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I have found that with good consistent pressure I can load the first shot with any sabot. The problem IMO usually arises when you try to load the second round.
I han an Omega that was the greatest shooting MZ I have ever seen in my life. The problem was you could not get a second shot down the barrel with a hammer-and I am not joking. The barrel would not take a second shot. Not being able to load a second shot cost me a good buck a few years ago. It did not take me long to get rid of that rifle. Accuracy is great, but depenability is paramount. Tom.
That is why I said to Greenbay to SWAB between shots. I have an Omega also, and experienced the same problem of difficult loading with a dirty barrel, however I swabed the bore with a lightly spread bore butter batch and that was enough to get the sabot to load easy and shoot accurately. When at the range I swabbed with windshield washer fluid and a dry patch, I didn't dare do that in the field however since the patches dry out so quickly in a sandwich bag, easiest thing for me was to just use the bore butter to swab. It worked for me in my Omega. By the way this is what the Omega manual says on page 37 concerning "field cleaning". Best Wishes.
Chap
