WTB omega laminate stock

[sbuff]

If anyone has or comes across an omega laminated stock they want to sell let me know. 

[grampy]

Boyd's may make a laminated stock for TC guns???

[sbuff]

Grampy  ,boyds does make them and i will go that route if I can't find a TC factory one...

[grampy]

My hunting partner put a Boyd's laminated stock on a Savage Axis and it looks awesome!

Even made the rifle a bit more accurate. I've seen the TC ones too. they are hard to come by, but are super nice!

Hope you find one!

[wolc123]

Beware of the factory laminate stocks.  I have one on my Omega, that I managed to break about 15 years ago.  I repaired it with Gorilla glue, and a custom machined thru-bolt/nutted front sling stud. It has held up well since then, but I wouldn’t trust the factory originals.  

It still shoots as good as it did prior to the break (I killed one deer already this year with it, and this old Adirondack doe last year).  
 

The break happened, while I was walking across a wood plank floor, in my old barn.  The gun was slung on my shoulder.  I stuck my right thumb under the sling, to reposition, and the threaded in stud pulled out of the front of the stock.

The gun rotated down, with the top of the barrel striking the wood floor.  The force of the impact cracked the stock most of the way across the pistol-grip area, but it didn’t break off completely.  

I pried open the crack, squeezed in some gorilla glue, and clamped it.  I think that stuff is stronger than the surrounding wood after it sets up.  I also made a new front stud from a cut off 5/16” bolt and put a nut on the back.  That won’t be pulling out again.  

 

This is all that remains of the circa 1883 barn, that my great great grandfather built.  The break occurred right about where that board is laying on the center section of the floor.  Hopefully, it will be gone by mid summer.  

Edited February 27, 2022 by wolc123

[sbuff]

First one I've ever heard of breaking . I suspect any stock could break if dropped just right. Glad you were able to repair. 

[wolc123]

14 minutes ago, sbuff said:

First one I've ever heard of breaking . I suspect any stock could break if dropped just right. Glad you were able to repair. 

I am thankful that the repair worked, especially since NY gave us that special Holliday ML season in the southern zone last year.  I expect that Omega will be my primary meat supplier for a while.   
 

I usually spend the whole early ML season up in the Adirondacks, where they reopened antlerless ML harvests last year.  If I fill my gun buck tag early next year at home in the southern zone, I will head back up there for the late ML season also.  It always starts a week before the southern zone.  
 

I have had some troubles with that Omega, besides the broken stock.  I snapped the trigger off it about 20 years ago, but T/C was great at supplying me a new trigger assembly under warranty.  That was the only other mechanical problem.

I carried it for about 5 years during regular gun season (I live in a shotgun only zone).  I took a deer with it each of those years, even doubling once when a buck showed up 2 minutes after I dropped a big do I didn’t have time to reload, but had my short 870 for backup, and used that on the buck.

I stopped using it during regular gun season after I lost a basket-racked 8-point grate I hit at about 170 yards with it.   He showed no reaction at my shot and I wrongly assumed that the fresh snow would show blood.  I lost his trail after  about 300 yards, finding no blood  hair.  
 

He died in a clump of brush about 50 yards from where I lost his trail.  He was quartering away at the shot and I am guessing that the bullet caught one lung.  There was no exit wound and no visible blood on the snow.  
 

These days, I mostly carry my Marlin M512, during southern zone gun season, which is equally as accurate, packs double the energy at 200 yards, and gives me two more shots.  The only trouble is, they cost 5 times as much each.  

I also struck a branch once, while shooting at a doe during late ML up north, shot under a doe once in the south, due to underestimating the range, got a bad hit and lost another doe down south, and missed a buck and a doe with it after getting new no-line bifocals.  
 

I am thankful that bad streak ended with the Omega, with those two deer in the last year. 

 

[sbuff]

I've got three omegas,two z5's and one x7. Im hoping to add a laminate to one of the z5 ones . The omega could be one of the best in lines ever built.  Its a shame TC stopped producing them 

[wolc123]

16 minutes ago, sbuff said:

I've got three omegas,two z5's and one x7. Im hoping to add a laminate to one of the z5 ones . The omega could be one of the best in lines ever built.  Its a shame TC stopped producing them 

I like the gun again now, but went thru a few tough years with it.  Mine is stainless, but I had some corrosion issues a few years ago.  I had to drill out the breech plug, and use CPL to free up the firing pin. 
 

I have used T7 pellets (2 50gr pellets) in it for a long time.  I used to use T/C liquid bore cleaner, back when I had the corrosion problems.  Since I started using Traditions foaming bore cleaner (sprayed thru the breech plug with the little plastic tube) two years ago, all the corrosion issues ended.  
 

What powder do you use ?  I thought about Blackhorn 209 but cost, availability, stories of misfires, easy T7 cleanup with foaming bore cleaner, and a good supply of T7, has kept me from making that change. 
 

 

[sbuff]

T7 unless I can find Bh209 real cheap . 

Bh209 shouldn't give any mis fires if the gun is set up to shoot bh209.

[wolc123]

1 hour ago, sbuff said:

T7 unless I can find Bh209 real cheap . 

Bh209 shouldn't give any mis fires if the gun is set up to shoot bh209.

It shouldn’t, but I read of at least 3 last season, on this site alone.  Most were probably caused by using the wrong primers or breech plugs.  
 

T7 seems very forgiving in my Omega.  I have never had a misfire or a hang fire with that, using many different brands of 209 primers.  I never waste primers “clearing” before loading, but I do hold the gun up to a light, and look thru the touch hole, to be sure it is clear. I had several misfires and hang-fires, with loose Pyrodex, in my old Traditions side-lock and #11 caps.