Knight Bighorn sites

[Sabotloader]

I got the barrel floated like Sabotloader explained, had to sand a few places in the stock, and shimmed the lug, a dollar bill slides through without hanging up, I cant get up to my shooting range yet because of the snow wont be long. I still have to get some ammo

Great! it sounds like you made very good progress... At some point you might want to remove that lug shim and install the barreled action back into the stock normally.  You may have solved the sticky problem just by the sanding you have already done.  I would be curious if the the barreld action still sticks or if it less sticky...

mike

[Karl Blanchard]

Thank goodness for guys like sabotloader!!!!!!  I have never had an accuracy issue with my bighorn but have always had to pry the barrel from the stock!  I tore the ac joint in my shoulder so I was just tickled to death to have a project to work on (I am bored out of my mind!)  Got the stock all sanded down and no more sticky barrel!  I now have a different problem.......I can't shoot the dang thing because of my shoulder!!!!!!   Its killing me not being able to see if it made a difference!  Thanks again Sabotloader!

[danderson]

The barrel didn't stick after I sanded it, it comes out easily now, there still wasn't any clearance between the stock and the barrel so I added the shim, the wife will never know her cutting board is 1/2 inch shorter 

[BOOM!!]

  I have never had an accuracy issue with my bighorn

And you decided to do what?        That thing will never shot straight again.   

Just kidding man, you'll be fine   

[teanawayslayer]

 

Williams peep.......

:yeah:x2.  my groups changed dramatically.  When you pull the gun up for  a quick shot your eye is trained right down the barrel.  It's nice not having to line everything up

[danderson]

Still cant get into the area I like to shoot, dang snow

[Karl Blanchard]

Shoulder is finally feeling good so I got out this weekend and shot the bighorn for the first time since I floated the barrel.  I have always considered a 3" group at 100yds to be pretty good for me with open sights but man what a difference!  Thank you again sabotloader for your knowledge of all things smokepole!  Watch out spring bears!

[kerrdog]

Nice group.  I'm aspiring to such groups myself.  

[danderson]

Good job, what loads did you use ?

[Karl Blanchard]

110 grains of 777 pushing a 300gr speer deepcurl in an MMP HPH/24 long black sabot.  100 grains shot just as well and doesn't kick near as hard but I am gonna pack the smoke pole for my spring bear hunt so I wanted the extra fps.

[danderson]

I got my barrel floated also and been dying to get out a sight er in, I'm gonna get the williams peep installed first plus I'm having a hard time getting ammo, I'm looking for the bloodline

[Karl Blanchard]

can't go wrong with the peep sight.  Best $40 investment you can make for a muzzy.  I went 3 for 3 on milk jugs at 200yds the other day and I can guarantee that I wouldn't have been able to do that with stock fibre optics.  I picked up 200 deepcurls from brownells about a month ago and I had been looking for a few months prior to that.  When you find them you gotta be ready to strike!  

[Sabotloader]

I got my barrel floated also and been dying to get out a sight er in, I'm gonna get the williams peep installed first plus I'm having a hard time getting ammo, I'm looking for the bloodline

Wholesale Sports now Sportsman again should have them in stock and if everything else fails Knight has them.  + you should be able to find them on line..

[danderson]

I should just have Heath pick me up some ammo, I don't get to the big city much

[barracuda163]

 best repeatability I've had with mine is TC cheap shot 240 gr. sabot and 150 gr. pyrodex pellets.  the cheap shots are something like $7 for twenty... although they are all lead, but so are the maxi ball bullets we have all moved away from lately.