Question. Does anyone else here have an oversized pin in their Encore or Contender? If so, did it help any? I know from personal experience, it DID in mine. Keep in mind, I swap barrels quite often and the original pin was getting to where it would just about fall out when the forearm was taken off. Now, if you only have one barrel, you may never need a bigger pin.
Trailer, with a breakdown style action, you have two lockup points and both are equally important. Yes, with a scope, both barrel and scope are one in the same, but the barrel is just one of two components. If you don't have a good lockup on both ends(lug and pin), you won't acheive the accuracy thats its capable of. Just my experience.