Yea, I know two fellas that bought Encores a month ago and they are frustrated. But the fact remains that you have an Encore, and this one will probably not shoot any better than the one you have. It looks diffrent but all the barrels are the same. The only diffrence is all the new fandangled perks. They will sell them but I'm sure the guys who have the orginals probably will not go and buy one and are just as happy to have the orginal.