Getting a Knight Disc Elite and looking for some advise

[cur_dog]

Hi,

New to the forum and muzzle loading. Posted a little bit about myself on the link below.

http://modernmuzzleloader.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2113

Getting a Disc Elite this week and look for some advise on a few areas.

1) Pellets. I know I can get them in 30gr and 50gr. Can you combine them to make different loads. Like 2 30's and 1 50 to make a 110gr load? 2 50's and 1 30 to make a 130gr load?

2) Sabot loads. I borrowed a Encore from a friend on my first muzzle hunt this Nov. I shoot and did everything just as he had been doing. Was shooting 250gr shock waves over 3 T7's. Wicked load but harder than hell to load. Shot rings on the paper at 70 yards with it and 3 neck shots on the 3 deer I killed. What are my other options besides Sabots for my Disc Elite? Any ideas on how to make it easier to load Sabots? Sabots seem like the way to go over lead. I was afraid I was going to stick one of those shock waves in the barrel on the hunt. What are some of your favorite loads in your Disc Elites?

Here are a couple of pics of the deer I shot on my ML hunt.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/curr_dog/detail?.dir=/29ed&.dnm=1f63.jpg &.src=ph

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/curr_dog/detail?.dir=/29ed&.dnm=5abd.jpg &.src=ph

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/curr_dog/detail?.dir=/29ed&.dnm=9b89.jpg &.src=ph

3) Any advise about anything to do with ML and my Disc Elite would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Marty

[marylandeer]

Nice to meet you cur_dog.  
I have a knight .50 stainless Disc Elite. I use 250 grain Barnes Expanders on top of 100 grains of American Pioneer powder (two sticks) for my hunting load.
http://www.americanpioneerpowder.com/
Bullets are supposed to be easier to push with the A.P.P, it's still pretty hard though. I think thats just one of the things you have to deal with to have an accurate smokepole. This load is very accurate in my rifle.
Then again so is everything else I tried. 300 grain SST'S , 240 grain XTP's .
About the mixing of pellets YES you can mix any configuration you like as long as you don't mix powder types. Just stay below the max charge recommended by Knight for your rifle.
The Disc Elite is a sweet rifle you just can't beat it.
Nice looking deer there.

Here is the link from my first range test with my Elite.
http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=461944&highlight=#461944

[cur_dog]

Thanks for the welcome. Nice forum here. I was thinking about shooting powerbelts or dead center, heard they are easy to load and shoot very well out of the elite.