sabots in a TC Omega

[BuckSnort]

Hey guys the do good'ers in CA have made so that I have to find new non lead loads for all my guns I hunt with. Although I had a very accurate load already using 295 gr. powerbelts I have to start over and find a decent non leaded load...

I was thinking of starting with these...http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=211841

OR.... I could get these...http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=448726
and these...http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=613004
and be able to also shoot them in my 45 LC....

Any thoughts?

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[alp75]

I shoot a triumph and have had excellent success with a barnes 245 spitfire and bh209. 1.5" groups at 150.

Good luck.

 

[Bill_in_MI]

After LOTS of rounds and powders, from black powder, pyrodex, from Precision Rifle bullets to Powerbelts...this is what works best out of my Laminate stock .50 cal omega.

-Loose triple 7 powder FFG 120 grains.
-Ultimate Slam Knight (Barnes ballistic tip bullet- 250 gr. all copper blue tip)
-High Pressure yellow sabots.
-Triple7 Primers

This proceedure:

1)Clean barrel free of oil, alchohol swab.

2)Fire fouling load, no bullet, approx 60 gr powder with a double patch stuffed on top.

2)Moist spit patch 3 passes, flip, 3 passes

3)Dry patch 3 passes

4)Fire cap on empty gun

5)120 gr loose Trip7

6)Tamp stock on ground to settle powder

7)Using a spinning recessed tip jig to allow for proper engraving of rifling to sabot and to protect tip from deformation, apply firm continuous pressure until contact is made. Give one more firm downward pull on rod.

8)Triple 7 Cap and squeeze slowly.

Did I mention I love the trigger on my Omega.

3"-6" groups at 200 are easy. A better shooter can do better than me.

Hope that helps. I spents 2 years developing this system and load. I've killed multiple whitetails here in MI including a buck at 200 yards last year at last light and I've also pan-caked a nice 6x6 bull in NM at 210 yards. The consistency thru the entire process is key.

Bill in MI

(Genesis 9:3) . . .Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for YOU. As in the case of green vegetation, I do give it all to YOU.. . .

 

[TripleSe7en]

Being an Omega owner myself, if I were you, I would stick to a .451 bullet.

So, your idea of using the Harvester plastic sabot is good -- due to the Omega's tight bores. If you want a nice bullet for it, buy the .451 Nosler Partitions in 260 grain.

If money is a concern, then look for some Speer Gold Dots or Hornady XTPS.

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0011545260

............."Keep Yer' Powder Dry Fellas".............

 

[SAM]

Try barnes spitfires 285 grn with 110-120 of Blackhorn 209 powder,fed 209 primers, and do not clean between shots.Should do ya good.
RS

 

[WolfKill]

Over a three year period, I nearly shot one Omega out...putting more than 5,000 rounds through the rifle...before giving it to my brother...who has used it the past two years to take several deer each season.

One of the best shooting all-copper (except for the polymer tip) bullets that rifle shot was the 290-grain Barnes "Spit-Fire TMZ" (same bullet as the Knight "Ultimate Slam"). Back when I shot the rifle, I was shooting 110-grains of FFFg Triple Seven...and kept many groups right at 1-inch at a hundred yards.

My brother now shoots 110-grains of Blackhorn 209, shooting the 290-grain Barnes TMZ...and is still shooting 1- to 1 1/2-inch hundred yard groups.

Toby Bridges
http://www.hpmuzzleloading.com