Sighting in knight ultralight

[ocurtis]

Getting ready for hunting season in a couple weeks here in WA with my new knight ultralight I bought right before they decided they were worth Gold. Anyways...

Shooting carnivore smackdown 305 grain (50 cal) with 2 pellets of triple 7. Fairly consistently hitting 2" groups at 100 yards

WA allowed red dots this year so I have the Leopold.

What I noticed was that with a clean bore, the bullet seated pretty easily. After one show and a dry swab, it's difficult but not impossible. After a second shot even with dry swab, it's damn near impossible. This seem right with Y'all? A lot to learn with ML hunting but looking forward to it! Pretty happy so far

 

[lazydrifter]

What primer are you using? Probably getting a crud ring from a 209 primer. I use Blackhorn 209 in my knight and even after 12 shots it loads the same.

 

[ocurtis]

What primer are you using? Probably getting a crud ring from a 209 primer. I use Blackhorn 209 in my knight and even after 12 shots it loads the same.

Yes 209 primer. And yeah lots of crud in the when I removed the breach plug. Is this what you mean? Is there a better solution?

 

[lazydrifter]

Use a 209 Muzzleloader primer. Or get used to swabbing after every shot.

 

[ocurtis]

Sorry if I didnt understand, I am using a 209 muzzleloader primer - Winchester #209 triple 7 primers

 

[lazydrifter]

Well that should work. I've never shot pellets. I know when I used to shoot Triple 7, I used western ignition. Musket cap or #11. I would swab with a mixture of rubbing alcohol and windex.

 

[Muleyczy]

Well that should work. I've never shot pellets. I know when I used to shoot Triple 7, I used western ignition. Musket cap or #11. I would swab with a mixture of rubbing alcohol and windex.

I have a knight and swabbed the same as mentioned above . @sabotloader would know. Might be worth asking him

 

[PathFinder]

That's normal for T7 powder. Changing primers isn't going to affect fowling, it's dirty no matter what. When I used it I used to swab every other shot.
Blackhorn 209 powder will allow many more shots without swabbing if it's legal there.

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[Honyock]

As @PathFinder said, Triple 7 is dirty. Not as bad as Pyrodex but not a lot better. If you want easy to load after 5 or 6 shots and easy to clean up, Blackhorn 209 is the ticket. It's definitely not cheap but it sure is nice.

 

[ocurtis]

As @PathFinder said, Triple 7 is dirty. Not as bad as Pyrodex but not a lot better. If you want easy to load after 5 or 6 shots and easy to clean up, Blackhorn 209 is the ticket. It's definitely not cheap but it sure is nice.

thank you - I just have a hard time getting on board with $90 for 8 oz, even if I could find it... if I ever find it local I guess I will have a decision to make. until then, lots of swabbin!

 

[tracker12]

I have a Knight UL and I swab with a patch damped with windex after each shot. It dries very quickly because of the alcohol in it. I can shoot all day with this method and T7.