Rebarrel or buy new?

[RHeron]

Hello friends. I'm Ryan. I'm new to this forum, hope I'm asking this question in the correct category. I have a knight disc 50cal. Not an "extreme " disc. Rifle was given to me by my father in law in what I consider fairly poor condition. Some pitting inside the barrel and slight rust on the breech plug. Clearly it deserved better maintenance but it's how I recieved it. My question is - should I rebarrel it or buy a new weapon completely? What's the costs associated with a rebarrel? Can it be done at home or do I need to pay a Smith? Barrel manufacturer that's recommended? Additional replacement parts I should consider? Thanks for your time. Hope to get headed in the right direction from the knowledge I know visits this site.
Good day to you all.
Ryan

 

[GM54-120]

Knight sells complete barrel assemblies. Your bolt may fit but you are nearly at the cost of a new Extreme if you bought the Extreme bolt too.
https://www.muzzleloaders.com/product/disc-extreme-muzzleloader-barrel/

 

[deermanok]

That's a tough question. Either way you're laying out money. A young man from my church recently showed me a knight rifle, also given to him and also in pretty bad shape.
I told him that I could try to help him clean it up.
I have no idea how it will turn out or even if it's worth the effort.
You can always give it a shot, maybe not a lost cause.
Good luck.

 

[Renegadehunter]

I personally would clean that breech plug up, hit the barrel with about 100 strokes with Montana X-treme bore polish, and then see how it shoots.
You may find that it's accuracy is just fine. If that's the case you could then just replace the breech plug.

 

[JimP]

I got desperate on a T/C Renegade and used valve lapping compound. Still have it and it's dead accurate with .490 round balls.

Don't know enough about inines, but I would think you would be money ahead finding another rifle.

 

[edmehlig]

I would clean it up as best as you can and shoot it. You may be surprised.

 

[RHeron]

Appreciate the responses. After your suggestions I'm going to try and buff out the barrel and replace the plug. After that it seems the smart move is a complete replacement rifle. Unfortunate but a part of the process I guess. Thanks guys

 

[Smyrnagc]

Post a picture of the breach plug. I might have a replacement for you.

 

[RHeron]

Post a picture of the breach plug. I might have a replacement for you.

I appreciate your generous offer but that will no longer be necessary. I was able to soak my rusty plug in diesel fuel over night, hit it with a wire wheel, and put it in the parts washer at work. Very happy with the result. Going to order the montana extreme polish and see how much luck I get on the barrel. Thanks again, very kind people on this site.
Ryan

 

[Smyrnagc]

WOW! That looks great!

 

[Smyrnagc]

This is also a really great product for bores. I have used it several times to not only clean up a barrel but also to polish a new barrel.

https://www.brownells.com/gun-clean...mbedding-bore-cleaning-compound-prod1160.aspx

 

[GM54-120]

If its a Stainless barrel ONLY......Use Evapo-Rust first in the bore. All the rust will dissolve. If used on a blued rifle it will also remove the blueing.

After the Evapo-Rust treatment you can use a polish. Anything with phosphoric acid will eat nearly all the rust away.