Remington 700ML

[oneshot12]

managed to snag another  54 cal Remington for my son this past year.  He really likes it  was able to take  his first spike deer with it   . hes really enjoying adjusting his loads and the power belts he shoots .it all seems to work just fine for him    powder charges of  80 to 120 gns  he likes to use  both  2 f and 3 f  powder . so i guess if it works for ya its just fine then he  has some real nice groups at 75 and 100 yards .  trying to push it out to 150 yrds but hes still working on that

[kerrdog]

It seems to me that the Knight Disk and the CVA Buckhorn are basically a copy of the Remington 700 ML design; which means a modern rifle design adapted to muzzleloading.  All three have a nearly useless bolt....it don't lock the breech, it don't feed, and it don't extract.  All it does is move the firing pin behind the cap....and make the rifle longer than it needs to be.  The Knight disc is still my favorite because the quality seems to be high, but I don't really see any innovation there.  I think the break action guns will win out in the end.....when they finally make one that's not junk.   They allow easier access to the cap and don't add length to the rifle. 

In fact, if a side-lock rifle had a breech plug (a major convenience) there wouldn't be a huge advantage to an inline anyway. In my humble opinion.

[erk444]

I like your humble opinion.