When Chet learned i had drawn a couple of doe tags for Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge near his home, he offered to show me around. Wife and i stopped at Chet's place, met his wonderful family, and i was privileged to shoulder his mountaineer. Then we went on to the refuge, where Chet took us on a whirlwind tour of the 'good' places to hunt. After we unhooked the trailer, wife and i continued looking over the refuge on our own. Doing this, revealed Chet had shown us the very very best places to hunt, even though he would be hunting for a buck at the very same time.
At his place, i had expressed an interest in his 50 disc extreme. The next morning Chet showed up at the trailer with the rifle, and i made a purchase.
Yesterday i robbed the V2 of it's scope, and mounted it on the extreme. While we were traveling an old/new scope arrived from Leupold Custom Shop, and it was mounted on the 45 elite. Part of the day was spent getting them rifle to print on paper at 50 and then 100 yard.
In both rifle the fpj breech plug was replaced with with a nfpj breech plug, and the adapter installed on the bolt. The nfpj plugs and adapters were purchased from Knight and Gander Mountain. The plug purchased from Knight had been used in the 45 elite a while back; had the vent liner erode from 0.031" to 0.035". The brazed in vent liner was removed with drills, and replaced with a stainless steel vent liner. The plug from Gander Mountain was brand new, and has the brazed in vent liner in place.
It was my intention to use the new nfpj plug in the 50 extreme, but the W209 primer were so tight that the bolt couldn't be opened without persuasion. Both nfpj plugs worked in the 45 elite. The adapter used on the extreme bolt had to be driven on with a mallet; the adapter on the elite bolt slips on and off loosely.
This morning i went up and tried to do some serious shooting with them rifle. The elevation up there is abut 4700', and the temperature went from 55 to 70 whilst shooting paper.
The load used in the 50 extreme was 110g BH209, 300g Deep Curl, hph 12 sabot, and W209 primer.
The load used in the 45 elite was 120g BH209, 200g SST, blue Harvester sabot, and W209 primer.
The holes in the top target were made by the 45 elite; the holes in the bottom target by the 50 extreme; both were shot from about 100 yard with the cds dials set at 1. Minor adjustments were made in both windage, and elevation on both scope. After it warmed up some, the bolt on the 50 extreme refused to open with out using the persuader, to beat it open.
In the middle target, the holes to the right of center were punched by the 45 elite at about 200 yard with the cds dial set on 2. Three of the holes to the left of center on the middle target were made by the 50 extreme with it's cds dial set at 2, from about 200 yard. The bolt of the extreme had to be pounded open with a mallet. The windage of the 3x9 ultra-light on the elite was clicked 5 left, and a fourth shot taken; it can be seen this shot went into a hole previously made by the 50.
The first picture of the extreme shows it with the persuader.
Note how close the 33mm objective on the elite is to the barrel using the Weaver low rings. These low rings are lower than other low rings.
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Knight 50 Disc Extreme
