Omega Hard to Load
06-23-2011, 07:02 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: MD/PA Line
Posts: 598
On a serious note push your bullet/sabot through before you JB the bore. After you are done JB'ing push another one through, I think you will want to keep it.
06-23-2011, 08:15 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Yucca Valley,Ca
Posts: 2,496
Ray
06-25-2011, 03:53 AM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Upstate New York-Broome County
Posts: 597
Well I have the bore paste ordered after going to five local shops and no one having it. As soo as i receive it and am able to try out, I will post my results.
When I got it, I thought I cleaned it very good with Birchwood Casey Bore Scrubber but maybe I missed something.
If this doesn't work, is anyone in the market for an Omega, real CHEAP?
Thanks to all that responded.
When I got it, I thought I cleaned it very good with Birchwood Casey Bore Scrubber but maybe I missed something.
If this doesn't work, is anyone in the market for an Omega, real CHEAP?
Thanks to all that responded.
Charlie
06-25-2011, 05:30 AM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 353
New TC's are pretty notorious for tight bores especially when they are new. You probably did but I am going to ask, did you really clean the bore with a good bore solvent? The new bores are really packed with a copper bore preservative. Regualr cleaning will not do much for it.
Then you may have to do a treatment of JB's bore paste. I had to do 100 strokes in mine before I could load the sabots well. The lands and grooves are not polished well when they come from TC.
Lastly the more you shoot it and get it broke in it will loosen some.
Then you may have to do a treatment of JB's bore paste. I had to do 100 strokes in mine before I could load the sabots well. The lands and grooves are not polished well when they come from TC.
Lastly the more you shoot it and get it broke in it will loosen some.
We have am Omega which is a great shooter, but a bear to load, even with crush ribs. Do you do your 100 strokes with JB from the breech or the muzzle? If from the breech, how do you protect the threads? If from the muzzle, how do you protect the rifling between the barrel and the QLR?
06-25-2011, 06:54 AM
#17
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
sabotloader,
We have am Omega which is a great shooter, but a bear to load, even with crush ribs. Do you do your 100 strokes with JB from the breech or the muzzle? If from the breech, how do you protect the threads? If from the muzzle, how do you protect the rifling between the barrel and the QLR?
We have am Omega which is a great shooter, but a bear to load, even with crush ribs. Do you do your 100 strokes with JB from the breech or the muzzle? If from the breech, how do you protect the threads? If from the muzzle, how do you protect the rifling between the barrel and the QLR?
Running the strokes from the muzzle I use a good range rod and a muzzle protector. As for the the internal crown on the QLA remember that JB's is not a cutting compund it is a polish - you are not putting the QLA in harms way.
06-27-2011, 10:19 AM
#19
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
keyshunter
JB does not cut it just polishes, once you get to about 200 strokes it won't do any more but there are several different regular polishing compound that do cut and you have to be very careful with them. If you get to the point where you feel you have to use them PM me and I will tell you what to get and how to use it.
JB does not cut it just polishes, once you get to about 200 strokes it won't do any more but there are several different regular polishing compound that do cut and you have to be very careful with them. If you get to the point where you feel you have to use them PM me and I will tell you what to get and how to use it.
06-30-2011, 02:05 PM
#20
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Springfield, MO
Posts: 74
I still need to do this on my Impact - I don't have a range rod or muzzle protector, but I would hate to do this process with the rod that came with the gun! Any recommendations on where to look for a range rod / protector? I see a CVA universal rod on the basspro site for $16, cut to fit, and was thinking about attaching a spin jag on the end of it - but glad to hear if there are other options too!