The Thompson Center Omega is a popular selling rifle because of many factors. They are reasonable in price (some of you guys at the year end sales stole them), provide great accuracy out of the box, and have Thompson Center backing them up should there be a problem.

As for the idea that these people are only shooting them for an additional day in the woods... well that might be true. What hunter does not want to spend more time in the woods. Then again, someone that hunted all their life with a center fire might still see the Omega and it's one shot as a challenge and something they want to try. Their reasons for the use of the Omega could be many. Further they might not have the time to learn the flintlock or the desire to learn the flintlock. Face it, flintlock shooters are a special breed. They use a rifle that really takes some special knowledge to make work properly. I personally could not care what they shoot as long as they follow the laws of the State. I let them decide what makes their hunt special.

As for the accuracy issue, this is one of the best kept secrets out there. Everyone thinks just because you have an inline rifle, you have this super accurate rifle that will shoot extreme distances just by dropping a couple pellets down the barrel and pushing a projectile on it. That is so far from the truth its not even funny. I can tune a traditional rifle twice as fast as a inline rifle. You really have less to options to work with. Also the traditional rifles are still one of the most under rated rifles when it comes to accuracy. For me, accuracy comes with optics. Take away my optics and all distances equal, my traditional rifles will out shoot the inlines almost every time. If I can't see it, I can't shoot it.

Those Buffalo Bullet 375 grain SSB are a good bullet. One of the best that Buffalo Bullet made. I have a couple rifles that really like them and shoot very well with them. Good luck hunting this year.