knight mk93 muzzle loader

[russell fraser]

I am being stonewalled by knight concerning my MK93 muzzleloader. Here is a copy of my last email to them. Has anyone else had the same problem with an MK93 knight muzzleloader???? The factory nipple threads do not reach the threads in the breach plug...scary huh?

I started emailing a month ago. In my first email to you, I stated my MK93 muzzleloader came with a nipple that did not engage the threads of the breach plug (as diagnosed by my gun dealer BJ Guns of Williston Vt.)I got no reply from you. My second email contained the same complaint. In both of these emails I asked you to cover the cost of converting to the bigger primers, which replaced the faulty parts. I paid about $50.00 to fix your problem. Well, again I got no email reply. You sent me a catalogue instead. Now our hunting season is a day away. I had ordered a couple extra capping tools, for the new style primers, a month ago. You never filled the order with my gun dealer. Now I am faced with hunting this season with no spare capper tools. I don't understand why a 3 inch plastic tool is not available. I am forced to conclude you don't care about your customers. I am forced to conclude that you are not ackowledging the improper nipple, that was sold to me when i originally bought the gun. It is a life threatening factory failure. You refusal to reply to my emails is in conflict with the promise to reply at the top of this page. I get to go hunting for a week. When I get back, after my vacation, I expect some sort of reply. It almost doesn't matter because I intend to turn you in to the consumer protection people, after I have had the faulty parts documented by an engineering company. At this point I am so upset at your company that it would take a very apologetic response from you to calm my frustration. Since you don't ever reply anyways, I don't expect much.
Russell A. Fraser

[Steverino]

Welcome to HuntChat Russell,

Wish that your first post here was dealing in a matter a little less negative though. I have not personally had any dealings with Knight but am surprised to hear about your particular issue since Knight's customer service is so highly touted throughout the black powder industry.

Have you done any internet searches for folks having similiar issues with the MK93? Also, isn't the MK93 rifle one of the leading series of rifles for Knight?

[russell fraser]

Well, I wish I was not so negative too, but I have recieved no replies from knight. My gun dealer has not been able to communicate with them on my behalf. My gun dealer has had trouble getting them to provide parts and service. I believe the problem I attemped to correct is valid. So I'm left with this course of action. My goal for posting this note is to see if others would look to see if the primer nipple on the MK93 threads in far enough to reach the threads in the breach plug, or does it feel like it is threading into the unthreaded portion of the hole. Mine screws into the unthreaded part of the hole, then it bottoms out in about a 1/4 turn, buggering up the threads of the nipple. The gun has been accurate for one shot, then all subsequent shots are bad. It's just plain wrong. I am going hunting for a week starting tomorrow, so I won't be online til after that, but I sure would like to know if this is an isolated incident, or are others having trouble getting the gun to fire accurately. When i replaced the whole breachplug, firing pin with a conversion kit to big primers, all my problems with accuracy went away. the inaccuracy of this gun has cost a couple nice deer.

[Jabba]

I have never HEARD of a MK93. There is an LK 93. And a BK 92. And an MK 85.

Knight USED to have great customer support, but they have been falling for several years. I love their rifles... but have been dissapointed in their support lately.

Jabba