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Someone just let me know that Rusty Knight has passed away. I actually hope the information is wrong and I have to apologize to Rusty for saying anything. Rusty was one of nicest people you could ever hope to meet. Many AR members have been the beneficiary of his kindness and generosity. Very sorry to hear about his passing. A big man with a bigger heart. My condolences to his family, Peggy and Stormy. Mike | ||
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A terrible loss. A dear friend and gentleman https://www.click2houston.com/...XZ6qssYw5MoyzboXpQ_g | |||
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I'll be damned,he responded to something I had posted just last week,offered me bullets if I was in need,asked me to call him outta the blue,called him & had a nice conversation,joked about our ages,damn & now he is gone,damn he was only 75, Rest in peace my friend,I did not know that you were saying goodbye,god bless you wherever you are  DRSS | |||
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Well crap! We lost another good one....... Guns and hunting | |||
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just read of it also on FB.... Rusty was a great guy to be around... always helpful.... i enjoyed our conversations... RIP go big or go home ........ DSC-- Life Member NRA--Life member DRSS--9.3x74 r Chapuis | |||
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I got to meet him once. He was very kind with his time. | |||
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Had the pleasure of meeting and talking to him several times down at the Juliff range facility. Mainly double rifles... Real good guy, and very knowledgeable! RIP | |||
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Always sad when we loose another member, seems to be happening all too often these days. May he find peace in the lords hand. JP | |||
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Back in 2007 I was going to hunt buffalo with a Merkel 500NE. I took it to the customs office to get a 4457 and they said the rifle was stolen and confiscated it. It was not and I did get it back. This was only a couple of weeks before my trip and I posted about it on here. That night I got a PM from Rusty offering to let me take his double rifle on the hunt. At that point, I only knew Rusty from AR and had never met him in person. That’s the kind of person Rusty was. I will miss him greatly. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Rusty was the epitome of a true Southern gentleman. A kind word for everyone and a helping hand extended to all. The above picture is a great shot of the man that genuinely represents his personality. We wont see the likes of him often enough in these times. May the Lord carry him up on the wings of Angels, RIP. DRSS(We Band of Bubba's Div.) N.R.A (Life) T.S.R.A (Life) D.S.C. | |||
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I first met Rusty at one of the double rifle hunts we used to have years ago in Texas. Last time I saw Rusty was at Mark Cash's (400 NitroExpress) memorial service. He was a gentleman. | |||
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A fine gentleman - always helpful, always kind, always generous. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Very kind, friendly and helpful to me. Very sad. NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | |||
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That is terrible news. Rusty was one of the good ones. | |||
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Mike, I posted in the other thread in the African Forum, it's terrible news for sure. I'll never forget shooting with you guys at the range south of Houston so many years ago. BTW, I ran into an ex-Reliant guy at a power plant in Indiana last week and your name came up. Just a mutual acquaintence thing. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Frank, those big bore shoots were a lot of fun . . . and of course Rusty was a big part of the planning, organizing and making them happen. Well I hope the ex-Reliant fellow was doing well in his new role. Mike | |||
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Awfully sad to hear it. Rusty was awfully helpful to me as well. Glad to know it though. Thanks for posting. | |||
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Very sad news....Rusty was one of the most positive folks in the world....May the sun continue to shine on him. ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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Just saw this. RIP Rusty! We are diminished! | |||
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So sorry to hear of this. Condolences to family and friends. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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That reminds me of Rusty and Mark arguing over how to cook the steaks on those hunts! | |||
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