Sounds like you have a great load. Unfortunately, my Omega won't shoot big lead conicals. Have tried a bunch.

Ok, one last update for me. I hit the range again and have come away with two CO elk loads that shoot well in my Omega. The first is 410 gr Great Plains with 90 grains Pyrodex. The second, and the one I am going with is 338 gr Powerbelt Platinum with 80 grains of 777. I had 5 inch groups at 100yds with both loads. The deciding factor is that 777 is so much cleaner in my gun. There was no drop at 100yds for either load. I think I am finally ready go, which is a good thing since the season starts Sept 9th.

i am no expert by any means but 5 inchs at 100 yds,i dont think thats good?i can do better than that with flintlock .50 cal with open sights.

Maybe so, but 2 weeks ago he was getting 3 inch groups at 30 yards, so this is a vast improment. And 5" groups at 100 yards with an open sight is not too shabby in my book.

Good luck in Colorado.

I you take an average of group sizes at 100 yards with open sights... counting fliers,because I have seen people shoot a group and then not count fliers, five inches is not all that bad. Two weeks agoI had a person claiming that they shot 3-1/2 inch groups consistently at 100 yards. The best he could pull on my range with patched ball that day was4-3/4 inches. Now I am not saying that he does not have his good days and shoot some excellent groups, but the average tends to be much bigger. I once shot just over an inch and a half group with open sights out of my .58 caliber Renegade. I have never been able to do that since, nor repeat it on that same day. Still I would never claim that I shoot an inch and an half group at 100 yards.

The important thing is the rifle showed marked improvement. Now comes the tweeking and practicing to get that group size down even more if possible. If not then aim true and good luck with your elk hunting. I just wish it were me going hunting.

Mike Hill,sorry about the delay was in the hospital for a while.
The 245gr PB and 250 gr SW group about 2 inches apart at 100yds the omega is '0' for thSW and the PB's shoot low and slightly to the right.
I was using 125 gr APP-FF for the SW and 150gr for the PB's. Lee

I have no doubt I could get better groups if I kept going down in powder, but there is a trade-off there. The majority of shots in the unit I hunt will be 50 yds and in, so I am confident in my setup to get the job done. Now that I at least have a starting point I can work on fine-tuning it next year.

I am real curious is Cayugad's cornmeal "wad" might shrink those groups down too. If you have time, you might at least try that.

I bought some fiber wads from "Track of the Wolf" and they didn't help a bit, but I didn't try them using Pyrodex. I think practice will shrink those groups more than anything now.

i was under the impression he was using a scope not open sights.with scope i think 5 inchs is terrible. yes, with open sights i agree as you can move .