RE: finely got to shoot the ported encore
I watch them hunting shows and have you noticed that the people shooting Encores, Pro Hunters, Omega's, and some of the Knight Long Range Hunters all seem to shoot really magnum loads. Maybe these rifles get better accuracy with hot loads.
I have a Knight Disc and while it will shoot 90 grains fine, it also really does a good job with 120 grains of Pyrodex RS. So who can figure out these things anyway.
Glad to hear your rifle is shooting well. So that porting really helped did it?