Posted: 11/14/2023 9:01:13 PM EDT
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My son is hunt a black powder Blacktail starting Saturday. We have been practicing and he is getting better with the open sights. He will be shooting a Knights rifle. The downside, kinda, of black powder is you must clean everything every time you shoot. Well, I finally got smart and pulled out the ultrasonic cleaner. The bolt parts, breach block and nipple were clean in about 10 seconds using it. Even old dogs can learn new tricks! FWIW, the Oregon black powder Blacktail tag is one of the best in the world. If you want a big Blacktail that’s the one to get. |
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Switch to blackhorn 209 powder. I don't clean until 7-8 shots, with little change in accuracy. After shot #7 it starts to get hard to push a sabot down the barrel but powerbelts still load fairly smooth. After shot 8 my groups will open way up without cleaning though. CVA Optima with the bergara barrel. |
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Originally Posted By tornadochaser: Switch to blackhorn 209 powder. I don't clean until 7-8 shots, with little change in accuracy. After shot #7 it starts to get hard to push a sabot down the barrel but powerbelts still load fairly smooth. After shot 8 my groups will open way up without cleaning though. CVA Optima with the bergara barrel. I wish we could use 209’s and sabots. We are limited to open ignition with #11 caps, open sight, loose powder and round or mini balls. We have a cva and two knights rifles. The knights would be excellent with sabots. |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod: I wish we could use 209’s and sabots. We are limited to open ignition with #11 caps, open sight, loose powder and round or mini balls. We have a cva and two knights rifles. The knights would be excellent with sabots. I own a couple Knight rifles, as well as some other inlines, so I'm not a hardcore traditionalist. That said, the traditional rifles are a lot better to deal with, they were built to work in the real world. The Knight rifles are built for extreme precision, but they are a royal PITA to clean with all the different parts to them. With a traditional percussion rifle you just unscrew the nipple and that's about it. If the barrel has wedges you can push them out and pull the barrel if you wish. They are much easier to clean, must easier to deal with. You can have them clean and ready to use before you even get your Knight disassembled. If you are using blackpowder and open sights, you are only putting yourself at a disadvantage with one of the overly complex inline designs. |
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