New to me old knight
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 2,037
New to me old knight
I had seen this gun in a shop over a month ago and couldn't get it out of my head so today I drove over there and made a deal.
Hopefully, this will complete my collection of mk=85's
This is another very early Knight. The bore has six lands and grooves and the serial # is in the 2000's. It has a crown unlike any Knight barrel I have seen. It is a concave crown.
I'm sorry that picture came out so blurry but I hope you can see how that crown is dished inward.
I think I have it bad.
Art
Hopefully, this will complete my collection of mk=85's
This is another very early Knight. The bore has six lands and grooves and the serial # is in the 2000's. It has a crown unlike any Knight barrel I have seen. It is a concave crown.
I'm sorry that picture came out so blurry but I hope you can see how that crown is dished inward.
I think I have it bad.
Art
#4
Spike
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 86
Very fancy Knight. I have a stainless black synthetic stock MK 85 that i bought new when they first came out. Best ML i have had so far out of 5. I have the conversion kit for musket caps and the one for 209 primer. Shot a deer every year with that rifle. Bought a new rolling block and was real disapointed with after 5 shots i had to send in the trigger mechanism for repair. Reall more sad when i found out they are out of business. Now i have a new Accura so see how well it works out. MK85's were leading rifles in their years but Knight just wasn't the same after Tony sold it. I will keep my old MK 85 as a backup. Just more work to clean than the newer rifles. Also not as easy to cap the primers. Always hated the plastic cap holders they used. One more thing to forget and mess with. That is a beautiful stock. When they first came out some had warping from the snow and i hunt in snow so i ordered the synthetic. Mine now has a hairline crack by the safety. Very minor but is the reason i hate plastic things over time. They just didn't keep up with the times and got kind of left in the dust of other manufacters. Too bad. Love your gun.
#5
flounder33
Right on!!! way to be on top of things - that is a great find...
I think you have one Clerke barrel - maybe?
Right on!!! way to be on top of things - that is a great find...
I think you have one Clerke barrel - maybe?