Think that you can order an Encore with a rifle barrel for about $500-525 from Wal-Mart. Extra barrels run about $200-275 each. i love the .22 Hornet mainly because it is so cheap to reload. Most of my loads use 9.5 to 11 grains of 2400.Hornets can sometimes be a little finicky and it takes a little while to find out what load the individual gun likes.