Glad that TC is shootingforyou. For that money, it should. I had nothing but trouble with my Encore and got rid ofit. I gotbetter results with an inexpensive NEF Sidekick. With my Sidekick I could load anything and it would shoot.
The Encore needed to be loaded with only SST/Shockwaves or nothing else. Strange!
I think the tight spot I had in the barrel of my Encore was my problem. Sent it backto TC and they told me I didn't have one. But anyone that watched me load it or loaded itthemselves agreed with me. I never did like being lied to and that is what TC did to me.
Lately I am shooting a Knight Vision and am very happy with it. It is a shooter and will be in the woods with me next season. Oh yeah, it pretty much shoots anything like the Sidekick!