Roskoe - Wow, that's smokin' fast. I take it you were shooting them out of a 1:28 twist rifle. Correct? I was speaking to a fella at TC today about the Black Diamond today about what kind of performance I could expect from various loads. I had a pretty good idea just from the other MLs I've owned and reading this forum of late, but I wanted to see how he would respond. In sum, he basically said that the 1:28 twist rifles are designed to primarily shoot various sabot loads. If one happens to find a conicle that shoots well in a 1:28 twist rifle...well, they should consider themselves lucky because most conicles or RB loads won't hit squat out of that fast of a twist.

Interestingly, he said that TC is strongly considering dropping the Black Diamond (both barrel versions) model next year and replacing it solely with the Omega. He GUESSED TC is basing their decision on stronger public demand for the Omega coupled with the fact that their profit margin is greater with the Omega (fewer moving parts than with the Black Diamond). Told him that I still shoot my Firehawk that I purchased 10 years ago (now cleaner than ever thanks to the suggestions from this board) and felt that it handles conicles, RBs, and sabots overall much better than my Encore due to the fact that it has a 1:38 twist.