knight bighorn bare 209 bolt assembly.
 

First I would like to introduce myself. My name is Jeff, Im 38 Im from Michigan, and Ive been hunting whitetail for 20 years. Up until 6 years ago Ive hunting with a bow and shotgun only. Well 6 years ago a frield introduced me to inline ML's. Being intrigued I found a good deal on a remington genesis .50 s.s. with composit stock. I havent hunted with my shotgun for 5 years now. I found the Rem. to be fairely accurate grouping 2 1/2 to 3 inches at 100 yards and I have played with numorous load combinations. Recently I aquired an LK-93 wolverive .50 s.s. and was very impressed by the accuracy of this gun. My fall back load is 275 gr. .44 QT. with 100 grains of 777 fff. My first 3 shot group with this gun stunned me because I had a 1 inch group at 100yds. with the first 2 shots and thought I completely missed with the third, but I put it rite in the first hole. I like the wolverine but want a longer barell. So I am Now buying a bighorn 1 piece at a time, But I do not like the fpj 209's. I would just use the bolt from the wolverine, but my girlfriend realy likes that gun also. I have bid on 3 bare 209 bolts on Ebay and have been outbid in the last 5 seconds every time. DOes anyone have a spaire bare 209 bolt assembly for sale, or know where to get one? Thank you very much, and Thank you Cayugad for all of your helpfull posts. I think Ive read everything youve written about the genesis.

Welcome to the forum. I have three LK rifles and all of them use the #11 caps ignition system. As long as I shoot loose powder and not BlackHorn 209, which because of the open bolt design should not be used in the rifle anyway, I have great ignition and accuracy. I will keep my eyes open for a bighorn 209 system and let you know if I spot one around.

I have 2 older Knights. 1 is a very old one that doesn't even have a model number in .50 cal and an other one that I just acquired in .54. That one is an LK-93 Black Knight. Both of these rifles came with the #11 percussion cap ignition. When I got the .50 I bought the conversion kit that uses the 209 with the red plastic jacket. And the only reason I did was because my #11 caps kept coming off while hunting.
With the .54 I was having the same problem but through old age and experience I learned how to solve this. I simply took my file to the nipple and with just a couple strokes and rechecking with a cap I took a few thousands off the nipple and also left a slight burr on the mouth so the cap is held securely in place. Once fired the cap comes off easily. Unfired caps now take a bit of effort to remove.
I too do not see the need to switch over to 209 primer ignition unless that is what you really want.

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THanks for the help guys. I have nothing against #11 caps, but my other guns use 209 so I was looking to stick with that. As far as the FPJ's, at first I didnt like the thought of adding yet another ingredient to the recipe, but I realy think the jackets will help against torching the bottom of my scope. And thanks for the Numrich web sight. I cant believe thats bolt assembly is less than half the price that knight has it listed for.

[QUOTE=Wood2662;4138065]THanks for the help guys. I have nothing against #11 caps, but my other guns use 209 so I was looking to stick with that. As far as the FPJ's, at first I didnt like the thought of adding yet another ingredient to the recipe, but I realy think the jackets will help against torching the bottom of my scope. And thanks for the Numrich web sight. I cant believe thats bolt assembly is less than half the price that knight has it listed for.[/QUOTE]

The parts that Numrich has are old stock and they are just trying to sell out of them. They also have the Williams FP peep site for about 1/2 price you might look at one of those also.

My personal opinion with an open breech like a the older Knights have you are far safer using the FPJ (red jacket) than a bare 209 primer. the bare 209 or some of its parts on some occasions can be ejected out of the breech area and become flying missiles themselves.