According to Toby Bridges, Editor of Knight Rifles Muzzleloader Magazine, it is Knights departure from their original simple design. I think Toby is on to something, because I changed from Knight to Thomson Center for this very reason. It’s sad to see a innovative hunting company go that changed the world of muzzleloader hunting for the better as much as Knight Rifles did.
So Toby Bridges is out of a job again... I wonder if he'll throw another temper tantrum and intentionally blow up a Knight muzzleloader if they don't give him the severance package he thinks he deserves...
I'm not really all that sorry about this. Knight let itself get gobbled up by a bigger company, then they screwed over their original employees in (and really the entire town of) Centerville, IA when they up and moved to Decatur, AL to be closer to their new masters HQ. Now the bigger/better holding company has run them into the ground and screwed over a second batch of employees and a few million Knight rifles owners. Great job Knight. I'm glad I got rid of mine a long time ago. My DISC was the only gun I've ever literally thrown away. I hated that rifle and was not sad to see it go.
Mike