steve I had the same problem with my encore as far as loading barnes sabots. I have heard that the t/c's do not like the barnes bullets due to there tighter bore diameters. I took every alot of peoples suggestions on here and went wht the t/c shockwaves 250 gr is my choice with 100 gr of triple 7. I have done alot of range shooting and they are very accurate and great expansion also.