I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
09-24-2006, 02:55 PM
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Typical Buck
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I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
Hey guys i want to go pick up a T/C Omega and i wanted to know ur thoughts on the rifle. This will be my first muzzleloader, and its going to run me about $300. Its not stainless steel and its in black and blue. You think its worth buying the more expensive one thats stainless steel? Is this rifle accurate?
09-24-2006, 03:08 PM
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RE: I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
its accurate if you use sabots. I dont know what FL laws are but if you cant use a sabot, look for another gun. And yes, the Stainless steel is always worth the few extra bucks. I find that they clean out easier.
Jon
Jon
09-24-2006, 03:11 PM
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RE: I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
If you want the Stainless steel, go ahead and get it. I love my T/C Omega. I have the blued barrel. When using 150 grains of Triple 7 and a Powerbelt bullet, I have found that these are very accurate. I dont like the sabot rounds because they are so hard to get down the barrel.
09-24-2006, 03:36 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
ORIGINAL: frontier gander
isnt 150 grains Triple 7 an over load? loose or sticks?
isnt 150 grains Triple 7 an over load? loose or sticks?
The Omega is a great rifle. While Stainless is nice, the blue barrel will serve you just fine. Is the stainless worth the extra money, well I personally do not think so. My White is Stainless but that is the way it came and for the price we got them for, it was more then a good deal.
09-24-2006, 04:53 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
ORIGINAL: NewbHunter
Hey guys i want to go pick up a T/C Omega and i wanted to know ur thoughts on the rifle. This will be my first muzzleloader, and its going to run me about $300. Its not stainless steel and its in black and blue. 1)You think its worth buying the more expensive one thats stainless steel? 2)Is this rifle accurate?
Hey guys i want to go pick up a T/C Omega and i wanted to know ur thoughts on the rifle. This will be my first muzzleloader, and its going to run me about $300. Its not stainless steel and its in black and blue. 1)You think its worth buying the more expensive one thats stainless steel? 2)Is this rifle accurate?
2)YES
Psssstttt.... get the laminated stock SS.
The stainless barrel keeps things a tad cooler inside that bore.The laminated wood, although a bit slippery with non-rubber backed gloves,gives itpretty decent balance - it tames recoil & no hollow clanging of tree branches that I often hearwhen greeting thesynthetic stocks on a romp thru the woods. Better resale value too.
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09-24-2006, 05:40 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
Some Omegas are accurate with conicals, some are not. My brother and I bought identical stainless 50 caliber Omegas. His shoots powerbelts and other conicals great with 777. Mine is another story. It shoots sabots great, but I had to go back to pyrodex to get it to shoot conicals decent. It would not shoot any conicals very well with 777, APP, and Black Mag3.
Bottom line is if you are mainly going to be shooting conicals, most recommend a 1 in 48 inch twist rather than the Omega's 1 in 28.
Bottom line is if you are mainly going to be shooting conicals, most recommend a 1 in 48 inch twist rather than the Omega's 1 in 28.
09-24-2006, 05:44 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
No mention of shooting conicals in the thread-starter's posts. It's no secret those Omegas are much better-suited for sabots. So is just about any 1-28" fast twist inline these days.
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09-25-2006, 09:11 AM
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Fork Horn
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RE: I need some advice on buying a bp rifle.
1 in 48 is not a great twist for any one thing... I have two .50 cal conical shooters that are 1 in 24, a 1 in 20 .45 cal conical shooter, a .50 cal sabot shooter that is 1 in 24 as well. Just because it is fast twist doesn't mean it can only shoot sabots. What makes an Omega (or any current TC product) a suspect conical shooter is the QLA. All the Knights I have had shot conicals well... they were 1 in 28. The TC QLA have been known to be off just a touch. UC cut off the QLA on one of his Encores and only then did it start to group conicals better.