knight muzzleloader question

[Outdoorskindaguy]

im thinking about buying a western knight muzzleloader. was thinking either the mountineer or the big horn. anyone own either of these? the higher price of the mountineer worth it? 

[Firedogg]

 Picked up a Bighorn last year for my first muzzle loading season. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it shot and that I could still hit something using iron sights.

[bowhunterforever]

I got the knight bighorn with thumbhole and love it, very accurate gun

[bobcat]

The recent stories regarding poor customer service and many issues with rifles that will not fire, I'd be a bit leery of buying a Knight. I just recently got a used CVA Optima from a member on this forum. You might do a little research, the CVA break action muzzleloaders have a breech plug that screws out with just your fingers, no tools required. Which makes these guns very simple and quick to clean. This was the main reason I wanted to try the CVA. If cleaning is easier, I think I'll be willing to shoot more often. That's one of the things I've always hated about muzzleloaders, is the time it takes to clean them when I get home.

Here is a review of the CVA Optima Northwest if you're interested:

http://www.frontiermuzzleloading.com/t7359-cva-optima-northwest-review

[Z_rock01]

I have Owned a Knight Muzzle Loader for Many years, and love it. I received it as a Christmas gift. I have never had any problems with it and it shoot very well. I have taken several Elk with it. I worked on my load for months trying to find the right load that the muzzle loader liked. Do your research like you should on anything. I would recommend Knight.

[Sabotloader]

im thinking about buying a western knight muzzleloader. was thinking either the mountineer or the big horn. anyone own either of these? the higher price of the mountineer worth it?

I personally really do like the Knight line up.  For your questions I would offer these thoughts...

1.  If you plan on only hunting the short ML seasons and then the rifle will be put away until the next season - probably the most economical rifle for you might be the Big Horn. You can order it with a Western Edition breech system and then choose the percussion cap you might want to use.  And again personally I would use a #11 Mag or RWS 1075+ percussion cap.



2. If you think you might use the muzzleloader for more than just ML season or you might hunt in other areas that allow 209 or primer ignition then the Mountaineer might be the rifle for you.  The versatility of the available options in the Mountaineer series could provide many more options for hunting.

I have a Mountaineer set up for Western Hunting and it works very well.



But I believe an even better option might exist.  My favorite Western Edition Knight is a Mountaineer series rifle but is called the Ultra-Lite.

Here the rifle is set up for Western ready hunting.



And with the swap of a few parts - I change mine out and use it during regular rifle season also



The U-Lite does have a shorter barrel, a light weight strong Kevlar stock with and internal bedding block built into the stock.



Also if you want to reduce the price of the rifle you might choose to by - there really is nothing wrong with the new DISC Extreme.  The DISC Extreme offers most of the same advantageous as does the Mountaineer series.

[Bc316]

I own a knight bighorn with thumb hole love it. very good shooting gun, had no problems with it

[superdown]

I also own a Knight Bighorn and love i have had it for about five years and finally got the opportunity to take a small whitetail buck with it last year.I honestly haven't found any projectile from great plains bullets, powerbelts,buffalo bullets to hornady sabots that shoots poorly and every type of pellet or powder i have tried has worked flawlessly.I have tried swiss,2f,3f,jim shockeys gold,pyrodex pellets and triple 7 pellets and rws,remington,cci #11's. rws and cci musket caps and no combination of any of it shot poorly.I would recommend a Big horn to anyone.     

[Sabotloader]

I have two MK-85's the little brother or distant relative of the Big Horn, both of them are great shooters as are the Big Horns.

I really wish they still offered the MK's!

[Outdoorskindaguy]

Thanks Everyone. Really appreciate the input!