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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: Seth on December 21, 2016, 11:22:13 AM

Title: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: Seth on December 21, 2016, 11:22:13 AM: Buddy of mine has a Bighorn and is having problems with the trigger. The gun has been fired less than 30 times, he has completely cleaned the trigger group multiple times but is still having issues with the plunger not locking. He called Knight to see about buying a new trigger but they said he had to ship it back and they'd replace for $200. Anyone have any suggestions on a fix or recommend a replacement trigger?

Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: SkookumHntr on December 21, 2016, 11:27:26 AM: samething happened to mine, I took it to a gunsmith bc I was leaving for a hunt in 3 days and needed it fixed correctly right then! He took the trigger assembly completely apart a did a atomic cleaning, whatever that is! It fixed the problem!
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: Soady on December 21, 2016, 02:05:15 PM: Try this before shipping out $200 http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=110579.0 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=110579.0)
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: Soady on December 21, 2016, 02:26:40 PM: I do understand yours is a problem of not staying engaged and I have had the same issue once. I removed the trigger assembly and soaked it in the same cleaner that I clean the bore with then rinsed under hot water. Then I dried it with canned air and left to dry on the mantle where it could dry completely next to a heat source. After that I sprayed everything with a fine lubricant and canned air dried again, then reinstalled it to the barrel. At no time did I disassemble the trigger group :bdid: just a thorough cleaning. After a good cleaning you may need to readjust per the link I included.
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: huntnfmly on December 21, 2016, 02:59:57 PM: +1 on the extra cleaning
Same thing happened to my daughters.good thing she had already shot her buck because I had no idea about what was going on with here at the time
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: elevenpt1 on December 22, 2016, 12:10:55 PM: If you pull the breech plug to dump out a load that you didn't fire,you can get powder down in that catch that holds your plunger open. That's what happened to mine. That will gum up the whole operation . Must keep it very clean.
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: usmc74 on December 23, 2016, 08:02:39 PM: Where are you located? Maybe someone nearby can look at it?
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: bear hunter on December 23, 2016, 09:59:55 PM: I had my trigger do the same thing. You need to clean it ever time after the season and oil it. One time it went off as I released the safety. :yike: scared the heck out of me. I took it apart and cleaned tge springs and lubed it. Also justed trigger pull. Has worked perfect for the last 3 years. Just keep it clean and lubed. :twocents:
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: Seth on December 26, 2016, 04:38:08 PM: Thanks for all the help. I'll pass it along.
Title: Re: Knight Bighorn Trigger Problems
Post by: KDB on December 30, 2016, 07:55:02 AM: I had the same problem and found that the trigger assembly was not aligned perfectly with the barrel. Worked fine since I adjusted it.