I had a black diamond.I shot over a hundred rounds through it.Every kind of powder I could get.Several differnet bullets.Several differnt scopes.Never ever could get a 2 shot group.Shot it dirty shot it clean.I finally gave up and took it back to the gun shop.They told how good of a gun they were and said it was just me .I said I will make you a deal you take it get sighted in and I will keep it but if you can't make it shoot straight I get my money back.3 days later he called and said come pick out a new gun.So I chose my Ruger M 77/50 and love it very much but did think pretty hard about the Encore but the black diamond deal spooked me away from TC.