RE: TC ENCORE AND HEAVY SHOT CHOKE
The Encore is a fine versatile gun no doubt. It is nice to be able to switch from shotgun, to rifle, to black powder with the change of a barrel. However having said all that I still don' t own one.
Even though I own a Beretta and a Benelli I have killed more turkeys with my cheap New England Firearms Pardner than the other two put together. It is actually to light for my taste so I put some lead in the stock to try and keep the punishment from the three inch turkey loads to a minimum. I like it because not only is it reliable, I don' t worry about getting it scratched up or marred.