In the market for a ML
01-17-2016, 04:06 PM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
01-17-2016, 04:19 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Virginia / West Virginia
Posts: 4,906
No, its a bolt action. Once you load the primer in and shut the bolt, its cocked and ready to fire. Then you just push the regular safety fwd to fire.
All Knights do have the secondary safety...most leave them off unless they need to use it. I love that feature on my rifles. I screw it ON when pulling my loaded gun up and down into treestands, and at other times here and there.
All Knights do have the secondary safety...most leave them off unless they need to use it. I love that feature on my rifles. I screw it ON when pulling my loaded gun up and down into treestands, and at other times here and there.
01-17-2016, 04:55 PM
#14
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
OH OK. I saw the rear of the bolt and it looked a lot like the earlier Knights. I would have thought they would have improved on that set up. Although simple and extremely safe I really didn't like it.
01-17-2016, 05:12 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Saxonburg Pa
Posts: 3,925
The Knight plunger style Rifles are terribly dirty and I hate them myself.
01-17-2016, 05:41 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Opelousas,La
Posts: 131
Two of my 3 current MZs are older Knight Disc Extremes(LRH & MH) and the other is a Disc Elite. All 3 have been converted to a Lehigh bare primer breech plug and I use BH 209(100 to 110 gr) and Harvester 260 & 300 PT Gold bullets and their black Crush Rib sabots touched off with Winchester's regular 209 primers. All are capable of sub MOA groups at 100 yds. For the last 5 years I've used my MLs for all my hunting(Whitetails, hogs and exotics) in Texas, Miss. & LA.(all low fence free range). I don't feel limited by my choice of weapons and I've harvested a number of nice animals. These loads are not only accurate but deadly. I've had more fun and fired more rounds in that 5 years than in my entire 72 years of hunting. Enjoy.
01-17-2016, 05:44 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Saxonburg Pa
Posts: 3,925
Two of my 3 current MZs are older Knight Disc Extremes(LRH & MH) and the other is a Disc Elite. All 3 have been converted to a Lehigh bare primer breech plug and I use BH 209(100 to 110 gr) and Harvester 260 & 300 PT Gold bullets and their black Crush Rib sabots touched off with Winchester's regular 209 primers. All are capable of sub MOA groups at 100 yds. For the last 5 years I've used my MLs for all my hunting(Whitetails, hogs and exotics) in Texas, Miss. & LA.(all low fence free range). I don't feel limited by my choice of weapons and I've harvested a number of nice animals. These loads are not only accurate but deadly. I've had more fun and fired more rounds in that 5 years than in my entire 72 years of hunting. Enjoy.
01-18-2016, 03:10 PM
#18
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location:
Posts: 18
hoe does the Traditions "strike fire" stack up against the knight ultra and say the TC Pro Hunter. The ignition system (no hammer) seems really interesting. I don't see anyone else out there with anything similar. Also it seems that the TC and the strike fire, with their speed breech plug setup, should be a breeze to clean and even unload with out shooting.
01-18-2016, 05:45 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: gilbert az
Posts: 1,168
what are the differences between the optima and different models like the v2 for example and is one a better design or better features ? i'm not that familiar with the cva's except the v2/lr i just bought. thanks
01-18-2016, 05:56 PM
#20
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Boncarbo,Colorado
Posts: 9,186
the optima is more sleek and low profile while the accura has a bigger/fatter looking stock. The Optima thumbhole however is only good for a scope while the v2 accura stock works both ways, one reason its larger.
For scoped muzzy, I much prefer the optima v2 because the stock fits me so well.
For scoped muzzy, I much prefer the optima v2 because the stock fits me so well.
