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ok i would like ot buy a in line and there are so many choices out there all i know is that i want a 50 cal and w a thumb hole stock bc i think its more comfortable. can u all get me in the right direction please.
The Savage is rated for smokeless, but that doesn't mean you should use smokeless powder. I'm sure the vent liner lasts a lot longer if you shoot with black powder.smokeless muzzleloading here isnt legal + those vent liners gets expensive having to change them out every 70-100 shots.
I wonder why Knight Rifles closed down? I'm not saying that anything made in America is better than any import, but some countries don't have a work force with the same level of engineering skill, knowledge of metallurgy, and respect for quality control. I wouldn't buy a new gun from a country than can't make a good car.I had an Knight LK93 that was a nice shooter. I have a hard time shooting any American made to be honest.
I'm not saying that these guns aren't all safe with recommended, or even with excessive loads. You can't always find safety issues without testing to destruction. Any competent engineer, designing anything critical to safety, will build in a huge safety factor (like 3x or 4x). I'm more concerned about those times when Bubba A forgets to unload his rifle after hunting season. Couple years go by and Bubba B asks to borrow it. Bubba B rams down another load and shoots it. This type of thing happens all the time; the proper punishment is a sore shoulder, not a piece of metal in the brain.I shoot THOUSANDS *4,000-6,000* rounds from my CVA muzzleloaders each year and have been shooting them since i was 14 years old and never once have i come close to finding any safety issues.
Savage has done extensive pressure testing with the rifle and smokeless powders. They have discovered that the plastic sabot serves as a pressure relief valve. Once pressures reach a certain level, no matter what powder is fired behind the saboted bullet, the sabot comes apart and excess pressures exit through the muzzle. In fact, the company has fired the rifle, using a remote triggering device, with loads of Unique which would totally destroy a centerfire . . . without any damage to the Model 10ML.
http://www.gunweek.com/2000/feature0710.html
Not if the obstruction disintegrates before the gun blows up. A .45 caliber bullet will not obstruct a .50 caliber barrel unless it's in a sabot. If the gun can withstand enough pressure to shred the sabot, the obstruction is cleared before the gun blows up. Once the plastic sabot is gone, there's plenty of space for the gas to get past the projectile and relief the pressure.no such thing as one projectile being saver than the other. An obstruction is an obstruction either way you look at it.