stlhdr42: Hopefully you took your Knight down to the range with ball and greased patches for around 50 rounds to season it, my bighorn shot well a first then got squirrly and then came back in after a marathon shoot at the range. Powerbelts and 777 pellets are an easy way to shoot the inlines. 348 aero tip copper jacketed for elk and the smaller 249 aeros for deer. Both my son and I bought the camo/ stainless thumbhole Knights when they came out and havent had a problem yet. Run .490 balls and # 11 greased patches at the range for seasoning. I like the powerbelts cause there is less plastic running through the pipe. Good luck and make some smoke!
I have never heard about seasoning a smoke pole. I bought the gun for my dad last xmas and he put a lot of rounds through it but I know he never ran balls and patches through it. It probably has a minimum of 250 rounds through it, I can shoot a pie plate group at 150yds at the range on a bench, and the other day while scouting I shot a pie plate group at 100yds free standing. 50yds its always within the bullseye, but I would say 100yds is about the farthest I would like to shoot at an animal. So it seems my gun is pretty accurate for now, do you think it still could go squirrley.
I also ran those 777 pellets in the early season and they failed twice after hunting a wet day. Thats with the barrel taped over with electrical tape and my hand over the nipple/cap all day. Switched to 777 powder and haven't had a problem since. One more question, how many shots do you guys fire before cleaning your muzzleloader? I clean every 5 or 6, maybe more at the range.
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