UtahRob

Congratulations on the new purchase... really hope you like your new gun. Might suggest you switch the 209 primer out for the 25acp conversion... soooo much cleaner.

I shoot an Omega - pretty close to an Encore and really it will shoot anything I put down it - have not tried conicals from it... ( gotta say that so FG will not come back and ask if it will shoot conicals)

Here are my pet loads...

Elk
100 grain T7-2f .458/300 grainNosler Partiton PP bullet in an MMP .457/.458 Orange Sabot. Shooting a 25 acp conversion (worth every dime) replacing the 209 breech plug

Deer
#1 load
100 grain T7-2f .451/260 grain NoslerPartition HP in a MMP HPH-24 sabot (in your new Encore you might need the thinner HPH-3p-EZ load sabot)

This load is expensive because of the Nosler bullet... so my next load lot less money is a poormans nosler a .452/250 grain Bonded Speer Gold Dot.

#2
100 grain T7-2f + Speer Gold Dot in a the HPH-24 Sabot.

Experimenting with the 200 grain 10mm Hornady XTP in a MMP 40/50 cal sabot - shows a lot of promise.

Hey! good luck and good hunting... Use to read your posts and look at those fabulous pictures you posted all the time thought it was here but must have been on another site...