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Muzzleloader Innovator Tony Knight Passes at 67
Founder of Knight Rifles and renowned gunsmith Tony Knight passed away on Monday at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Monies, Iowa. According to his obituary at Thomas Funeral Home, Knight is survived by his wife Rose, two adult children, and four grandchildren who were “his greatest joy.”
Knight is perhaps most well known as “the father of modern in-line muzzleloading.” He founded Knight Rifles in 1985 and opened his first factory in Missouri two years later. There, along with a few friends and a love of elk hunting, Knight began to pioneer new designs for muzzleloader firearms. In an interview with Randy Wakeman, Knight said it all began with elk season and the frontloaders of that time. Dissatisfied with the reliability and accuracy of the firearms he was using, the gunsmith decided that he could do better.
http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/muzz...24-13 Weekly Outdoor Newswire (1)&utm_content
Founder of Knight Rifles and renowned gunsmith Tony Knight passed away on Monday at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Monies, Iowa. According to his obituary at Thomas Funeral Home, Knight is survived by his wife Rose, two adult children, and four grandchildren who were “his greatest joy.”
Knight is perhaps most well known as “the father of modern in-line muzzleloading.” He founded Knight Rifles in 1985 and opened his first factory in Missouri two years later. There, along with a few friends and a love of elk hunting, Knight began to pioneer new designs for muzzleloader firearms. In an interview with Randy Wakeman, Knight said it all began with elk season and the frontloaders of that time. Dissatisfied with the reliability and accuracy of the firearms he was using, the gunsmith decided that he could do better.
http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/muzz...24-13 Weekly Outdoor Newswire (1)&utm_content
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