tc omega 450/458 custom

[bestill]

well after building a 700 ml , cva 45/70 apex conversion, several knight mountaineer customs. ive had my eye on tc omega for several years to do sabotless 45 fast twist gun. im a blackhorn shooter so cleaning convenience of a omega has me excited and a fixed gun .
build started i found old stock 45 tc omega blued and pulled trigger assy , purchased boyds provarmint stock in black, knight 45 ramrod and stainless thimble, brux 450/458 1-18 twist 1.100 bull barrel , hankins crown and full form die with 28" finished barrel length, hankins pillars and eschuseons , sims recoil pad , 6 hole mgm stainless mount , burris high signature zee 30mm mounts. quick detach 1 1/4 sling swivels and inserts and 1 1/4 nylon sling.



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stock as delivered



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stripped ready to fit and sand



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grip ready and alterations done



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416 ss recoil mounting block and barrel flat .030 deep flat 1.100 o.d. barrel



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first fitting block is attached with 2 - .125 dowel pin press fit and 4 -- 10x36 socket head bolts may weld when all fitting done.



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army green base applied



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custom decals and paint and 10 coats of matte clear applied



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im excited about this rifle now gather $ for vortec scope and gun will have 9/16x18 bushing plug ..

[bestill]

somebody tell me what i did wrong posting pics?

[bestill]

here's end result.

[gar]

Oh my. At the spring shoot?

[Deleted]

Smokeless capable?

[bestill]

yes smokeless capable i shoot blackhorn but being scope is drilled into barrel . if compared to say encore build which 1.000 barrel and a 11/16 breech.
this build is 1.100 and 9/16 plug so it easily hold break actions loads and then some  . i feel 2600-2700 fps 300 gr bullet would be my limit.
i be pushing 2400 fps with 327 match hunter and blackhorn.

[7mmfreak]

I dig the fighter look. I was partial to the Omega for a few years when I shot it and a DISC.

[airborneike]

Bestill,

Downright nice! Excellent workmanship and a good eye for design.

Got all the components and should be a shooter

Mike

[bestill]

Thanks!!!!! Im excited to get this one dialed i have a good feeling that it will be a shooter. And cleaning while shooting blackhorn will be very handy..i really dig the feel of the provarmint stock should be a great prone gun!! The weak link is the trigger guy but im learning .

[Deleted]

Very Cool....I have a 50 laminate omega that is my most accurate smoker....good luck with it...

[bestill]

Finally got to fire up the mustang today and it is a treat .
This is a true blackhorn shooter the brux1/18 twist with Hankins crown job and 9/16 rr seal Luke's plug and has powder chamber to hold 105 gr by weight blackhorn which reduce powder column length by .900 which truly helped efficiency and velocity output.
100 yd results with270 emax produced 2540 fps and .375 moa accuracy with under 20 fps spread.
This heavy load blackhorn sabotless game is tricky but im getting closer.
Also done some500 yd testing with a bullet ideal today i made a fixture to allow me to take310 apb .458 and turn bearing surface down to .451 which gives me thin jacket heavy bullet and testing went well. Very windy at range but put 15 rounds downrange with vertical spread under 3.5" but horizontal was 12" im very pleased considering gusting wind. Still learning this long range wind game!!!

[AJ]

Very nice work. What does that thing weigh? That would be the ticket for a long range elk gun. One of the things I really like about the Omega is the shorter overall length. It allows the extra barrel length for velocity along with handy OAL. Great job!

[bestill]

This gun was built with for bench work so ive loaded up stock and 28" bull barrel 13.5 lbs total but could easily be done around 11 lbs.

[ported45]

Nice!!

[vpimine]

Any range report on the new gun yet?

[bestill]

Gun is absolutely awesome and a joy to shoot have recently put about 50 - 270 emax down range with105 gr by weight blackhorn at 2550 fps and gun is sub moa from50-500 yds still working on load but it will get a true test Saturday may 2nd at friendship inline match. My brother greg is trigger man . Gave it a name Mustang

[Deleted]

very cool looking build, I bet it will be just what you need to be very competitive at friendship. hope you will have it at the shoot, I would like to pull the trigger on that one myself..

[bestill]

It will be at ky shoot and it will be available for all to shoot. It is definitely a teeth rattler.

[homebrook]

WOW

[10ga]

Really nice! I like everything cept the "teeth rattling" part. 10

[bestill]

Its really not bad gun weighs12 lb 9 oz .