.50 cal is the best choice and look for a rifle with a 26" barrel or longer with 1:28 twist. This is the best setup for pellets and saboted bullets with of course 209 ignition. I like my T/C's, I have a Black Diamond, 3 Omega's, 3 Encores, 2 Encore Pro Hunters and a Triumph all in 50 cal. All are very solid shooters.
The new Knights don't require the disk and are very good rifles by all reports. Knights have always been very good shooting weapons.
The Savage is a smokeless rifle and it doesn't do T7 or Pyrodex very well. While the smokeless advantage is much vaunted other than taking all the fun out shooting a smoker and being cleaner there isn't much advantage. Heat issues are a serious detriment to accuracy while doing range work. You have to be aware of the ventliner when shooting a savage, most are reporting the need to replace them every 40 shots or so when accuracy starts to go away.
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