T/C has been aware there was a problem for over 20 years. They could fix it if they wanted too but they have decided they don’t want to. CVA actually has a short QLA on their guns as well but they don’t have the issue that T/C has.
When I bought my Omega, their ad said “shoots sabots and conicals equally well”. My gun shot conicals at a 5” group at 25 yards with some bullets going thru the target sideways. I sent my gun in to them, and by that time they were not making that claim. I did remove my QLA and it shoots much better, but I just have a bad taste in my mouth from that experience and their lack of acknowledgement of a problem, and not fixing the problem.
They should make a new add:
Our guns are guaranteed to MAYBE shoot conicals. If not, no problem, just take to a gunsmith and get him to remove one inch of the barrel! But we won’t pay for that!”
For full disclosure, I should mention that I don’t shoot sabots. I only hunt Colorado and when I hunt Texas I still use conicals.
I buy American when I can (VERY hard to do these days) but when the American made is twice the cost and doesn’t work as well, I have no problem buying foreign. Competition is the only way to make things get better overall. When I was a kid, you drove an American car 100,000 miles and it was done! Because foreign cars starting kicking their butt, the American companies starting making better cars. Drove my latest Ford truck 245,000 miles and was still running well when I sold it.
