ABOUT KNIGHT GUNS

Tony Knight, was the first to popularize the modern in-line muzzleloading gun in 1985 with his MK85 model. From the first all Knight guns have been known for two things, accuracy and reliability. Every Knight gun comes equipped with a Green Mountain barrel, the gold standard in rifle barrel manufacturing, with milled tolerances to 10,000th of an inch. Thanks to their Green Mountain barrels 2005 marked the 6th year in a row Knight Rifles has won the National Muzzleloading Manufacturers accuracy competition.

Today every Knight gun is "accuracy guaranteed" to be able to shoot a 2 1/2 inch three shot group at 100 yards. The Long Range Hunter model (new for 2006) is accuracy guaranteed to be able to shoot a 4 inch group at 200 yards. These guarantees are for rifle scope mounted guns and every Knight rifle comes drilled and tapped from the factory for easy scope mounting. For hunters that prefer open sights or hunt in states that do not allow rifle scopes on muzzleloaders Knight equips all of their guns with adjustable fiber optic sights which give maximum visibility in all hunting conditions.

Knight guns have perhaps the most reliable ignition system of any muzzleloader made. The heart of the system is a Full Plastic Jacket which encases a 209 shotgun primer. The plastic jacket, when pushed onto the "nipple" of the breech plug works as a seal to waterproof the primer and powder. Knight guns have been submerged in water for over an hour and still fired every time. It is this kind of reliability that has endeared Knight rifles to hunters for over twenty years.

For hunting in states that do not allow 209 ignition systems during their muzzleloading deer season Knight still builds one model, the Bighorn, which can use three different ignition systems interchangeably. The original number 11 cap ignition, a musket cap ignition, and the 209 ignition system.

In 2007 Knight added a falling block style muzzleloader to their lineup. This gun opens with a falling block breech but still uses the plastic jacket with a 209 primer for ignition. Also in 2007 Knight introduced breech plugs that accept a 209 primer directly without the plastic jacket. These breech plugs are available for most current Knight model guns. They do not offer the waterproof reliability of the plastic jacket but do make a nice choice for those shooters wanting the convenience of using a 209 primer only.