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Here is the recipe for my Omega...

First, TC bores are REAL tight, the Barnes TMZ with yellow sabots are near impossible to load, as such, not much good if you can't load them in the field, on a 20f day..

So, here is the secret sauce..Harvester crush rib sabots..

I use the black CR sabots with 250 grain Shockwaves, over 110BH209, FED 209A primers. Mid 1900's, very consistant, and shoots right at 1". The bonus is you can load them any time.

You can try those sabots with the Barnes TMZ or whatever your fav .45 cal bullet is.

With the boat tail Barnes, try the yellow CR sabots that are designed for boat tail bullets.

My Omega and my brothers Pro Hunter both shoot the Harvester crush rib sabots and various .45 cal bullets very well.

And yes, we basically toss the factory sabots that come with our bullets of choice.

Tony