RE: tc omega
 

Illini Sportsman,
1st....Congratulations!....I'm sure you'll be happy with your new Omega.
You get a certain amount of crud ring using pellets or 777. You get a little more velocity out of 777 and it cleans up easier w/water but cost more. I'd purchase both and see what your particularrifle likes best. My .45 Omega likes the pellets the best so far. I haven't had my .50 Omega long enough to say one way or another. It does shoot loose 777 very well, but who knows what it'll do with Pyrodex pellets or 777 pellets. You just gotta get out there and see what your gun likes to digest. I'm always trying to find a better load and you can't go by what works in your buddies gun.

RE: tc omega
 

No Encoreman, I have only used the Pyrodex pellets. I have had the gun for less than a week and as soon as muzzleloader season is over I m going to try different loads. I must admit that I am very hesitant to try the 777.

RE: tc omega
 

Thanks very much encoreman. My uncle who hasn't hunted a day in his life actually won the thing on some kind of golf tournament drawing and is giving me first dibs on it! I think a wash and wax of his car is in order. Though 777 pellets may not be the absolute BEST charge for my Omega, they will undoubtedly work efficiently, right? I want the easiest-to-use-and-operate setup I can find to kill a whitetail come firearm season this fall. I like the range and accuracy advantage over a slug-gun and that's really the only reason I'm going with the muzzleloader this year, but it doesn't need to be a tournament-grade paper-puncher, ya know? Any experience with Remington Kleanshot Primers? I know I want a sabot, but the Hornady Speed Sabots sound like the cat's meow for simplicity or is the Shockwave the place to start for sabots on this particular weapon? How hard is it to load 777 pellets without something like the Hornady Speed Sabots? I'm a complete newb to muzzleloading, bear in mind.

RE: tc omega
 

Illini Sportsman,
I have never used the Remington Kleanshot primers. I came close to buying some the other day, but didn't. I eventually will when I get closer to really needing primers.I'll experiment with them then.
I answered your next question on another post, but I'll say it again. I have little use for the lock & load speed sabots. I do not see any advantages in usingthem and feel it's a trap for persons like yourself that are just getting into bp. Don't get me wrong.....I'm not saying that they don't work, I just don't think that they're worth the extra $$
If you really want something that's easy to shoot and accuratetry the Powerbelt bullets and some American Pioneer Powder or sticks.In .50 cal. I'd start with the348gr Powerbelt (aero tip or hp) and 100grs. ofA.P.P. sticks.
I see you live in Illinois as I do, but you're in the Southern part and I'm as far North in Ill as you can get without being a cheese head. If you lived closer, I'd let you shoot some of my inventory to get your feet wet.
Keep us posted on your progress...we're all here to help out, the best we can.

RE: tc omega
 

Thank you very much all of you on all of my posts. I know it can be annoying to help out someone who has never touched anything related to muzzleloading, just as it can be frustrating for me to help people out on other things I consider myself a seasoned veteran on.