Last spring I received a new omega ss as a gift andI added a leupold varxll 1-4x which i had laying around. I then bought rings/bases for about $30.00 and got a free boresight at the store where the gun was bought. I was feeling pretty good that I had a fully equipped top of the line ML which wound up costing me the price of the rings and the bases. Wellthe omega is finally sighted in and I just totaled up my cost to get the omega to shoot decentlyand it cost me $400.00trying different bullets, pellets and range time. My first two outings I used T-7 pellets with T/C 240 XTP bullets. I quickly found out about the so called dreaded crud ring and how difficult it was to seat those sabots. I shot around 40 rounds on those 2 outings and decided that T-7 pellets and those sabots don't work in my omega. I gave away my remaining xtp bullets and a full box of T-7 pellets w/ the leftovers from the first box.I couldn't get back up to my friends place,its 5 hrs away from me which is where I hunt during ML season.I had to go to an indoor range as I live outside of NYC and outdoor ranges are few and far between. Well its 22.50 per hour at the indoor range plus I needed to rent a rifle rest for sighting in the omega. It was like 50.00 each time I went as it takes me about 5 mins to shoot clean and load my omega when I am sighting it in. I went 4 times 2 hrs apiece each session equals $200.00 in range time.I firsttried some easy loading maxi-hunters 275gr and 295gr. HPpowerbeltswith pyrodex pellets. It shot pretty good with the power belts about and inch at 50 yards, 1.5 inches at 75 yards but 100 yards just seemed to really open up. The maxi's did not shoot that well and I wonder why T/C recommends them for the omega.I figured I was getting tired so I would come back another day. I went back the next time used PB and 2 pyro. pellets and the gun shot all over the place i couldn't figure out what was going on. i found out later that my knob screws on the scope loosened up and that was the problem. Well had to go back again to re-sight it in andgot the same results as the first time. I couldn't figure why it did so well up to 75 yards until I read on this forum that others had experienced the same problem. I decided to go one last time. I took my time on this outing and really cleaned the gun between shots wet patched twice w/solventthen used clean patches 2-3 times running them up and down. The more consistent I was with my loading technique the smaller the groups got my best group at 75 yards was about 3/4 of an inch but my 100 yard groups were 3-5 inches. Well I figured I spent enoughmoney and where I hunt its rare to get a shot past 100 yards. Next year I will be going with loose powder(pyro or APP)and try a different weight/ styleon the PB. I may even try a sabot again but it will be the .44 cal bullets with the green sabots and I can't wait to get my hands on those kleenbore primers. I knowthat each gun is different and it takes time to find a good shooting load. I guess I will have my work cut out for me next year. I knew this would be different then shooting with a centerfire rifle . I figuredthe only difference would be that I get only one shot and could not shoot as farbut I have found out it doesn't work that way.