Hi All,

New member, first post here. Great to read everyone's thoughts, stories, and enjoyment of the sport.

The majority of my Muzzleloader experience is with the TC Omega. My first was composite/blued and had a very tight bore and I saw the best results with a .452 bullet and a Harvester Crush Rib Black Sabot.

My current omega is a Thumbhole/stainless and has a much larger bore size. A .452 XTP inside a black crush rib sabot loads with very little pressure. Still groups at 100, but I will be testing the Harvester smooth black sabot as well as the Red crush rib in the next couple weeks to see if that increases accuracy. My powder of choice is 100 gr. Blackhorn 209 ignited by a Federal 209A primer.

For cleaning, I fill a shot glass with hoppes #9 and drop my breech plug in it, then run a couple wet patches down the bore. Sit and enjoy a beverage for 10 minutes while the solvent goes to work (do not confuse shot glass of hoppes with drinking beverage), a patch with some oil or CLP followed by a dry patch and she's spotless. Turning a drill bit by hand or a stiff wire brush in the flash hole works well, the front side of the breech plug easily wipes clean after soaking.

Just as an aside, I used to shot W209 primers with no ignition problems, but I would often have a primer get stuck in the breech plug, not sure why. Doesn't happen with the Federals.