The only reason I would by a tc is because it usa made. That being said I have a couple of encore's and don't care for the stock style, the muzzle jump, the trigger, and I don't think they are that accurate (I will say that they are hunting accurate) . I have a knight kp1 that I've got a converted 45-70 barrel on that doesn't seem to have the above challenges and the apex seems to have the same sort of lines. There are those amonst us that slam stuff that is made else where, but the truth of the matter is that I think the places else where listen to the end user more. I don't care for the 50 barrel on my encore, it has to much blow back and you have to disasemble the dang thing to clean it (the knight breaks down so much easier)