First Muzzeloader

[tank21]

I have the CVA optima and put the peep rib on it.  I think it's fantastic and accurate.  I use (3) 50gr pellets and the 300gr powerbelt platinum bullet. 

[pickardjw]

Guys that have the sub-$500 CVA and T/C's - what do you feel the maximum range is on those? With the potential for 1x scopes here I don't want the muzzleloader itself to limit my range because it's inconsistent beyond 100yds.

[phildobaggins]

With the stock sights on my T/C Impact, I don’t feel comfortable past 100 yards. Now, if I had a Williams peep sight on it, I may feel differently…

[pickardjw]

With the stock sights on my T/C Impact, I don’t feel comfortable past 100 yards. Now, if I had a Williams peep sight on it, I may feel differently…

That's how I felt with my buddy's T/C with iron sights. I'll be west side elk hunting with it this fall so no need to stretch out for that. But I'll be looking at muzzy tags in the future in other states for better draw odds where a peep and further range would be useful.

[haftard]

Guys that have the sub-$500 CVA and T/C's - what do you feel the maximum range is on those? With the potential for 1x scopes here I don't want the muzzleloader itself to limit my range because it's inconsistent beyond 100yds.

the last bull i killd was at 149 yards when i shot him. ive hit steel out to 300. however i would never shoot at a animal that far with iron sights and that much drop. if i could use an adjustable turret  and some glass i would say as far as you can diel.
im shooting 3 50g 777 pellets, winchester 777 209 primers and a 350g bloodline bullet in a cva optima with a Williams peep.

at 150 yards im holding about the top of a 16in gong. at 200 im about a foot or so above the gong and 300 yards i was aming somewhere between 3-5 ft above the target. 150 yards is my max shot on an elk tho.

[pickardjw]

Well if anything I'm learning alot about muzzleloader actions researching these things. It looks like all the used Knights on gunbroker are the older plunger style. Several LK models. Any thoughts on that action vs break action? Looks like most of Knight's current productions are bolt action. Only one really old disc for sale that I can find.

[JakeLand]

Well if anything I'm learning alot about muzzleloader actions researching these things. It looks like all the used Knights on gunbroker are the older plunger style. Several LK models. Any thoughts on that action vs break action? Looks like most of Knight's current productions are bolt action. Only one really old disc for sale that I can find.

both my knights disc extreme are bolt action and are the cats meow

[pickardjw]

How are they for cleaning? And they're a 209 system I assume, right?

[HntnFsh]

My plunger style works great. Easy to clean. Never an issue.
Killed a lot of elk with them!

[JakeLand]

How are they for cleaning? And they're a 209 system I assume, right?

easy bolt slides out and use the wrench to pull out the breach plug takes a couple minutes. Yes bare 209 and flat out shoots . The one thing I didn’t like about the cva was the firing pin and bushing would get corroded so quick and so I always kept a few extras in the shooting box

[pickardjw]

Well the Knights certainly seem like a good investment from everything I've read, here and elsewhere. They seem a bit hard to find though. Within my budget on gunbroker that I'm interested in there's:

A Big Horn .50 thumbhole with stainless barrel and timney trigger.
A nice looking MK85 .50 with 24" barrel and a wood stock
A Wolverine .50 with a thumbhole stock and blued barrel.
A Knight Revolution .50, stainless barrel and wood stock (this one's kinda pretty)
An LK-II .50 stainless barrel.

I know very little about models, but it appears these all have the same action. Descriptions don't all indicate whether they're #11 or 209. Stainless would be nice. Would any of these be legal in Idaho?

I'm also thinking about going with a Wilson FP peep sight. Not sure what front globe yet.

[JakeLand]

Muzzleloaders. Com if you ordered o e you would have it in a month especially if you call them , my buddies kid called and ordered a disc extreme with a bare 209 ignition and he had in like 3 weeks and yes west side hunting =stainless steel 100%

[pickardjw]

They only have .52 caliber from what I can tell. Don't really want to pigeon hole myself into a unique caliber, especially considering how hard stuff has been to find.

[Farmer72]

If you make over to my side of the water you can try my Disc Xtreme out. I still need to shoot it from last year anyway. I don't have the bare primer yet as I kind of like the size of the discs with gloves but will eventually get the bare 209 set-up to try out.

[JakeLand]

They only have .52 caliber from what I can tell. Don't really want to pigeon hole myself into a unique caliber, especially considering how hard stuff has been to find.

call them get a .50