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Old 10-02-2009 | 10:19 PM
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txhunter58
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I have been shooting the FPB for two years in my Omega and I love them. There is a learning curve on how to load them, but after you do it a couple of times, no problem. The other question is if your Omega will shoot them. Many Omegas are very particular about shooting conicals, but most that I know of will shoot FPBs well.

You will need two things to load them easily: a short starter and a ramrod with a flexible T-handle. First drop the bullet in the end of the barrel. Then use your short starter with a Hornady loading tip and give the bullet a short "pop" to get it started. You have to realize that the skirt on the back is larger than bore size on purpose, and you have to size it to your individual barrel by giving it that "pop".

Now just use your ramrod with the T handle and the loading tip and it should load fairly easily.

Here is the short starter I use: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...233&hasJS=true

and the loading jag: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...233&hasJS=true

and the ramrod: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...233&hasJS=true

I have mostly used them with BH 209 wWITHOUT swabbing, but they were OK to load with 777 as long as I swabbed between each shot.

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