The Buffalo Chip Machine Gun Shoot Experience is THE Ultimate Multi-Sensory Event
Here’s your chance to shoot real ammunition from real automatic weapons AND get the training required for a 35-state concealed carry permit.
Billed as the ultimate 2nd amendment experience, the machine gun shoot at the Buffalo Chip Campground was undeniably one of last year’s most thrilling Sturgis Rally events. With participants from 23 different countries firing exotic firearms at some very irresistible stationary and exploding targets, you couldn’t help but feel the adrenaline pulsating through the air.
A shooting arcade for grown-ups
If you think the Buffalo Chip Machine Gun Shoot experience is like those 25-cent shooting arcades you see at neighborhood amusement parks, think again. Every day at the Buffalo Chip Sports Complex you can shoot live rounds from real weapons like the ones 1920’s gangsters and the men and women serving in American and International military and Special Forces shoot.
Choose from WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam War era as well as present-day full automatic weapons and semi-automatic and bolt-automatic rifles. You’ll also have your choice of American, German and Russian firearms and firearms used by police, swat teams, and the military. Altogether over 60 models are available for shooting including the Smith & Wesson 500, a 50-caliber long range target gun that shoots 5 ½ inch long shells, and the 50-caliber M2, the firearm our soldiers fondly refer to as “Ma Duce.”
But that’s not all. New this year is our bowling ball mortar, a short cannon of sorts capable of shooting 16-pound bowling balls up to 500 yards!
The Buffalo Chip Machine Gun Shoot Experience is the only place you can go during the 2011 Sturgis Rally to see, hear, smell, taste and feel the thrill and excitement of shooting live ammo from live machine guns. Come take part in the ultimate 2nd amendment experience – no prior shooting experience required.
Get your concealed carry permit while you still can
Concerned about your second amendment rights? We’re concerned about them too. That’s why we’ve asked the folks at Guns of Freedom to hold a concealed carry class right here at the Buffalo Chip Campground. Come get the training you need to be eligible for a 35-state concealed carry permit while you still can!
Please note: These photos on this post are for reference only and not necessarily the same guns that will be available to shoot at the Sturgis 2011 Buffalo Chip Machine Gun Shoot Experience
Freestyle Class~ One-off, ground up customs. Any design or modification is accepted.
Modified Harley-Davidson Class~ Frame and motor must be original equipment Harley-Davidson. Any modification to an original H-D frame and motor is accepted. Engine case must be Harley-Davidson, but modified or changed heads or cylinders are acceptable.
Production Manufacturer Class~ Entry must be based on a production motorcycle with over 50 units of the model produced annually. Any modifications are accepted. Class is designed for entrants whose principal business is producing production motorcycles.
Metric World Championship~ Entry must be built around an import metric based motor. Any modifications are accepted.
Known in the motorcycle world for his legendary rally performances, it’s only natural that renowned rock icon, Edgar Winter, join Sturgis Rally goers at the best party anywhere!
Winter, who has been a household name for over four decades, has been busy revisiting his roots with a new album production titled Rebel Road which was co-produced by Curt Cuomo features talent from Johnny Winter, Clint Black, and Slash.
“The kind of music I’m playing on Rebel Road has meant so much to me over the years,” said Winter, “and it was great working with so many talented musicians on bringing it to life. I think it will resonate with fans familiar with my early music and younger lovers of classic rock. There’s something magical about the time this sound came from, when there was more musical freedom and songs reflected such powerful social changes as civil rights and the peace movement during the Vietnam era. There’s a deep sense of humanity in classic rock that still resonates today.” Read More
Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
See Edgar Winter live in concert 8/5/11 at the Buffalo Chip during the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
There’s nothing quite like a good hanging, a guillotine, and a luscious fem fatale to make every Sturgis Rally music fan appreciate truly classic rock n’ roll. Alice Cooper will provide all that and more when he brings his outrageous show to the Legendary Buffalo Chip on Saturday, Aug. 6 during the annual motorcycle rally.
Alice Cooper has been breaking down barriers and creating new forms of rock since the band’s inception. They got their first break playing at the Whiskey-a-GoGo in Los Angeles in 1969. Frank Zappa discovered them there and signed them to his record label.Read More
Alice Cooper - Poison
See Alice Cooper live in concert 8/6/11 at the Buffalo Chip during the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
STYX - Tommy Shaw, Lawrence Gowan, James “JY” Young, Todd Sucherman and Ricky Phillips have, since 1999, performed live more than all of the previous years of its career combined.
Two Super-Bowl appearances, Pollstar Box Office chart-topping tours with Journey, Def Leppard, (also scheduled to perform at the Chip this year) Boston, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, two more studio albums with no end in sight, STYX continues to conquer the planet, one venue at a time. And The Buffalo Chip is proud to be among those venues. STYX will play at the Legendary Buffalo Chip on Sunday, Aug. 7 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Read More
STYX - Renegade
See STYX/Bachman & Turner live in concert 8/7/11 at the Buffalo Chip during the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Buffalo Chip campers are among those who have created the fan demand that has brought Randy Bachman and Fred Turner – two giants of rock n' roll ¬– back together for the first time in more than 20 years. They are the heart of the iconic rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive and are ready to record and tour again as a new, all-out rock machine: Bachman & Turner.
