Man, I REALLY considered buying one of those when they had them, that was a GREAT price. I think I went to that website 2 dozen times just to check if they still had them lol.

I always wondered if the .45 barrel had the same profile/outer dimensions as the .50. Guess that .45 is a heckuva bull barrel, huh? Lol.

I have a question, Ron. You said the rifle has the old style firing pin. I understand the .45 Omegas that 3rd Gen was selling must have been new-old-stock. So, what's the difference between this design and the Omega that is being made today?

That rifle is off to a great start so far. Good shooting.

Ron, I forgot to ask you about the twist rate on this .45 Omega? What is it?

The twist rate is probably 1:28. I haven't checked. Will do the next time i clean it. I will post a photo of the 2 different firing pin arrangements when i can.









The new style falling block kinda shrouds the hammer so it isn't a way out in the open, as it is in the old style. The old style falling block kinda leaves the hammer exposed, and to me, it seems more vulnerable.

I am pretty sure that Ron was using the 200 grain SST with much of the long range shooting he was doing with the Knight as well.
Again, great shooting Ron, If I wasn't so gun poor I would seriously consider getting one of the Omega 45s.

Yes, you are correct. The 200g SST is the only bullet i ever used in either 45.

Ron, Do you hunt the pronghorn much out there? With that rifle and that sst or a 195 grain Barnes bullet I think you would have the perfect combo. You are making me want to try some saboted bullets out of one of my fast twist 45s to see how they would do.
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Now that is a fine looking rifle, way better than the elongated grips on the new CVA's. Had I known they were on sale would have bought one in a heartbeat. Great report Ron.

I got one of the .50 Omegas they had on sale, stainless w/ laminate stock...for $325. It was an awesome deal, it was so cheap I thought it would be a factory reject or something, until I opened the box and saw it was mint With only a few shots down the barrel, it printed its first 3/4" 100 yard group with 200 gr Shockwave/SSTs. Its going to be a great gun.

Good shootin!

This morning i left the house just before eight, and there was zero breeze. What i wished to do was shoot the Omega at 400 yard. After driving 19 mile, and climbing about 1500' i came to where i could get 400 yard away from the target, but there was a breeze. It seemed it wouldn't be worth shooting in the wind, but it wasn't too bad, and i had come all this way. I really really wanted to shoot this rifle at 400 yard. The load was changed from 120g BH to 115g BH, and i thought i should probably try this new load at 100 yard, but i wanted to beat the breeze, so i skipped on to 400 yard.

I guessed the muzzle velocity at 2300 fps, and the program told me to raise the bullet 15 moa. This is what i did, and the first shot hit a way low and left. The second shot i couldn't see. The next 4 shots hit near the first one, and made a nice looking group. Then the targets started blowing off the cardboard, so i had to quit, and drive the 400 yard to save them paper. Tape was placed so to keep the paper from blowing off. Them 6 shot are shown in the following photo.








Note where the second shot went. Now, seeing where the bullets hit, i wanted to shoot more, even though there was a definite light wind that came and went. The elevation dial was turned 2 moa higher, and i went back out to 400 yard, and made 3 more shots. Them shots were awful. They are the 3 strung across the target area; 1 in the cardboard, 1 in the red, and 1 in the white.






It was disgusting, trying to shoot in the wind, so i quit, and moved a mile or so and set up at 100 yard. Here there was only a very slight breeze. The elevation dial was turned down 16 moa, and i shot 3 times. These shots are in the bull. These shots at 100 yard made it seem that the muzzle velocity is about 2250 fps. Using this bullet, and raising point of aim from zero at 100 yard by 16" is supposed to have these bullet zeroed at 400 yard. More shooting is required; hope the breeze cooperates soon.

All your reports with the 50cal has been mostly with the deep curls. I should of been more clear about the SST'S.