Anyone have any comments on the knight wolverine 209? I've never really seen any posts about it on here. What would be the differences between the 26 and 22 inch barrels? Also whats the biggest game you could take with the .45 caliber? Its got alot nicer price than the .50 caliber.

Reading an old magazine that I inherited from dad, there is an article in there about a World record Grizzly was shot with .45 cal. Though it is smaller then I would take after griz. , it obviously did a good job.

A buddy shoots the Wolverine ( an older model) and he has no complaints. All be it our experience is limited to mostly knight and TC MLs. The longer the barrel the more powder that gets burnt, creating more speed, and the more accurate it is suppose to be.

If interested I can track down the mag with the griz story in it for you and email it to you.

Eric

No thanks, these days I only hunt whitetails, but someday I hope to hunt some big game animals (possibly with my muzzleloader) so i was just wondering what all it could do.

I have the older style Wolverine II in .50 caliber. It has the 22" barrel. The only real difference between the 22" and the 26" is the sighting plane and the ability to burn powder more complete. If your going to scope this rifle then the extra barrel length means nothing.

This last thing, burning powder better, is really not an issue with me because I shoot 80-100 grains of powder, so both rifle will do a complete burn with that amount. If you wanted to shoot 130 grains of powder then the longer barrel is an advantage. Most of the loads you will work up are going to be in the 80-110 grains of powder range.

If your shots are 100 yards and under then the extra barrel means nothing. The wolverine is a real workhorse of a rifle. They are well balanced and shoot excellent. If the longer barrel was not too much more in cost, I would get the extra length...

Personally I would go with the .50 caliber over the .45 caliber but if all you were going to hunt is deer it might not really make that much of a difference. Elk on the other hand, many states do not allow .45 calibers on such animals...

Another option right now is, Cabela's is selling a Knight American which if you put it next to a wolverine you will have a hard time telling them apart, in .50 caliber, for $89.99

The USAK American Knight for $90 is an absolute STEAL!!!!!! The only difference between it and the Wolverine is the trigger. Otherwise it's the same action & same Barrel (22").

Again I would add my voice to HIGHLY advice the .50cal over the .45cal. Load workup will be a 100X faster process, since there are SO many more bullet/pwder combinations available for the .50cal.