TOM KNAPP
Tom Knapp is recognized as the greatest exhibition shooter of modern times. With TV appearances and more than 140 live shows a year in the United States and Europe, Tom has thrilled countless shooters with his seemingly impossible feats with shotguns. Of course the shotguns that Tom uses are Benellis.
The holder of two world records for hand thrown clay targets — nine clays with a Benelli M1 Super 90 in 1993 and eight clays with a Benelli Nova Pump in 2000—Tom set out to do it again. On October 20th, 2004, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, did the unbelievable, shooting 10 clay targets out of the air in 2.0 seconds with a Benelli M2 Field with ComforTech™. Interviewed on the Shooting USA TV show that witnessed the world record-breaking event, Tom commented, "hard work and commitment are two key elements, but without the right equipment I could never do it. That's why I shoot Benellis."
We congratulate Tom Knapp on his third world record and thank him for being one of the finest ambassadors that American shooting sports has ever known.
We're proud of Tom and we're proud that Tom shoots Benellis. Three world records, three Benelli shotguns and Tom Knapp high overall—now that's a winning hand you can't beat.
Tom Knapp finally retired his old Benelli M1 Super 90 last year when he donated it to the Buffalo Bill Historic Center in Cody, Wyoming, where it will be put on permanent display next to the guns of other great exhibition shooters like Herb Parsons and Annie Oakley. Tom's old Benelli wasn't worn out, in fact it had never let Tom down, but it was after Tom sent his faithful Super 90 to the museum that he sat down and figured out how many rounds the gun had fired. With over 140 live shows per year, the total number of rounds put through the Benelli was over half a million. Well, it's a good thing Tom retired that gun, because at that pace he would have worn it out... in another hundred years or so.
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World Record No. 1
Tom joined Benelli in 1993 when he set the world record with his Benelli M1 Super 90 by throwing nine standard clay targets and breaking them with individual shots in 2.0 seconds!
World Record No. 2
On July 19, 2000, Tom Knapp, with his Benelli Nova pump in one hand, threw eight clay targets in the air with his other hand and broke every one of them with individual shots in an amazing 1.87 seconds.
World Record No. 3
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on October 20th, 2004, Tom Knapp set out to make history again. With his 12-ga. Benelli M2 fitted with a ComforTech stock and extended magazine tube, Tom launched ten clay targets into the air with one hand and shot all ten with individual shots in an unbelievable 2.0 seconds.
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