What to buy now?

[JimG]

I sadly ruined my beloved Knight Disc Extreme last season. The barrel is badly pitted and accuracy has gone to heck. It was MY fault, not the rifles. I got caught in an all day drizzle without a muzzle 'rubber' and the BP (yes I mean real black powder) ate the barrel. I was not able to clean it after firing for several hours and that was all it took. So.... what to buy as a replacement? I have not had luck with T/C. My Omega was not accurate or consistant. With Knight's future uncertain (yes I know they have been bought but who knows when production will resume) what should I buy? I want the rock solid strength of the Disc design, the accuracy of the GM barrel, and the absolute lack of blowback that I had with the rifle.

 

[frontier gander]

i'd look at the new cva optima or even the new cva wolf. I'll be testing the Wolf out tomorrow and going to report back.

 

[sabotloader]

JimG

You could replace your Knight with another Knight... they still can be had fairly cheaply on the auction sites... It is really going to be hard to beat a Knight.

Since you mention a TC Omega as not being that accurate I would bet that you might have a black or even a Camo synthetic stock on the gun. Your accuracy problem might be related to that. There is a fairly easy fix. Plus you can change the breech plug to a 25acp plug and be blow back free.

The other suggestion I might throw out is the new TC Triumph... it comes pretty darn accurate right out of the box.

Also, I am fairly confident Knight will be back in production - sooner than later... but I am sure they will reduce the number of different models they will be making.

One last thought - there might be a chance that Gordy @ Knight could lap your barrel and get it decent shape, might give him a call or an email...

 

[greatbasin]

If you liked it, I too would replace it with another Extreme...swap barrels, extra parts, paint a stock...whatever, it's all good.

 

[jsteurrys]

If you liked it, I too would replace it with another Extreme...swap barrels, extra parts, paint a stock...whatever, it's all good.

+1

 

[Lee 9]

Send it to Knight and have the barrel replace. If you like the gun its worth it. If you have the tools you can do it or have a gunsmith do it.

 

[WildTurkey]

All very good advice. I'd get rebarreled any way because you have a rock solid gun there. Then I would look to buy a CVA APEX or a TC Triumph with secondary looks at Opitma II, Wolf, Impact. Do this just because one is good but more is better! Yes, there can be more than one gun :wink:

Whenever I shoot black or pyro and can't clean right away I spray lots of oil down the tube, so far that seems to work. Hard lesson to learn. :cry:

 

[sabotloader]

Lee 9

On the Knight there is not a barrel piece per-sey... It is a Green Mountain barreled action.. but even then a new barreld action might be available from Knight.

 

[JimG]

Yeah it was a hard lesson to learn alright!! I'll try to find another Knight Extreme then. A lot of deer have fallen to the Knight. I have surprised folks before at the range with it's accuracy. As for the Omega, it did have the black synthetic stock and I no longer own it.

 

[Widude]

The last I checked a new barrel through Knight was about $195.

 

[knightrider]

JimG - You can contact Knight at 423.744.1200 and get a replacement barrel for yourself. We are taking those orders now. Knight is diffinately in the business of supporting our customers on these types of issues. If there is anything I can do to assist on this let me know.