I have a stainless encore receiver with a 24" 22-250, 24" 30/06, 18" 45/70, and 26" 209x50 barrels for it. The 45/70 barrel and the 209x50 barrel mostly lives with my dad, he "borrowed" them and I haven't seen them since. All of my barrels shoot very well. Like any gun they sometimes take a little tinkering with to get the best accuracy out of them. My 22-250 barrel will shoot 3 shots under 3/4" at 100 yards regularly, and the 30/06 will shoot MOA or under with a half a dozen different factory and reloads. The best thing about the encores are they are short, fairly light, handy rifles. Its nice to have my encore behind the seat of my truck with the 22-250 and 30/06 barrels in a hard case. I'm ready for anything I can run across. Its also really nice for traveling. Whenever I head down to one of the aluetian islands or Kodiak I can take the short hard case inside my travel duffle bag. If I could have only one rifle it would be an encore.