I am going to picking up my TC Triumph this afternoon. This is my first blackpowder rifle.

I am wondering what scope you guys would recommend, I was looking at the Nikon Omega 3x9-40mm. I was thinking the Leupold VX-3L 3x10.5-50mm would be way too much.

I believe I have to go with the med rings, what type rings seems to be the best?

Tomorrow will be what loads and bullets to start off with.

I appreciate your knowledge, help and experience in advance!

Thanks,
MOBowhunter

l put a nikon omega on mine. But if i was doing it again i would just put a nikon prostaff on it and sight it a little high at 100yds and it would be good for as far as i would ever shoot. I would run about 50 strokes of jb bore past thru it before you shoot it. Mine loves just about anything stuffed in a harvester short black sabot. Ive been shooting the Hornady ftp 250g bought in bulk $25 for 50 just to pratice with and the barnes 250g tez to hunt with, both in a harvester short black sabot. They shoot excatly the same in my gun............ you will love it , they are tack drivers

I have two Nikon Omega's One on a Triumph and one one a Endeavor Encore; I do sight mine in a bit high @ 100 and shoot out too 250 yds on targets with it usually steel gongs or knock downs. I have had a lot of scopes on muzzle loaders and I like the the best.
A recommendation, due to the high comb and the fact that it is a open hammer gun [you may need to pull the hammer back in a hurry with gloves on hunting] I recommend high or extra high rings especially if you ware thick gloves or have muscular fingers.

does the extended eye relief on the omega put it to far back on the gun for your taste? What scope rings/mount did you use?

It went together just right the first time for me , but I used to own have of a sport shop that sold archery and muzzleloaders and am use to working on them [retired 19 years back at the age of 54.
I like to shoot heavy loads hunting and some times you can not pick your position when taking a shot. I really do like the extra eye relief.
There are several good steel rings and bases I never use the aluminium ones I had to change to many of them that stripped the threads under recoil.
I have never had a problem with any of the steel ones so I would say what ever steel one is available will be find.

For scope rings and base go with the talley aircraft grade aluminum 1 piece strong as it gets. i went with medium. bullets the TEZ is great,250 or 290, the gold dot/ deep curl 250 is also outstanding with a crush rib sabot in a triumph and much cheaper that the barnes.100-110 grs T777. or blackhorn.going to be trying the 300 gr GD/DC soon.i used JB/kroil mix in mine about 30 strokes. the triump is a tack driver right out of the box.

All I can say in the scope department is of the scopes I use...

The Nikon Omega 3-9x40mm is an excellent scope with excellent eye relief. You will appreciate that eye relief the first time you get sloppy with your hold and the scope decides to remind you to behave. My Remington Genesis loves this scope. This scope was on sale one day, and I really did not need it. But after hearing all the good reviews from forum members, like Lee, I bought it. I have never regretted the purchase.

The Nikon Pro Staff 2-7x32mm - do not under estimate this scope. If your shots are under 150 yards, this scope will handle it with ease. I know the 32mm thing scares off a lot of people. It attracted me. You get excellent light gathering, and the Pro Staff I believe handles 92% of transmitted light. Which is excellent. This scope was recommended to me by a competition rifle shooter who owns a gun shop. He could have sold me a more expensive scope, but I doubt a better one.

Bushnell Elite 3200 2-7x32mm is an awesome scope. Again, I went to the 32mm model. I do not take snap shots, and most my shots are those last few minutes of the day. So the light transmission of this scope is 92% I was told. This thing at the end of the day really draws light. Mine has the firefly. In a way that is nice, but then in another way, with the FAT cross hairs it can be a PITA. I do not think I would go the firefly route again, but I would the scope. The optics are excellent. The way the scope functions such as changing powers and dialing in the parallax are superb to say the least. I went with this one because it was on sale, and Batchief and Sabotloader recommended it to me when I told them I was thinking about it. Those guys know their stuff. And that was good enough for me. I mounted that scope on a White .451 and I dare anything to walk out 150 yards or less with it.

Those are three of my top of the line scopes that I would recommend for your rifle. All of them IMO will serve you well.

I put a Leupold Ultimate Slam on my Knight Vision:



Check out this site:

http://www.leupold.com/_pdfs/ultimat..._specsheet.pdf

I went with the Leupold because of the name and reputation. As to base and rings I use the Weaver base and 4x4 rings. The have given me many years of worry free service.

I scoped mine with a Nikon 3-9x40 buckmaster.

If you hunt at first light and last light, then cayugad is 100% correct. The last or first couple minutes of legal shooting light may give you the shot of a lifetime. Light transmission is very important in a scope but it costs more for the better glass. I leave my scope on the lowest power at first light so that it gathers the most light. As far as rings go steel is better than aluminum.