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Old 10-27-2004 | 04:21 AM
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Hi All,
Just bought this rifle and would like to know what loads you use and what results you get.
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Old 10-27-2004 | 04:32 AM
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If its a .50 cal and for deer size game, then try what I use: 2 50gr. pellets of pyodex, and a 250gr. Barnes Expander in Knight sabot. This combo is perfect for me, never had a deer run more then 20yds.
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Old 10-27-2004 | 05:19 AM
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Try the Winchester Platinum tip and 100 gr of 777. I shoot them out of my Disc Extreme and they shoot pretty well. They're about half the price of Barnes bullets if cost is an issue.
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Old 10-27-2004 | 07:47 AM
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Got the same rifle. I shoot 3-777 pellets (150gr equiv pyro), and 250gr barnes with well over 2000fps. I get sub2MOA performance very very consistently. Also shoot 240gr XTP (green sabot) and 95gr of Pyrodex (works great) around 1550fps. I have tried 3-777 pellets and 240gr XTP Mag (black sabot) but you have to use a MMP Mag Subbase to get good performance.

I have a question. I had a huge gap between my forarm and barrel. So much you could squeeze the front of the barrel and the reciever would come up. I had it bedded and glass'd. Wonder if yours is the same.

I shot a doe last week with the barnes load, and all I can say is wow, devastating damage when shot thru the lungs and heart. More trauma than I ever seen with any other muzzleloader load.

I worked long and hard to find an accurate load with >130gr of powder. And it wasn't easy. So don't expect them to work great for you. Just give it a try.
 
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Old 10-27-2004 | 05:33 PM
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I have a question. I had a huge gap between my forarm and barrel. So much you could squeeze the front of the barrel and the reciever would come up. I had it bedded and glass'd. Wonder if yours is the same.
Well I don't think it's a huge gap, but if I squeeze the forestock and barrel together the whole barrel lifts at the bolt. But since everything, including the scope, lifts together, I assume it's part of the design. In other words, the scope still stays aligned with the barrel. Answer your question?
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Old 10-29-2004 | 08:32 AM
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Wow, sounds like all these elites are bedded like this. I thought it was a flaw. I was expecting it to be bedded like a regular disc. I had that gap taken out.
 
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Old 10-29-2004 | 09:00 PM
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Do you think they took an Extreme stock and redid only the lug area? Left the barrel channel the same, therefore the taper of the ELite causes the gap?
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Old 10-30-2004 | 06:26 AM
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Look, I don't think this is a big deal. When I said the barrel lifts at the bolt, it's barely perceptable. And I don't think it will ever affect the gun's performance.
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Old 10-30-2004 | 08:49 AM
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The free-floating/bedding certainly improves the gun. It now maintains that "Elite" level of accuracy after hundreds of stock removals, varying climate changes, varying barrel temperatures & accidental rifle drops. Having it removed likely backstepped the improvements to it -- taking it back in time to either the earlier Extreme or Original Disc model-makeup. Knight Inc. certainly describes the Elite model features in product outlines & in their brochure/manual.
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Old 10-30-2004 | 05:58 PM
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Wow Bigcountry! What did you do that for? The free-floating design of the Elite is what sets it apart from the extreme and other mls, giving it awesome accuracy. Check out this site and consider having that bedding removed.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/knight_disc_elite.htm

I don't mean to be jumping in as a newbie and giving you crap, but I really think you should reconsider your alteration.
Just my .02
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