Pauly so you ended up shooting 80 grains of loose T-7 and those dead center (what caliber and grain were they?) and the T/C cheapshot? I also bought some Hornady XTP 300 grain in .45 caliber. I am going to order some Precision 300 grain silver lightening green tip in .45 caliber and get some Harvester Black high pressure sabots to shoot them out of. That should give me some stuff to play with.

I really trust the advise of certain people on these boards, and when they suggest a load I want to give them a try. Too much good advise on these in-lines to have a sidelock pounder like me ignore.

I have not decided on which scope I want yet other then the magnification. 1.5 X 4 power should be enough although I have a Tasco World Class 3X9 by 40 mm sitting here in the gun rack that is not being used. I used to have it on my 7mm mag, so I am sure it would take the recoil of the Knight.

Today I even went out in the back yard and just for fun tried the T/C cheapshots .44 cal 240 grain out of the Traditions Hawkins. On a different board they were talking about shooting sabots out of old sidelocks, and I wanted to give it a try. They actually shot all right. I think with a little work on the charge I could really bring them in. Although I ended the day with roundballs and left a beautiful cloverleaf dead center in the bullseye with the Hawkins, so maybe I will let the new gun play with the sabots and keep the old ones were they belong.... Thanks for the information