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Hi....I'm an avid smokepole hunter.
I currently own a Knight MK-85 50, a Knight MH disc 50, a Thompson Omega 50 and a Thompson Hawkins 50. I bought my son a Knight LK-93 50.
The MK-85 and MH are set up with scopes and disc 209 ignition. The MK-was converted. The LH is setup as a western gun, open and no sabots. My son lives in Idaho.
Except the round ball gun, I shoot 250 grain Barnes, BH 209 (97 grams weight). The round ball gets fed with FFF BP.
I'm having an occasional hang fire issue with the MH so I started to read some of the related conversations here. Lot's of good stuff. There are quite a few experienced smokepole users here. Amazing. The problem started after I ran out of my usual primers.... but I just read about lifting the sabot off of the charge with the ram rod. Hm....I know it sticks so that is something to explore.
I just noticed another Western NY Knight owner is looking to buy a more modern gun to shoot out to 150 yards. Dude. The Knights will do that all day long. I made a 245 yard shot this season. The deer dropped exactly where it was and did not move an inch. I took another at a more reasonable 150 yards. As long as you are well sighted in (at 100 yards the MK should be touching shots) you can figure out hold overs for longer shots.
I currently own a Knight MK-85 50, a Knight MH disc 50, a Thompson Omega 50 and a Thompson Hawkins 50. I bought my son a Knight LK-93 50.
The MK-85 and MH are set up with scopes and disc 209 ignition. The MK-was converted. The LH is setup as a western gun, open and no sabots. My son lives in Idaho.
Except the round ball gun, I shoot 250 grain Barnes, BH 209 (97 grams weight). The round ball gets fed with FFF BP.
I'm having an occasional hang fire issue with the MH so I started to read some of the related conversations here. Lot's of good stuff. There are quite a few experienced smokepole users here. Amazing. The problem started after I ran out of my usual primers.... but I just read about lifting the sabot off of the charge with the ram rod. Hm....I know it sticks so that is something to explore.
I just noticed another Western NY Knight owner is looking to buy a more modern gun to shoot out to 150 yards. Dude. The Knights will do that all day long. I made a 245 yard shot this season. The deer dropped exactly where it was and did not move an inch. I took another at a more reasonable 150 yards. As long as you are well sighted in (at 100 yards the MK should be touching shots) you can figure out hold overs for longer shots.