I want ti pimp my TC Omega

I had a great Black-powder hunt last week with my T/C Omega & was considering upgrading from my Stainless thumbhole Omega to a T/C Encore prohunter with weather shield. However I have decided to stick with the Omega for a few more years. I hunted in snow and rain everday and not a spec of rest was seen after the week was done. Cleaned and oliled her real good & put it away.

The Encore is a really nice gun & the break-open action & speed breach would be nice to have but at the end the day the Omega is a real tack driver & has never let me down.

My plans are to upgrade from my old Bushnell trophy scope to a Leupold VX11 3x9x40 scope & rings. I would really like to have the trigger worked on. It seems very stiff to me well over 4lbs. I know my groups would improve by a huge margin if the trigger pull could be improved.

If any-one has had the trigger on the Omega worked on please post the detials.

I will post the new scope when I get it mounted...

Hey can I ask you why are you upgrading the scope?

Have you looked at the timney triggers at all? heard nothing but good things about them, maybe your local gunsmith can do the job?
On a side note, Im in the market for a muzzleloader and after I saw your gun in your pics I must say I really like it.
I like the thumbhole stock, I find when your up in a stand its pretty comfortable to hold with one hand for long periods of time with the thumbhole (Ive got a thumbhole H&R Slughunter 20 gauge and found that out this year during the controlled hunt)
Best of luck with the trigger upgrade, I'll follow your post and see how you make out. By next year I hope to have a TC muzzleloader...

The Bushnell trophy glass seems foggy to me when I compare it to my Leupold crossbones scope on my Excal. I think the Leupold glass will make target aquisition that much better.

I will check-out those Timney triggers.

I am using 90gr 777 powder with the 300gr XTP bullet & 777 primers with pretty good groups. I think this gun has the potential to be even better with a few upgrades...

Glad you got out with your buddies in the muzzleload hunt.

I ve had a stainless thumb hole omega with laminate wood stock. I don't honesty believe there is a better shooting muzzleloader and I've test fired a lot of them. Mines topped with a 3 to 9 Burris 40 mm. 120 grains of Yukon gold loose powder n a 250 grain shockwave and that gun shoots as accurace as my 270 Tc icon to 200 yards.

My my first one worked so well I bought the queen the identical mz and scope and set it up to shoot 100 grain loads for slightly less recoil for her. It sure is nice having 2 of the same. I can strip clean and reassemble in 45 minutes.

I believe the key to keeping mz accurate is getting the foam solvent used for cleaning plastic sabots out of shot gun barrels in addition to normal black powder solvents. If you shoot a lot the plastic will embed in the lans of your barrell affecting performance.

That omega should serve you well for a long time. I have no reason to use a shot gun anymore haven't shot a deer with one in a long time. I've yet to see an encore that will outshoot an omega. Or any break action mz for that matter.

I like the omega but am leaning toward the triumph for next year .just seems to fit me a littel better. anyone have any opinions on the triumph by Tc .Dutch

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Originally Posted by dutchhunter

I like the omega but am leaning toward the triumph for next year .just seems to fit me a littel better. anyone have any opinions on the triumph by Tc .Dutch

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My father bought a triumph when it came out as he wanted a second mz. He figured he would keep the omega as a back up for friends or to save cleaning n reassembling after shooting a deer until the next day.

after a couple season, the triumph backs up the omega, the omegas 3 for 3 on deer shot between 175 n 225 yards triumph is 0 for 2.

The he omegas are a little heavier but their accuracy can't be beaten. Knock on wood mines killed every deer it's ever fired at and I quit counting long ago. Sometimes newer isn't better but get what you like.

I just bought a 20 year old used auto 5 magnum this summer because as a teenager I shot my buddies so well, I shoot the new A5 well but no where near as accurate as the older heavier version, buy what you shoot well.