The Passing of a legend

[ex-LT]

His work with a shotgun was amazing.....What he could do with his little CZ .22 mag would leave your jaw on the ground. Tape up the hole in a washer, throw it up in the air and shoot through the tape. He could throw a golf ball up in the air and intentionally make it slice, hook or go straight as an arrow. Throw a golf ball up and shoot it multiple times as it's flying away. Throw aspirin up in the air and shoot it. The list goes on. Depending on where you saw his show you may or may not have seen his uncanny abilities with a rifle. Truly one of the greatest exhibition shooters to have ever lived.

I still don't know how to embed a video, but the man also knew how to throw a salute with style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_jZR5bcEVU

To embed, you use the youtube button, and place the url of the video right behind the = sign, inside the closed bracket. Like this.

[youtube=<place video url here>][/youtube]

[GunClasses.Net]

Some details came to me in an email alert this morning:

Tom Knapp, one of the world’s greatest exhibition shooters, has died. Knapp, 62, of Elk River, Minnesota, died Friday of pulmonary fibrosis at St. Marys Hospital at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

A memorial is scheduled: Family and friends will gather 1 p.m. May 11 at the Del Tone/Luth Gun Club in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to celebrate his life. The family prefers memorials to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (http://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org).

[ex-LT]

Video tribute posted by Tom's cameraman

[-=VILLY=-]

That was a cool vid. Thanks for sharing.

We, the MN 3-Gun Group, is paying Tom Knapp a little trubute of our own. For this year's Tactical Shotgun Championship, the Minnesota 3-Gun Group, our title sponsor Nordic Components, and our host range Del Tone/Luth Gun Club is proud to dedicate one of our stages to commerate Tom Knapp. One of Tom Knapp's legendary exhibition tricks was to throw 10 clay pigeons up in the air all at once and shoot them all individually before they hit the ground. Each competitor in our match will get to imitate Tom Knapp. The stage will be similar to the charcoal stage our match have been known for (another of Tom Knapp's tricks), but the shooter will be throwing clay pigeons instead to shoot in the air. Also on that same stage will be a donation box for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.

[John S.]

RIP, Brother saw him at shooters roundup a few years ago, great showman! You will be missed!