New front sight finally

[idahoron]

I have two knight MK85's. I set my son's up with a set of Williams FP peep sights and a Lyman 17AHB globe front sight with Lee Shavers inserts. I did that quite a while ago. Since I have one too I made all the parts for mine at the same time I did my son's rifle. The 17 AHB is a lot taller than the factory sight so I built a spacer for the rear. Then I added a cheek rest since the sights were higher. I had to get longer base screws and shorten them a bit. My son shoots his out to 250 yards a lot. I am planning to sight mine out a little farther. All there is left to do is sight in.

I got this rifle for a very specific hunt here in Idaho. We have short range hunts that are on the river. It takes a boat in most cases to hunt this hunt. I didn't want to risk one of my Hot Rod's on a inflatable pontoon so I got this rifle just in case.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Rons%20gun%2001_zpsligokkrp.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Rons%20gun%2002_zpsagzp1mtu.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Rons%20gun%2003_zpstk6lmeaq.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Rons%20gun%2005_zpsrmv5m1ds.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Rons%20gun%2006_zpsdvidvd56.jpg

[tomme boy]

Nice looking gun!

[izzyjoe]

Nice rifle, years ago a friend give me one that came from a pawnshop. Whoever shot it last never cleaned it, and the bore was trashed. I cleaned it up, and tried to salvage it, but it was a hopeless affair, so I gifted it to someone else! Now I wish I had it back, cause I could have had it rebored.

[54bore]

That's a nice looking rifle for an outline, i mean inline! LOL, Looks darn good Ron! Think it will outshoot the old 'Hotrod'?

[idahoron]

Not a chance:kidding:

[johnson1942]

thanks for the post

[Fly]

We all love Ron, but not those inlines no. I have a Gibbs that will out shoot those things:kidding:. Little heavy though. (Wink)

Fly

[idahoron]

These were put together for a hunt that has a significant risk of potentially loosing the rifle. These can be replaced. The hot rods can't.

[54bore]

I found one of these online the other day in 54 Cal, it was stainless with a grey colored laminate stock, it had a scope of some sorts on it, didnt say what it was but im thinking a cheapy? They were asking 375 for it, I thought that was to high or i might have bought it. Ron, how do you tell the differences in the MK-85s? Years, what to look for, which is more desirable, value, etc.?

[idahoron]

I don't have the differences memorized like a lot of guy. All I know is the super low numbers were made by another company. I am not sure when but Green Mountain started producing them. The older ones have a set screw that locks the hammer assembly into the receiver. In this picture you can see the Green Mountain logo on the right side.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Rons%20gun%2007_zpsucoewhep.jpg

In this picture you can see a small allen screw at the back end of the action where the hammer assembly screws into the back end. This is an older gun.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Jacobs%20new%20sight%202-24-16%20F_zpsg96mssqp.jpg

In this picture the rifle does not have the set screw. They switched to a o-ring that locked the hammer in place.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Muzzleloaders/Knight%20MK85/Knight5_zps81b960be.jpg

I know the most valuable ones were 1-20 twist 45 cal. I got one of mine new in box for around 200. The older one I got used and I think it was 250. If a guy looks he can get a good deal on them. The thing I don't like about them is they are by far harder to clean than the Hot Rod barrels are.