Well, I made it to the range on Saturday to shoot my week old Omega. My intentions were two-fold. First, I just wanted to shoot it and have some fun because I had never shot an inline before. Second, I wanted to start working on a good elk load for this fall. I was using 777 with 410 gr Great Plains conicals, and iron sights. I also cleaned with two no. 13 patches and one dry patch in between each shot. The only thing I varied is the charge size (and target distance). I started shooting at 30yds, with a 90 gr charge. I shot 4 times and had about a 4.5 in grouping. Next, I shot at 30yds with a 100 gr charge. I shot 4 rounds and this time had a 2 in grouping. I then shot 2 more 100 gr shots at the 100yd target. After that I went up to 110 grains and shot 2 more at the 100yd target. All four of those shots were on the paper with the farthest two being 13 in apart. I then shot another 4 with the 110 gr charge at 30 yds, keeping a 3.5 inch grouping. I am not an expert shot, but I was very happy with these results. I would have hit the vitals of any elk out to 100yds. The targets I were shooting at are 14w X 18h, so the sights pretty much take up the whole target at 100yds. Very difficult to put it on the same spot every time. Also, most of my shots were slightly high and slightly right, this being due to my "flinch" (more about this later).

Overall thoughts: I was very impressed with this gun. I could not believe how easy the GP conicals were to load. After smacking them in with a starter, I only had to use slight pressure with the rod to seat them. I was also impressed with the 777. There was a small crud ring on the plug, but it was a breeze to clean up. The only negative I have with this gun is the recoil pad. There was alot more felt recoil with this gun than there is with my 7mm mag. My shoulder is now bruised up pretty good. That is the main reason for my shots being high right (relatively speaking). I am buying a Limbsaver today to help remedy that problem.

Thanks to all those that helped me get set-up with a load to start with. I think I have something that will work. I'll start fine-tuning in a couple weeks when my shoulder feels better!