Guys, do some searches under Omega and conicals or QLA and conicals. There have been many threads on this.

Bottom line is that guns with a QLA will not shoot conicals reliably. My Omega certainly won't. I even sent it back to the factory twice. The first time they said it shot fine, but only shot sabots, even though I told them I only shoot conicals. The second time, the only thing they could get it to shoot well was T/C maxiballs with 80 grains of real black powder. So theysent it back againsaying it was fine. Well, I didn't buy it to shoot real black, for those who do, fine, but I like the advantages of 777, etc.

My rifle will shoot powerbelts OK out to 100 yards, if you consider a 4-5 inch group OK.

Other conicals I have tried with pyrodex, 777, black mag 3 and APP. Used from 80 grains to 120 grains:

T/C maxiballs:2-3 inch group at 25 YARDS!
no excuses 460 grain: 5-8 inch groups at 25 yards
buffalo bullets: 2-3 inches at 25 yards
Great plains 410 gr: 3-5 inches at 25 yards.

Yes, that's right, 25 yards off of sandbags. Never got beyond that since I couldn't get better than that at that distance.

And what did the T/C rep tell me??? "Well, the Omega is REALLY a sabot gun"

They probaby still have conicals in the owners manual, but I bet you can't find anywhere on their website that the Omega is supposed to be able to shoot conicals well. It did when the Omega first came out, but they have taken it off.

So, if you are happy with shooting only powerbelts or possibly sabertooth bullets, you will probably be able to find a load, but if you want to move up to the other good concals, then you will be lucky to find a gun that will shoot them reliably.

Otherwise, I would buy a rifle with no QLA (false muzzle). That seems to be the culprit. Me, I used my T/C renegade this year in Colorado, and am thinking of trading my Omega in for a Knight kbr7 falling block.

However, if all you want to shoot is sabots, I can't recommend a gun better than the Omega. I love the gun and how it works, just not the accuracy. And you MIGHT get lucky and get one that shoots conicals well, but there are lots of them out there that don't.