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Post by BIGHORN on Dec 18, 2005 19:20:30 GMT -5
Wolf:
Thanks
Shawn
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Post by jajwrigh on Dec 18, 2005 21:43:49 GMT -5
I used one today to take a rabbit! He was about 10 yards away holding tight in some brush. I dropped to one knee, slipped my thumb through the hole, aimed the crosshairs and squeezed. What an awesome gun to shoot and the rabbit died instantly....considering he was missing his heart, lungs, and right side of his rib cage. Meat was in good shape though!
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Post by grappledad on Dec 19, 2005 6:44:58 GMT -5
I shot my new gun saturday and out of the box I shot 1.5 inch group at 50 yards,it was dead on out of the box. Killed a doe with it sunday 110 yard shot ,250 gr. shockwave on top of 2 pellets. Great gun, gotta get her a scope for next seasaon.
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Post by hoyt1166 on Dec 22, 2005 8:09:55 GMT -5
Shot my buck this year with a T/C Omega at 125 yds, 250 gr shockwave on top of 3 Triple 7's. Sabot hit right where I was aiming. Easy to clean and easy to shoot. What more could a guy want?
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 22, 2005 9:29:43 GMT -5
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Post by randyb on Dec 22, 2005 10:10:22 GMT -5
I own a .50 omega and love it. Beats the tar out of lugging my 870 or one of my full stock muzzleloaders out in the woods all day.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Dec 22, 2005 21:42:45 GMT -5
I bought my son an Omega for X-mas so he'd stop using my ML. I got it off www.gunsamerica.com for $350 + $15 S&H SS w/ brown laminated stock (no thumb hole)
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Post by grappledad on Dec 25, 2005 4:54:13 GMT -5
can a guy buy replacement stocks?
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Post by BIGHORN on Dec 25, 2005 8:24:52 GMT -5
Yes.
I just asked at Gander Mountain last night about the thubhole stocks for my Encore. They are on backorder.
Shawn
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Post by Russ Koon on Jan 22, 2006 12:39:59 GMT -5
Before you buy or order a thumbhole stock, I'd advise you to try one and see what you think of the fit. I know a lot of guys really like them, but the one on the Omega I handled at a shop seemed like it was made for someone with a slightly bigger hand. I'm 5' 9" and have hands that are maybe a hair shorter and wider than average for my height. I felt like I needed to stretch the reach for the trigger a little more than was comfortable.
Liked everything else about the Omega and will probably get one, but I think it will be with the regular stock, rather than the admittedly "cooler looking" thumbhole, so I can get a better "squeeze" on the trigger, rather than an extended-finger "jerk". Felt like the trigger reach would be about right for an average six-footer's hand. My brother (about the same size as me) was with me and found the same applied to him.
When you think about it, any thumbhole stock must be the right size for one size hand, and the individual shooter can't adjust his grip very much to adopt to the gun. If your hands/fingers are too long, it might not be a problem to just have a little more finger curled around the trigger than you normally would, but if your fingers are a tad short, you can't "sneak up" on the stock to get a better curl on the trigger finger.
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 22, 2006 20:14:47 GMT -5
Before you buy or order a thumbhole stock, I'd advise you to try one and see what you think of the fit. I know a lot of guys really like them, but the one on the Omega I handled at a shop seemed like it was made for someone with a slightly bigger hand. I'm 5' 9" and have hands that are maybe a hair shorter and wider than average for my height. I felt like I needed to stretch the reach for the trigger a little more than was comfortable. Liked everything else about the Omega and will probably get one, but I think it will be with the regular stock, rather than the admittedly "cooler looking" thumbhole, so I can get a better "squeeze" on the trigger, rather than an extended-finger "jerk". Felt like the trigger reach would be about right for an average six-footer's hand. My brother (about the same size as me) was with me and found the same applied to him. When you think about it, any thumbhole stock must be the right size for one size hand, and the individual shooter can't adjust his grip very much to adopt to the gun. If your hands/fingers are too long, it might not be a problem to just have a little more finger curled around the trigger than you normally would, but if your fingers are a tad short, you can't "sneak up" on the stock to get a better curl on the trigger finger. That's a good point. Knight's TH stocks have more palm swell than T/C's. I've got a couple of Knight's rifles with thumbholes and a T/C thumbhole. I'm a die hard thumbhole shooter. The only guns I have without thumbhole stocks are a sidelock, handgun, and a Rem 870 although I may see if Remington will sell me a composite thumbhole and forend for it. Might actually use it then.
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