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[okiboy]

Hello to everyone on this forum. This is my first day here and I would like to comment on the quality of this website. It's very informative and entertaining.

I currently have a BK92 in the process of converting to extreme 209. I don't know about the rest of you that have one of these calibers, but I have had some trouble over the past few years finding a load that would measure up to my standards.

This year I started using 777 ffg. and love the performance and cleanup.
The bullet I came across this year was the new .500 dia. 325 grain Barnes x bullet for the S&W .50 magnum. I'ts a spitzer that has a bc of 228. I ordered some purple sabots from Knight. My smallest group at 100yds. was 1-1/4" center to center. 175 yd. group was a shade over 2 inches. By the way, I was using 110 grns. powder. I'll get the conversion kit later this week and maybe the groups will shrink even more. Hope this
 info. can help someone out there.

Brian

[RandyWakeman]

Sounds like like have a great shooter to me! :grin:

[Triple Se7en]

"I'll get the conversion kit later this week and maybe the groups will shrink even more."

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I wouldn't change a thing! You will likely found out that your #11 nipple/cap combo will produce better shot groups than your new 209 conversion.... less blowback & crud ring too.

[okiboy]

It makes no difference to me if they shrink or not. I was having problems with miss fires and hang fires with the no.11's, the group posted was shot with musket caps. The main reason for switching ignition is reliability in wet weather.

[Triple Se7en]

Okiboy

What powder & how many Fs associated with the powder were you using when you experienced poor ignition? It's really rare that I read misfire posts concerning Knight products. You may be the 2nd one ever!

Believe it or not, Knight uses a pretty dense steel in their barrels. It is possible that "shooter error" was causing you hangfires. Shooting rapidly in hot weather will cause it.... putting the barrel under your winter hunting suit or between your legs will draw body heat & eventually moisture inside the bore.

I'll amend my earlier post.
"Don't change a thing! Your musket cap ignition will likely produce smaller groups than a 209 conversion"

[okiboy]

Triple Se7en,

I was using 110 grns. 777 ffg. Most of the problems were at the range in early October. As far as musket caps go, I'm not too impressed. I don't know if CCI was the problem, but one high humidity day I tried some long range shooting at my inlaws and had 6 of 10 caps not snap. That was the end of the musket cap adventure. I didn't have a problem with no.11 hang-fires until 777 came along.

Brian

[RandyWakeman]

I don't know if CCI was the problem, but one high humidity day I tried some long range shooting at my inlaws and had 6 of 10 caps not snap. That was the end of the musket cap adventure. I didn't have a problem with no.11 hang-fires until 777 came along.

Brian

I can tell you that iIhave had problems with CCI caps, 1/3 of several tins had orange primer compound that did not fill the bottom of the cup, and when I used RWS #1075 Plus caps, the problems went away.

[okiboy]

Hello Randy,

I wish I would have known that before. A guy told me to try musket caps for better ignition, so I did. At the range I didn't have any problems, good accuracy and all. Then came opening day of ml season, a drizzle came up and did nothing but wet the grass. I never gave it  a second thought. Up jumped a very nice 10 point, pulled the trigger and nothing but metal on metal. I watched him hang up in a brushy draw so I put on the stalk, primed a fresh cap, when I got to him he jumped, I pulled the trigger and nothing. That was the last straw, I went straight home and reinstalled my no.11 nipple and began looking for a extreme conversion kit.