well i finally got a chance to shoot my encore. used 100 gr. of pyrodex pellets and 245 gr powderbelt aero tips.

sighted it in leaning on my buddies porch rail at 100 yds. first group was 1.5 inches, adjusted my scope and shot the next 3 shots dead bulls eye. all three bullet holes were touching ...less than 1 inch group. IT WAS UNBELIEVEABLE !!!!!

no problems what so ever. i didn' t clean the barrel inbetween shots, it loaded fairly easily other than the last half inch needed to get the bullet seated properly took some muscle. when i cleaned it last night the only crud buildup was the first three inches from the breech plug ...other than that there was no fouling.

the deer won' t have a chance this ML season.