Knight Rifles strait from the horses mouth.

[camellips]

I sent a email to Knight today and got this response. I had asked about the 45 cal and 40 cal.

Sir

We look forward to your continued support as we go forward with Knight Rifles. Be careful what you wish for as we have discussed manufacturing both options you mentioned in your letter below. We should be back in full swing manufacturing of rifles this fall. If you can hold out I can assure we will have exactly what you are looking for in a muzzleloader.

You have received this notification from Knight Rifles because you are a registered user or you or some other registered user requested some information for you from our store.

[artjr338wm]

Thanks for the info. If not to pricey I would like to buy 2 Knight disk rifles in .45 for my young sons to hunt with.

We will have to see.

[camellips]

Jun 2, 2010 21:28:34 GMT -5 artjr338wm said:

Thanks for the info. If not to pricey I would like to buy 2 Knight disk rifles in .45 for my young sons to hunt with.

We will have to see.

As I recently found out,,.45cal does not mean lighter in weight. If anything it might be a little heavier.

Knight made a Wolverine model in 50 cal that would be great for young ones to learn on. Just down load the heck out of them. Even .60 grains of powder with 200 gr sabot should do well for them.

[minst7877]

My 45cal knight discs are two of the lightest firearms I have and carry very well. I used the extreme a couple of years ago after having surgery on my neck in April and was able to harvest 4 deer in Dec using it with a mild load.

DC

[artjr338wm]

I should have explained my statement more completely.

The reason I would most likely consider a .45cal for my young sons is LESS RECOIL VS a 50cal. I know I can develop a load with a .45 caliber ML that would be light recoiling and still devastating on a deer.

Arthur.

[camellips]

The lightest load I have ever used was in a .45 cal and it was 40 gr of FF in a .440 round ball .10 patch. It worked well at harvesting the deer because the shot I made was perfect. Had it struck bone,, it would have been a questionable shot and one that I would have probably chased down until the blood dried up. . But with Sabots and Bullets it might be another subject.

Anyone have any good loads for the .45?

[mountainam]

camelips, are you certain that your RB patch thickness wasn't .010" .10 is darn near an eigth inch.

[camellips]

Jun 6, 2010 20:04:59 GMT -5 mountainam said:

camelips, are you certain that your RB patch thickness wasn't .010" .10 is darn near an eigth inch.

.010 yes,,