nygunguy
Member
Here's my story -
I snuck out for an afternoon of deer hunting and before I even got going I walked into a hay field and saw five deer feeding. Three of them were nice doe so I decided I'd take one of them.
Well, I got within 200 yards of them and ran out of hay bales to duck behind so I set up and waited for a good shot at one of the big doe. Finally, she gave me a good broadside and I put the crosshairs just above her back and squeezed. All I got was a click. Apparently you can get a primer in a Knight Disc Extreme without fully cocking it, or the primer wasn't seated proplerly. Anyway, I took my eyes off the deer and futzed around with the primer for only about 30 seconds. I pulled up (once again) and shot the deer that was standing right where the big doe was. Too bad I didn't stop to reevaluate the situation because when the smoke cleared there were still 3 big doe standing there and it looked like a small one picking itself off of the ground, running about 20 yards, and dropping. When I got to the deer it was a small button buck.
Other than the misfire the Knight .50 cal performed as advertised. I sighted in at 150 yards and with 150 grains of Pyrodex and a 240gr TC sabot it dropped about 8 inches at 200 yards. Impressive.
However, I'm going back to my .44 mag and my bow. Shooting a deer at 200 yards just didn't seem like hunting. Heck, when I shot the rest of the deer stuck their heads up for a few seconds and then went back to feeding. If I had used my .44 I may not have gotten a deer but I'd have had a great time trying the stalk. If I had gotten close enough to shoot I'd have a nice big doe instead of that little button.
The little part doesn't bother too much because they eat very well. Its the buck part that really bothers me. I usually take a little doe at the end of the season, but its way too early for that now.
From now on the ML is a last ditch, last day venison gun. I'm going hunting with the .44 and my bow until then.
I snuck out for an afternoon of deer hunting and before I even got going I walked into a hay field and saw five deer feeding. Three of them were nice doe so I decided I'd take one of them.
Well, I got within 200 yards of them and ran out of hay bales to duck behind so I set up and waited for a good shot at one of the big doe. Finally, she gave me a good broadside and I put the crosshairs just above her back and squeezed. All I got was a click. Apparently you can get a primer in a Knight Disc Extreme without fully cocking it, or the primer wasn't seated proplerly. Anyway, I took my eyes off the deer and futzed around with the primer for only about 30 seconds. I pulled up (once again) and shot the deer that was standing right where the big doe was. Too bad I didn't stop to reevaluate the situation because when the smoke cleared there were still 3 big doe standing there and it looked like a small one picking itself off of the ground, running about 20 yards, and dropping. When I got to the deer it was a small button buck.
Other than the misfire the Knight .50 cal performed as advertised. I sighted in at 150 yards and with 150 grains of Pyrodex and a 240gr TC sabot it dropped about 8 inches at 200 yards. Impressive.
However, I'm going back to my .44 mag and my bow. Shooting a deer at 200 yards just didn't seem like hunting. Heck, when I shot the rest of the deer stuck their heads up for a few seconds and then went back to feeding. If I had used my .44 I may not have gotten a deer but I'd have had a great time trying the stalk. If I had gotten close enough to shoot I'd have a nice big doe instead of that little button.
The little part doesn't bother too much because they eat very well. Its the buck part that really bothers me. I usually take a little doe at the end of the season, but its way too early for that now.
From now on the ML is a last ditch, last day venison gun. I'm going hunting with the .44 and my bow until then.