Sighted in my brother's Knight...
09-23-2010, 08:52 AM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
Sighted in my brother's Knight...
I took off early Friday afternoon to get my brother's Knight 209 Wolverine ready for the upcoming season...He is one of those 2 pellets and a Pbelt kinda guy and I'm not... 
My load for this year in my Disc is 80grs Goex FFF and a 300gr .430 Hornady XTP with a Harvester sabot...This is the load I started with in his gun with the target at 50 yards...Here is what I ended up with:
I figured, so far, so good so I moved the target back to 100 yards and moved the scope down 12 clicks...I then shot a 4 shot group of about 2 inches...Knowing that I should be able to better that, I upped the powder to 85grs and shot this group...
That's better...Knowing my little brother, I knew he wouldn't want to be sighted in this high so I moved the Leupold down 4 clicks and played around with other bullets, sabots and some Pyrodex R-S that I had left over...I came close to duplicating this group with 90grs of Pyrodes, except for the center being 1 1/2 inches high...
I wrote the loads down and put them in his fanny pack with the rest of his muzzleloading gear...
We'll verify later that he can do as well, but at least I have a good starting point...
I then pulled out my .44 Mag that I bought a few months ago...After lunch, I'll show you my progress on learning to shoot a single action revolver...
My load for this year in my Disc is 80grs Goex FFF and a 300gr .430 Hornady XTP with a Harvester sabot...This is the load I started with in his gun with the target at 50 yards...Here is what I ended up with:
I figured, so far, so good so I moved the target back to 100 yards and moved the scope down 12 clicks...I then shot a 4 shot group of about 2 inches...Knowing that I should be able to better that, I upped the powder to 85grs and shot this group...
That's better...Knowing my little brother, I knew he wouldn't want to be sighted in this high so I moved the Leupold down 4 clicks and played around with other bullets, sabots and some Pyrodex R-S that I had left over...I came close to duplicating this group with 90grs of Pyrodes, except for the center being 1 1/2 inches high...
I wrote the loads down and put them in his fanny pack with the rest of his muzzleloading gear...
We'll verify later that he can do as well, but at least I have a good starting point...
I then pulled out my .44 Mag that I bought a few months ago...After lunch, I'll show you my progress on learning to shoot a single action revolver...
09-23-2010, 08:55 AM
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
Those Knights are good shooters. That is some nice groups there.
The .44 mag is a lot of fun, but I checked cartridge prices at Wal Mart the other day... Holy Moses!! have they took a jump. I think before I shoot mine I will take my brass over to a friend and have him load them for me.
The .44 mag is a lot of fun, but I checked cartridge prices at Wal Mart the other day... Holy Moses!! have they took a jump. I think before I shoot mine I will take my brass over to a friend and have him load them for me.
09-23-2010, 12:11 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
Good report Hawkeye. Those .430's stacked in there real nice. I've always believed GOEX will do everything that needs to be done with a muzzleloader, and is more forgiving than most powders.
