they do a background check, if you pbad the background check, you can have a gun."
Title 1 weapons are ordinary firearms such as rifles, pistols and shotguns.
Winters said that gunmen from other countries came to Knob Creek "just to play".
"Because they do not have those abilities," he said. "They do not have these rights."
The next machine gun fire will take place in October.
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