Chinook

Hello, I am a new member to this site. I was wondering if anyone has used or has any opinions about Knights new 52 cal M.l. Think it has great potenial but am worried if it will be popular enough keep on the market. Thanks in advance...Tom

cayugad

Chinook I have wondered the same thing. The caliber I am sure is very effective but I can not see the reason someone would go to that caliber and suffer the fact that most all projectiles out there are not made for your rifle. Everything you need to load that rifle other then the powder and primer is custom made for that rifle. I think a person is better off getting a high quality .50 caliber and going that route with an inline...

In a traditional rifle then I would get the .54 caliber...

MLKeith

Welcome to the site. I told you that you would get an answer here. Sounds like the same thing I said on the other site however. I'm sure there will be more comments before the thread wears out.

Paul L Mohr

I would stick with a .50 cal. You really won't gain much with a .52 and there is so much more out there for a .50 at reasonable prices. Kind of like the 28 and 16 gauge shotguns, sure they work, but they don't do anything a 20 and 12 won't do for less money to shoot. At least for the average shooter.

Paul

Ruger-Redhawk

Welcome Chinook, It's hard to say where the 52 cal will go.54 cal was real popular. I don't see near as many as I once did. The 50 cal is the way to go.The 45 cal has lost popularity over recent years and seems that the 50 cal has the market.You can find allot more stuff for 50 cals compared to the 45 & 54 cal.I have 45's 50's and one 54 T/C Renegade. Granted the 54 will lay them low in short order, the 50 is no slouch either. My suggestion is buy a 50 cal and you'll easily find anything you'll ever need.

Ruger Redhawk

Tahquamenon

I've wondered the same thing myself about the Knight .52Cal.
Pretty much a wildcat setup at this point.
Given the limitations of available loads at this point, I'd also suggest a .50cal.

If one were a big exotic game hunter even on occassion, then there might be a compelling reason to consider the .52Cal Knight.
The ballistic performance stats on the Knight website certainly are impressive.

Now, if the other manufacturers jump into the .52 pond and more loads become available then perhaps one might reconsider this caliber.

MikeE51848

Ditto - I'd stay with a .50 cal.

bigcountry

I think you should buy the .52 to do your part in keeping it alive and one day theres lots of bullets available for it, and i will buy one.

RedAllison

IMHO the 52 Knight is THE premier long range big game muzzleloader!!! Then why did I get a Savage this year to replace my 15 year old 50cal Knight? Cause I am tired of cleanin the thing. But I can tell you after shooting the .52 for 2 days at a dealer meeting with factory reps and guns, the 52 is AWESOME.

I cant remember the exact diameter but I want to say the bullets we were shooting were around .475s? They were 385gn Barnes and were pushed by 150grns of granula T7. The load hit like lightning. Was dead on at 100yds, 4.5" low @ 200 and 16" low @ 300. We absolutely wore the 8" and 10" steel silhouettes out @ 300yds with that load. The big slug retains alot of energy (can you say elk medicine?) resisted wind drift much better (which was good in the Wyoming wind) and shot noticably easier over 200yds than the assorted 50s also in the mix (discs, wolverines, revolutions etc). One rep even told me that he enjoyed shooting that gun and load so much he actually stopped and shot prarie poodles for 4 hours (with landowners blessings no doubt!).

If you could load 175-180grns of powder in a 54 and do it safely and accurately I'm sure it would be equally awesome over the 50 for "way out there" shootin,
RA