Sounds like a nice load and good shooting with iron sights. Good luck with your Elk hunt.

Just a tip to all Encore shooters. Try an oversize hinge pin for the action. Just go up to the next larger size and see if your groups shrink. Mine were reduced by almost an inch at 100 yards. A lot of times I think after market doo-hickeys are gimmicks but these pins really do work. Helped my ML barrel and my slug barrel groups went from 5 inches to 2-1/2 inches at 100 yards.