Wanting to discover the puzzle of the Knight Disc with the Nikon Scope, and remembering what 1874 sharpshooter told me, we grabbed some BlackHorn 209, Remington primers, 300 grain SSTs, 300 grain Speer Deep Curls, EZ load sabots, MMP 12 sabots, and some Harvester Crushed Rib sabots and out to the range.

The range finder said 50, and 51 yards at first. I wanted to check the rifle and get a boost of confidence before moving back to the 100 yards station.

I want to note 1874 Sharpshooter saved me grief. I tried that popping on a spent primer a second time, and then the Remington primers came right out of the rifle!!! Happy Days.

Since all you maniacs shoot 110 grains or more of BlackHorn 209 I figured what the heck!! I loaded up a 300 grain SST in a sabot, and 110 grains of BlackHorn 209. I fired and knew that I had shot off a rifle. And since I was told my swabbing was bad, I did not swab and shot two more.



Shot one was on a clean barrel, but the next two were fine. What concerned me was how high they were hitting. But I "guessed" that they would come down, back at 100 yards.

So I marched the target back through the woods. Man it was hot. 85 degrees and humid. I got the target back there and walked out. I discovered my little hike had given the rifle barrel time to cool. Because with just three shots.. it had gotten hot.

I then fired two shots. Unfortunately the photo don't show them. They were even higher, up at the edge of the target and the range finder said 102 yards. Now I was upset. Before it shot so well at 100 yards. So I marched back and adjusted the scope down.

ADJ was the first adjustment. Then I fired three more. Not a bad group, but I needed to adjust, and come up. It was then I realized the sabots I were grabbing were a horse from different towns. Some were crushed ribs, some EZ load and some I had no idea what they were.

I then had made my adjustment and shot three shots. One was in the bull and the other two on each side of the rifle. I also noticed that when loading, there really seemed to be fouling build up. AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO SWAB. But I got some alcohol and applied just a little but to a patch and swabbed the bore. When I swabbed between shots, it shot three just above the bull and touched. I then did not swab, but the barrel was pretty clean still and it put two in the bull.

So.. more questions. Have any of you tried to swab with alcohol and if you did, did it make a difference in accuracy of the rifle? Also do others have to shoot a dead primer to make it come out, other then Sharpshooter? By the way, SS thanks for that heads up.

After shooting the three SST 300 grains with 110 grains of powder, and the ones when I adjusted the scope, I have to admit, those in the center at 100 yards were shot with 90 grains of BlackHorn 209. I backed down on the charge and went to what my notes said was accurate. That 110 grains was really punishing me. And I saw no reason to take it.

Do you think its the old 24 inch barrel my rifle has that makes it like less powder? I mean I have no doubt of the 90 grains and a 300 grain .454 Deep Curl as a hunting load. And it is accurate.