As Tahquamenon, check out Randy Wakeman's article and check out the rest of the articles on that site before you buy a muzzleloader. There are some real eye opening articles and reviews which should steer you toward the gun that best fits your needs and wants. Spend and hour or two reading some of the articles, Randy is very highly thought of in the muzzleloading community.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2h.muzzleloader.htm

Personally if I had an unlimited budget, I go with an TC Encore. Unfortunately I don't. I looked at the Omega and I had the same concerns as you did. I have fat fingers and I live near Buffalo, NY so during hunting season there is alway some sort of glove on. If your on a budget I'd check out the NEF Sidekick which is a center break style using good old American Steel made in the USA. I own one and am very happy with it performance. It is based on the NEF Huntsman and Handi Rifles. Chuckhawks has a nice review on it. The TC Omega's from all the people I've talked to are great guns, Knight makes a great muzzleloader also from what I been told by my friends who own them.