You can't loose... I have the Pro Hunter and to me it's worth every pennyI paid for it. I'm getting 5/8" 100 yard groups and killed three deer with it this past year. If I bought the standard Encore, by the time I was finished with the Simms recoil pad and everything I was going to be pretty close to the PH price anyway. By the way the PH is so easy to clean it's almost funny!