does anyone know anything about one of these guns??? my buddy has one he bought four or five years ago and has never shot it and has lost its manual and all the accesories that the guy gave him with it. we hink it uses no.11 caps?? should we look into getting it converted into a 209 or is no.11 ok for hunting??? any info about one of these guns will be appreciated...

Cabelas sell a 209 conversion kit for he BK, American Knight, etc. I believe it is about $79. Look in the shooting catalog. Chap Gleason

The only real reason to convert to the 209 primer is if you plan on using pellets instead of loose powder. The 209 was added to make the pellet ignition more reliable. It is actually not such a good idea with loose powder as the original standard 209 primers were too hot for most loose powder and caused crud rings and other problems. Now they make "special" lower power 209 primers to try to fix that problem. It is much simpler to just use loose powder and stay with the #11 primers (RWS primers preferred). When all is said and done spending the extra for the conversion does not make sense to me as I think pellets are not the best way to develop a real accurate and reliable hunting load. Again this is just one persons opinion. The 209 might be slightly more weather proof but that is not set in stone either. Many say they have no problem with #11 primers in bad weather.

I agree with Mlkieth, #11's work just fine. I used to have one of these guns they are great shooters, you just need to remember the gun is only rated for 120 grains of powder. Mine shot well with 90-100gr of pyrodex rs and 250gr Barnes MZ Expander.