Having managed a few gun shops and worked in the industry for some time I will weigh in my .02 here. On the one hand, Ive played with multiple Encores that DID NOT do at all what I thought they should have, several in fact. Then on the other I shot a 25-06 in for a young man 2 seasons ago, a Pro-Hunter, with 120gr Fed Fusion printed two 3 shot groups back to back first was .249" second was .390!! Easily the most accurate bone stock factory big game gun/factory ammo combo Ive ever put on paper. Go figure. By and large though, you can do much better.