I've got a Knight inline. I have never had a problem with taking it out of the warm house out into the Michigan cold on out to the deerstand. And I have sat in snowstorms and fullblown rain. I use a Leupold variable scope on mine. First gun I ever 'scoped', and I love it. The scope cost me about 3 times what the rifle did, but it was worth the investment. No more rifle sights for me if I can help it. I went with the blued barrel and receiver instead of stainless, figure stainless might reflect light. I have never actually had to shoot twice, been lucky to down a deer with every shot with the muzzy. One was about 175 yds out. Hit the doe in the head and she did a flip and went down dead. I do not shoot at running deer either, not with my muzzy. I have with the old 12 ga., but here in Ohio you are limited to just 3 shells in the gun......crazy...lol. I have learned to go with 80 gr of pyradex pellets and a .45 lead, shoots longer and flatter, at least in my experience. Well gun season is over, never saw a hair in the field. Nothing. But come muzzleloader season I'll try again, just need to find a better spot to hunt. A feild or two over, they cleared the field down to the dirt and that's where the deer ran, so I think they changed their runs and haunts because there weren't even any tracks where there used to be. The runs that used to be deep in the mud and dirt were all grown over. I think I heard maybe 3 or 4 shots around me while in the field this year. Not good. Hope others here had better luck.....