I have an old TC side lock with a green mountain barrel in 54 cal. Never shot it at fur it's in good shape but was thinking a inline might be a bit more accurate.
Do any knight shooters prefer the 52 cal. I will be shooting elk and maybe deer but mostly elk.
I would say "no" based on the deep discounts that Knight has on the .52 calibers on their site.
I think they made a bold/big/something move with the introduction of the .52 caliber in their line, but I think it has fizzled out to the point that they aren't pushing it out, just clearing it out.
I can't shoot long range enough here to make any sort of a distinction between the .52 and a plain vanilla .50 LK-93.
Finding .52 caliber bullets is a challenge, but somewhat less of an issue with lead-only states.
If "somebody" introduced a good .52 caliber sabot jacket for heavy pistol bullets, the caliber might live a bit longer.