Knight Disc Extrm 52 cal

[Harleysboss]

Haven't had a Knight rifle in quite some time now. I see that the 52 cal DE are on sale on Knight's website. Why would I not want one of these? I would have a custom mold made so I could shoot my own boolits. Primarily an Elk rifle. I would go with the FPJ 209 set up. Wa State allows a closed system now with BP or BP subs, no scopes. Talk me out of it or into it

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

I don't have one but have read they are very good shooters. If you don't have any Knight muzzleloaders, buy it. I love buying stuff on sale . I would buy one myself but recently got back into RC planes and have been eyeballing a beautiful large scale P-51 Mustang.

I would also buy the SSK 209 bare primer breech plug and adapter. Much cleaner and better system than the FPJ.

 

[dwm]

I have a few of them, they are extremely accurate.I use a 325 hornady ftx in the knight silver sabot and 110 grains of ffg 777 .oh and that bullet works pretty darn good on white tails , probably works good on elk also

 

[52Bore]

With their fast twist and larger hole/bore to take some weight out - they can be shooters..
I shot a doe at 218y
A friend shot a nice Buck with his.

 

[Harleysboss]

Ok well this is looking good. Sounds like my slush fund is going to start melting a little

 

[Smyrnagc]

Here is what Tony Knight said about the 52 caliber in an interview:

RW: Do you have a favorite caliber?

TK: I sure do, it is the .52 caliber. I've found it to be far more forgiving than other calibers. As far as downrange terminal performance, the results I've seen have been nothing short of astonishing. In fact, some of the game animals hit the dirt so fast on video it looks fake; just too good to be true. It is true, however: the .52 performs like nothing else.

 

[Kingwalter]

I have a disc extreme in .52. Great rifle, very accurate. .52 bullet hits hard. I cast my own with accurate mold 52-530I. Target was from last outing a few weeks ago, 52-530I 95gr by volume of FF T7 giving me an average velocity of 1425. Hopefully it’ll wipe the snot off of an elk this year!

 

[Harleysboss]

Can anyone tell me what the scope mount hole spacing is? I'm interested if my Skinner 860 peep will work. It's, well .860 hole space. Thanks. I'm in a no scope state for muzzleloaders.

 

[Kingwalter]

I actually is a Williams FP peep sight. I had to file it down a bit for it to work but it works great. I figured how to mount it on this site.

https://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/...d-fits-knight-disc-but-not-the-extreme.56942/

 

[Harleysboss]

Thanks for that info. Any chance you could measure the hole spacing on your 52? I really like my Skinner peep. It has .860 spacing. If it would fit I would be a happy camper.

 

[Kingwalter]

Looks like it won’t work. Hard to measure because peep is in place and sighted in so I don’t want to move it. Is another mounting hole under peep but it is much further then .860

 

[Harleysboss]

Thank you for checking. Looks like it will be the williams peep, which I'm not opposed to.

 

[Kingwalter]

I really like it. Shoots well and is solid. I hate modifying a new sight but end result is good. I would also recommend Williams western precision front globe as well. Good in low light. You can buy the front sight without the ramp style peep. Although the ramp would fit without modifying it.

https://shop.williamsgunsight.com/e...cision-fiber-optic-muzzleloading-sight-604816

 

[GM54-120]

If you ever used the Warnes 2 piece bases for Knights you will notice they will fit any pair of mounting holes.

 

[GBG]

Primarily an Elk rifle. Talk me . . . into it

This video convinced me to buy my first 52 Knight. It's now my favorite gun and caliber.
Start at the 1:00 minute mark



I have two adjustable molds for .520 bullets from 300 to 610 grains, and I paper patch .515 cast bullets.
Also see my thread on Knight 52-150-530 Loads.

 

[Pathfinder60]

I have a disc extreme in .52. Great rifle, very accurate. .52 bullet hits hard. I cast my own with accurate mold 52-530I. Target was from last outing a few weeks ago, 52-530I 95gr by volume of FF T7 giving me an average velocity of 1425. Hopefully it’ll wipe the snot off of an elk this year!

I'd imagine that giant meplat would hit like a freight train! Looks like potent elk medicine to me!

 

[Kingwalter]

I haven’t gotten an elk with it yet but I got a deer a couple years ago. Didn’t go far.

 

[brad502a]

I have a Accurate mold for my 52. I had it made two calibers long 1.040". 549 gr of 40-1 alloy. shoots wonderfully.

 

[dbowling]

I have a few of them, they are extremely accurate.I use a 325 hornady ftx in the knight silver sabot and 110 grains of ffg 777 .oh and that bullet works pretty darn good on white tails , probably works good on elk also

Same load I use except 110 gr Black Horn, extremely accurate. Puts deer right down.

 

[Harleysboss]

Pulled the trigger!! Ordered 2 of them. One for me and one for my son. I will be adding an Accurate mold down the road. Upgrade the breech plug at some point as well. I informed my son that he could buy the peep sights