Patriot arms TC Omega barrel upgrade!!!

[Mnt monkey]

I had the privilege this evening of shooting a Patriot arms McGowan 1 and 18 twist replacement barrel and a first for me, shooting smokeless with a 209 primer, the barrel came with a beautiful breech plug that has an internal second part that allows the shooter to adjust headspace to fit most common 209 primers. The barrel has a beautiful nitride finish it came with a nice picatinny base and the screws that Mark sends with the base some of the nicest I've ever seen ,,, again some of the nicest machining that I've seen in the muzzle loading industry so far not only did I see that in his Patriot but I see it in these kits also. Mark sent me a breachplug for 209 blackhorn I put it up on the shelf I'm going to shoot this rifle smokeless for a while I tend to shoot very mild loads in my smokeless guns anyway so I'm sure not going to ask this gun to do something it wasn't meant for but I am going to shoot a lot of different bullets in it and just see what I can get out of it.
I will be doing all the testing with a sightron s-tac 4 to 20 power,, headspace the rifle for federal 209s, this first excited group when I got home tonight from putting the gun together was an old lot of h4198 from about 20 years ago this is 56 grains of h4198 light blue sabot and a fury 225 open tip knurled up to a 403. Since it's so hot where I live I'm just going to probably skip a lot of sabo shooting and do some bull riding here this weekend I'll let everyone know my results for all you Omega freaks out there I don't know how you're going to not have one of these,,, I would start obsessing about it now and get in line!!! Post more results this weekend preliminary looks okay the work , the product is absolute first class.

 

[Mnt monkey]

When you see this breech plug and the internals on it you're really just going to want to hold it and look at it is there such thing as breech plug jewelry,,, if so this is the Swiss watch of plugs!

 

[deermanok]

Sweet.

 

[Mnt monkey]

The actual gun build in the gun shop was 10 to 15 minutes I did have to open up the laminate stock just slightly down inside the stock the barrel fit really tight otherwise I was concerned about possibly needing to float the barrel but everything looks good I'm going to shoot the gun some more before I do that ,, I really feel like the screws on a TC need to be bedded.

 

[ElDiablo]

Nice! You’re making me anxious! Mark is building an Omega Brux for me.

 

[Mnt monkey]

I got a couple of others coming too again you're going to really love the work and it's really an easy build to put together yourself,,, I can't wait to shoot it some more the next couple of days I'm freaking out.

 

[ElDiablo]

What’s the finished barrel length?

 

[Mnt monkey]

24,,, when you shoulder the rifle it really feels like it's 18 or 20 in because there's no action there it really handles very well .

 

[Mnt monkey]

Scope base and screws for the Omega Patriot

 

[ElDiablo]

Scope base and screws for the Omega Patriot

Hex head screws? Wow - never seen those used on a rail.

 

[frankmillie]

Those scope holder hex head screws went on my Woodman Patriot too. Mark told me to torque mine at 35 in-lbs

 

[frankmillie]

When I bedded new stocks to my centerfire rifles, I found both Gray Marine Tex and Devcon 10110 to be good bedding epoxies. And I found old aluminum arrow shafts to be fantastic pillars - I didn’t have to drill out my action bolt holes! Good luck to you!

 

[Hatchet Jack]

Pretty exciting stuff!
How much for these Omega barrels?

 

[Mnt monkey]

I'm not sure what Patriot is going to charge for these yet ,however I think it's going to be reasonable when you look at the other options for upgrading an Omega across the country,, when you add that it's a rebuild that a lot of people can handle themselves at home in the garage it's even more appealing,, and yes I slept with mine last night,,I was just a comfort issue though

 

[ElDiablo]

Mark at Woodman Arms has told me that his goal is to make high-end barrels and rifles that are reasonably priced for the average guy.

 

[Ninering62]

I had the privilege this evening of shooting a Patriot arms McGowan 1 and 18 twist replacement barrel and a first for me, shooting smokeless with a 209 primer, the barrel came with a beautiful breech plug that has an internal second part that allows the shooter to adjust headspace to fit most common 209 primers. The barrel has a beautiful nitride finish it came with a nice picatinny base and the screws that Mark sends with the base some of the nicest I've ever seen ,,, again some of the nicest machining that I've seen in the muzzle loading industry so far not only did I see that in his Patriot but I see it in these kits also. Mark sent me a breachplug for 209 blackhorn I put it up on the shelf I'm going to shoot this rifle smokeless for a while I tend to shoot very mild loads in my smokeless guns anyway so I'm sure not going to ask this gun to do something it wasn't meant for but I am going to shoot a lot of different bullets in it and just see what I can get out of it.
I will be doing all the testing with a sightron s-tac 4 to 20 power,, headspace the rifle for federal 209s, this first excited group when I got home tonight from putting the gun together was an old lot of h4198 from about 20 years ago this is 56 grains of h4198 light blue sabot and a fury 225 open tip knurled up to a 403. Since it's so hot where I live I'm just going to probably skip a lot of sabo shooting and do some bull riding here this weekend I'll let everyone know my results for all you Omega freaks out there I don't know how you're going to not have one of these,,, I would start obsessing about it now and get in line!!! Post more results this weekend preliminary looks okay the work , the product is absolute first class.

Awesome Omega & nice group. OMEGA FREAKS........ WHERE???????

 

[ElDiablo]

 

[xdmalder]

Do they have a sign up for them yet?

 

[michiganmuzzy]

I plan on contacting Woodman Arms on Tuesday to get one on order.

 

[ElDiablo]

Do they have a sign up for them yet?

I think Mark is doing a couple trial runs now. But if you’re interested, I’d contact him through his website.