First I have an encore and love it.
Was at the bait shop yesterday and the owner was telling me that a while back a guy bought an Encore 209x50,went out to shoot it and it wouldn't fire.brought it back and found out it didn't have a fireing pin in it.Checked others to get a firing pin and none of the ones he had had a firing pin in them either.T/C sent them firing pins for them and he had to get someone to install them.
Now days I guess good help is hard to find,doesn't seem like they have final inspection before they send them out.
No wonder they have a hard time answering e-mail,don't guess anyone is there.
I bet those weren't dead on out of the box????
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