The duo, along with a screamin’ band have released their first new single in two decades, "Rollin' Along," which is currently available for streaming at their website bachmanandturner.com and for sale at iTunes.
See STYX/Bachman & Turner live in concert 8/7/11 at the Buffalo Chip during the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Def Leppard, the iconic British hard rock band, will play the Legendary Bufffalo Chip on Monday, Aug. 8 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Founded in 1977 by Pete Willis and Rick Savage, the young band had a chart-breaking debut album with Joe Elliot, at just 19, leading Def Leppard to a long career of multi-platinum success stories and challenges. Read More
Def Leppard - Photograph
See Def Leppard/Buckcherry live in concert 8/8/11 at the Buffalo Chip during the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
The Legendary Buffalo Chip Campground has been the epicenter of extraordinary musical highlights for 30 years. This perfect rocker atmosphere has attracted the crazy Harley-riding, pierced, tattooed up, members of Buckcherry for another unforgettable and historical show. The L.A. band got their start in 1995 and released two albums; “Buckcherry” in in 1999 and “Time Bomb” in 2001. Buckcherry toured nonstop in support of the debut album, including opening for Lenny Kravitz on his Freedom Tour and participating at the infamous Woodstock 99, and performed opening dates for AC/DC in the spring of 2000. Read More
Buckcherry Crazy B
See Def Leppard/Buckcherry live in concert 8/8/11 at the Buffalo Chip during the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
A Toby Keith performance is always a good time. And he’ll bring that good time to the Legendary Buffalo Chip Campground Tues. Aug. 9 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Sturgis biker music fans will be treated to hits from more than two decades, including those from his new album, “Bullets in the Gun.”
Toby 's fifteenth studio album has already garnered two charted hits with the title track and “Trailerhood.” Read More
See Toby Keith live in concert 8/9/11 at the Buffalo Chip during the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
From humble beginnings in the summer of 1964, three kids from Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida, Lynyrd Skynyrd has become one of the most respected bands in rock, helping to create and sustain the southern rock genre. The band will play at the Legendary Buffalo Chip on Wednesday, Aug. 10 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Named for a high school physical education teacher, Leonard Skinner, the band changed the spelling to draw attention to the southern accent shared by the band members. Read More
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
See Lynyrd Skynyrd/Gregg Allman live in concert 8/10/11 at the
Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Gregg Allman is a founding member of the iconic Allman Brothers Band and in his own amazing solo career, he has long been a gifted blues interpreter, with his distinctive, soulful voice which has become one of vocal talents in American music history. He will bring those talents to the Legendary Buffalo Chip on Wed. Aug. 10, during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Low Country Blues is Allman’s seventh solo effort, but his first in more than 13 years. The new album was produced by Grammy- and Oscar-winning T Bone Burnett, and finds Allman putting his personal stamp on songs by some of the blues’ greates giants including Read More
Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider
See Lynyrd Skynyrd/Gregg Allman live in concert 8/10/11 at the
Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges and his band will perform songs from Crazy Heart and more, as well as host “Special Guests” from the world of music and film at the Buffalo Chip on Thursday, Aug. 11.
“I’m proud and honored to support the brave men and women of the U.S. military, and their families who sacrifice so much for all of us,” said Bridges. “Through the efforts of The Bob Woodruff Foundation, which helps service members successfully integrate back into their communities, we honor ordinary Americans who have become extraordinary through their selflessness.”
“We’re proud to work with the Sturgis Buffalo Chip and its founder Rod Woodruff, who for more than 30 years has celebrated those who serve, and whose sacrifices have made possible the freedom we all enjoy, said Bob Woodruff, ABC News Anchor, and co-founder of The Bob woodruff Foundation. “We encourage people in communities everywhere to support our troops who have stood so bravely for us.” Read More
Jeff Bridges - The Weary Kind
See Jeff Bridges & Friends live in concert 8/11/11 at the
Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
George Thorogood’s theory is that among the successful in the arts, there are two categories: “genius: and “very clever.” He claims there’s no in-betweens. One is either a genius or very clever. “I’m going to throw out two names at you. John Lennon – genius, right? And Mick Jagger? Very clever. See what I’m saying? I’ll give you another example. Einstein – genius. And George Thorogood – very clever.”
Buffalo Chip music fans may or may not agree, but he makes a great point. A lot of bikers might believe Thorogood is a genius. “OK, I’m a genius at being very clever,’’ he says. He draws another comparison: “Let’s put it this way. Dylan has a Rolls-Royce dealership. I have a used Chevy dealership… I’m in the business.” And, he says that’s all he ever wanted from his musical career.Read More
George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone
See George Thorogood/Leon Russell live in concert 8/13/11 at the
Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Leon Russell will play on the Legendary Buffalo Chip Campground on Saturday, Aug. 13 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. He joins George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
Sturgis Rally bikers are bound to enjoy Russell, who is widely considered to be one of the most accomplished musicians in rock ‘n’ roll. With his unbelievable 50-year career, he has arranged, played on, written and/or produced some of the best-known masterpieces in recorded music.
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