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Muzzleloader Hunting
Acquired Knight. 50 Caliber M/L rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Shane Lindsey" data-source="post: 2903508" data-attributes="member: 25831"><p>I picked up a Knight 50 cal original Disc (orange primer holders). Only used pellets with it. Wasn't a fan so converted it to the Disc Extreme (Red primer holders). Wasn't happy with ignition and Blackhorn powder so converted to a bare rifle primer. Conversion kits used to be available on the Knight website, but haven't looked in years. You will need to use Magnum Shotgun primers for your Disc Extreme. I am not sure it they make one that can use large rifle primers unless you go smokeless, but that is a whole different level.</p><p></p><p>For your current set up, you will need to use loose black powder, black powder substitute, or pellets. You may not get the velocity to require a scope as you would for long range with these set ups. Think 300 yards probably max. Sky is the limit with pills and sabots. I have used a few from the Hornady all copper, their .45 designed for the 45-70 with a sabot. I have settled on the Cutting Edge 250gr with a Harvester Green sabot and Blackhorn 209 (had to convert to do this as the BH209 would not ignite consistently with the Disc Extreme setup. </p><p></p><p>Definitely read the regs as ML differ quite a bit from state to state. Out east, you can use just about anything, out west varies.</p><p></p><p>Muzzleloaders are just like rifles, you have to load and shoot to find what works best. Most will shoot minute of deer relatively easy, but what is the fun in that. The easy button is to pick up some pellets and some loaded sabots and give it a go. If not happy, onto the loading...tweaking...loading...swapping...tweaking...just like tuning a long range rig.</p><p></p><p>Do you have the red discs to load primers into?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shane Lindsey, post: 2903508, member: 25831"] I picked up a Knight 50 cal original Disc (orange primer holders). Only used pellets with it. Wasn't a fan so converted it to the Disc Extreme (Red primer holders). Wasn't happy with ignition and Blackhorn powder so converted to a bare rifle primer. Conversion kits used to be available on the Knight website, but haven't looked in years. You will need to use Magnum Shotgun primers for your Disc Extreme. I am not sure it they make one that can use large rifle primers unless you go smokeless, but that is a whole different level. For your current set up, you will need to use loose black powder, black powder substitute, or pellets. You may not get the velocity to require a scope as you would for long range with these set ups. Think 300 yards probably max. Sky is the limit with pills and sabots. I have used a few from the Hornady all copper, their .45 designed for the 45-70 with a sabot. I have settled on the Cutting Edge 250gr with a Harvester Green sabot and Blackhorn 209 (had to convert to do this as the BH209 would not ignite consistently with the Disc Extreme setup. Definitely read the regs as ML differ quite a bit from state to state. Out east, you can use just about anything, out west varies. Muzzleloaders are just like rifles, you have to load and shoot to find what works best. Most will shoot minute of deer relatively easy, but what is the fun in that. The easy button is to pick up some pellets and some loaded sabots and give it a go. If not happy, onto the loading...tweaking...loading...swapping...tweaking...just like tuning a long range rig. Do you have the red discs to load primers into? [/QUOTE]
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