Knight .52 Disc extreme
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Irvine, KY
Posts: 157
Knight .52 Disc extreme
I picked up a new freedom series Knight Disc Extreme in .52 cal several weeks ago and hadnt had the chance to get it out. I put a 3x9x42 redfield revenge DNS with Leupold bases and low rings and let me tell ya that is a close fit. So I got out today to see how she would do. I was shooting the 325 gr FTX over 120 gr of pyrodex RS with CCI 209 primers. I swabbed with knights cleaning patches between shots and a dry patch afterwards. I started at 25 yds and the first shot hit below the target and a little to the right. I made a couple of adjustments and got her on target. I moved her out to 100 yds and shot #1 hit about an inch left of center in the red so I turned 3 clicks to the right and reset both elevation and wind age dials and shot 2 more rounds to confirm she was where I wanted her. Then for 1 shot I moved out to 221 yds and added 7.5 MOA just guessing and of course I guessed wrong. It actually needed 11.5 - 12 MOA. All in all it was a great day. Today's temp was 79*F humidity .53% wind was light and variable the wind meter said 3 mph at my back. It's always fun to get out and shoot.
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Irvine, KY
Posts: 157
Thank you. I will need to get her out to shoot more. I did forget that I changed the breech plug to the bare 209 but figured everyone would figure that out. I was skeptical about the .52 but I liked the idea of a faster twist barrel and being a knight I knew it was bound to be a shooter. What was surprising to me was the recoil. I shoot 120 gr of Pyrodex RS out of my encore with a 300 gr SST and I must say its a pleasure to shoot the disc extreme. I am going to try the .475 bloodlines in 375 gr next. I am anxious to see how well they perform.
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Thank you. I will need to get her out to shoot more. I did forget that I changed the breech plug to the bare 209 but figured everyone would figure that out. I was skeptical about the .52 but I liked the idea of a faster twist barrel and being a knight I knew it was bound to be a shooter. What was surprising to me was the recoil. I shoot 120 gr of Pyrodex RS out of my encore with a 300 gr SST and I must say its a pleasure to shoot the disc extreme. I am going to try the .475 bloodlines in 375 gr next. I am anxious to see how well they perform.
I also will suggest to you that I did not have the best of luck with the .475's - I THINK the sabot is just to thin for the load I was using. So I moved back to the .458 and stayed there.
Both of the 52's that I had were very accurate and could easily deliver the load to where I was looking.
If you get a chance look at the Lehigh Defense .458x305 CF - it really is a 45-70 rifle bullet and it is tough as heck. It is a long bullet and the 1-26 will really help it stabilize. I shoot them in my 1-28's and they shoot great but I really have to punch them out with 120 grains of T7-2f
Have fun with that rifle - O and remember Lehigh made a .458x220 Bloodline for Knight - great for deer class animals.