Originally Posted by
Slowburn
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.
SB I have had two different 52's and I bought the first one just because of the 1-26 twist. I still function in the world that the 1-24 is the best twist, so getting the 52 got me closer than the 1-28. Since I use the Lehigh Brass bullets they are longer than the normal bullets of similar weight - so for stabilization I really wanted the 1-26.
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.