ML ignition and Knight
Question:
buy the Remington 700ML,believe me you will be glad you did.On 10 Jul #A few questions on muzzleloader’s # #Concerning the Knight Disc and the Knight (and other) musket cap #rifles. # #I have heard the musket cap is almost twice as hot as #a regular #11 cap. How does a musket cap compare to #a shotgun primer? # #In a Knight Disc rifle can you shoot a #11 cap instead of #a shotgun primer? # #Could you also use a musket cap by changing the nipple? #(or do you have to use a disc for everything?) # #I am worried about not being able to get the DISCs if Knight #stops making the rifle (and the DISCs) # Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
Response:
The musket caps are not much hotter, but produce over twice the gas volume of regular #11 caps. Magnum #11s are just as hot, but only produce about 1/2 the gas volume as musket caps. 209 Shotgun primers are no hotter but produce over three times the gass volume as #11s. PRIMER TEMP(F) GAS VOLUME(cc) #11 3024 6.53 #11Magnum 3717 7.59 US Musket 3717 14.36 #209 3024 21.98 The above numbers are from an artical published in National Muzzleloading Rifle Association’s "Muzzle Blasts" May 98, primers were CCI brand. Blackpowder and Pyrodex are both ignited at very low temperatures, the only gains with the hotter primers would be with a rifle of poor design that had a long path with many bends from nipple to charge. In this case the higher volume primers would help. I’m not familiar with the newer designed rifles, but I have been shooting muzzleloaders for over 30 years using standard #11 caps. Don’t feel you "need" a hotter cap, the musket caps are certainly harder to find and cost more to boot. Frankly, from the test results I’ve read about, a muzzleloader is a muzzleloader, and the great claims comming from the inline manufacturers are often skewed to show their guns in a better light. If you want to get the Night because you like the fit, the sights, the looks, breakdown for cleaning, etc, go right ahead. Just don’t buy it because you think your getting a "super rifle" of some sort. If you want something more traditional looking but want to duplicate the advertized performance, take notes of caliber, twist, bullet, powder, etc, and get a rifle with a similar barrel, it will perform similarly. — Good fishing, Matt Moore Visit Matt’s Severum World at: http://www.virtualseeds.com/matt.html Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
Response:
A few questions on muzzleloader’s Concerning the Knight Disc and the Knight (and other) musket cap rifles. I have heard the musket cap is almost twice as hot as a regular #11 cap. How does a musket cap compare to a shotgun primer? In a Knight Disc rifle can you shoot a #11 cap instead of a shotgun primer? Could you also use a musket cap by changing the nipple? (or do you have to use a disc for everything?) I am worried about not being able to get the DISCs if Knight stops making the rifle (and the DISCs) Any thoughts on the Knight T-Bolt versus the Knight Disc? Thanks, Bill Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
