Well this past weekend I finally got to the range and did some shooting with my Omega. In the course of the shooting I slammed my finger against the front sight post and finally today it has stopped bleeding.

Even though I had injured my "birdie finger" on my trigger hand I found some things that my be with my Omega.

460 grain conicals NE
70, 75, 80, 85 grains. I would fire 4 shots with each grain number and did not come up with a good group that I would feel comfortable hunting with.

First I did not have a very stable shooting table (trash can with a sand bag on top) to give me a steady rest. Even though I was able at 45 yards to get this to group, but the groups were large.

I then fired several buffalo sabots 225grains with 110 grains of BM3. Wow and these groups were tighter. I then went to my sabots in the 300 grain from hunterman boolets, but found that without sabots I would not be able to shoot these--will have to wait for next time.

I was not able to get a good group with the 460's, but at the same time I believe that I did not have a good enough situation. Next time I'll bring a table, a chair and more sandbags and shoot to where I'm comfortable. I also feel that even with BM3 it is a good idea to swab the barrel after 3-4 shoots.

I don't know why, but even with the NE's and BM3 each successive shot was harder to load. I found that swabing the barrel helped the NE's to sit on the powder better. I am thinking that the reason for this is because of all the lube that was on the bullet. Any thoughts?

Paul