Shooting the Knight Disc with the Lehigh Gen II BP

[cayugad]

I decided to test my Knight .50 caliber (original orange primer) disc rifle with a new Lehigh breech plug and a new conversion bolt. This allowed me to shoot 209 primers with out any of the jackets.

Rifle: Knight Disc .50 caliber
Scope: Niko Pro Staff 2-7x32mm
Projectile : .40 caliber 200 grain Lehigh hollow point
Sabot: MMP blue 50/40 sabot
Powder: Triple Seven 2f
Primer: Winchester W209
Distance to target: 50 yards
Swab solution: Windex Glass Cleaner
Breech plug: Lehigh Gen II with only white teflon tape as lube

The rifle was swabbed with Windex Glass Cleaner. I then popped two primers through the breech plug. I loaded 110 grains of Triple Seven 2f powder. The Lehigh 200 grain projectile in the blue MMP sabot was loaded with very little effort.



The rifle was sighted in for 100 yards. The first two hits were holding a dead center bull. The last three was aiming at the bottom of the bulls eye. I was very pleased with the accuracy of the rifle and the projectiles.

Company then showed up so I only got off the five shots. I took the breech plug out with no problems at all.




This is the breech plug, before any cleaning. I did remove the layer of Teflon tape. I was shocked at how clean the thing was. Also that should be noted was how clean the floor of the rifle was in the primer area.



This was the end of the bolt face. Again, a small carbon mark that was removed very easy with just a couple Q-tips and some solvent. A real easy clean up there.



This is the inside end of the breech plug. Again, a couple Q-tips and it wiped clean. Not a hard clean at all. There was no fouling on the scope, the floor of the breech was clean, the firing pin when pulled had a small smear of carbon on the nose that came right off. And since I was shooting Triple Seven powder. Three patches with Windex Glass Cleaner on them, and the barrel was clean.

This rifle cleaned so fast, I forgot to take the barrel out of the stock. It was clean before I realized that.

Over all a real nice experience shooting the Lehigh Gen II plug and conversion bolt. It made shooting this rifle a real pleasure. The rifle was smooth, and accuracy was outstanding. I had no problem at all getting the primer into the Lehigh housing in front of the bolt, and it cycled them right in, and they fell right back out after being shot.

Also Sabotloader... thanks for the great trigger adjustment. You must have tested it. That thing is smooth and crisp. Makes for a real nice shooting rifle.

[flounder33]

Very nice report Dave. I may have to break down and get one for my disc elite. I have never used the tape alone either. Very impressive there.

[Semisane]

Now that's impressive. I've never had much luck with 50/40 sabots.

[nchawkeye]

I bought one of those with the 22 inch barrel from Bass Pro...I believe this was in 1998...Although I primarily hunt with my flintlocks I actually believe Knight got it right with that original disc...They just didn't market and advertise as smartly as T/C did...Once T/C came out with the Omega and hit their stride with ads it was over...

The funny thing is, the Disc is a better rifle...It just takes a few more minutes to clean...

[HEAD0001]

I thought about putting the conversion on one of my rifles. I actually bought the conversion a while back when Knight went out. However I just put the conversion in the MZ box. It was a Knight product so I knew it would work great. However I like using the discs. They are convenient for me to use. I can put the primer in the disc and it is ready to go. I just keep a couple in my pocket. They are easy to find in my pocket. And I can easily load one-even with gloves on.

It does take one extra minute to clean it. But I can handle that.

It looks like you really got that Knight honed in for accuracy. But then I would expect nothing less. Tom.

[cayugad]

I agree... when hunting that primer jacket is easy to carry and easy to load. I wanted to see if the rifle shot different with just the primers and it does not. It shoots the same. I still have orange discs and red discs so I am still in business if I want to go the other way.

[HEAD0001]

I remember the first time I heard they were going out of business. I bought 600 of each disc. They will last me forever. Heck when I am at the range I reuse them. Tom.

[cayugad]

I used to reuse the orange discs.. but did you ever notice how the face of the breech plug, especially around the ignition hole starts to get eaten away? It did not take a lot of reused plugs before that started to show up. I never noticed a real difference in accuracy I would say. But if I said it did not concern me, I would be lying. I also have a couple hundred of the orange discs around. And some of the red also, as my TK2000 uses them.

[HEAD0001]

I rarely shoot my orange disc rifle. I do shoot my LRH a good bit(with the reds). I have never noticed any difference in the "ignition hole", but I never really paid any attention. Although I did buy a couple of spare ones. I will check the hole out the next time I get the rifle out of the safe. Thanks for the advice.

Do you think the used disc was causing this wear??

On the red discs they seem to be intact for reuse. Did Knight say not to reuse them in their history?? I really do not remember. Thanks, Tom.

[cayugad]

I have not shot enough of the red disc to make a call like that. But I have shot a lot of the orange ones.