I don't like TC... I thought their TCR was a cool concept, so I bought one-it had a double-set trigger that I really liked. Had a .22/250, .243 Win. and a .30/'06 barrel for it. Wanted a .32/40 and a .38/55 barrel for it too. But they stopped making TCRbarrels-claimed it was "due to a fire".

But they continue to make other stuff that was contemporary with the TCR! I don't believe them-I think the TCR, although it had some good points, was basically a faulty design, and may not have been selling well enough. So they "had a fire", and dropped the TCRsand barrels for it........

I figured I would get flamed for this post. I guess I am not the only one who does not like beating out a hinge pin to change a barrel.

The problem I have with the hinge pin is sooner or later, if your constantly changing barrels, your going to wear the hinge pin hole. In the end, its just a poke stalk 600 dollar rifle.

Note to TC..... copy the Blaser or Merkel single shot rifles the next time you want to bring out a quality single shot rifle . .

I'm glad I read this, I was thinking about getting another barrel for my Encore. I think I'll keep it just a ML. Hell for over $300. for a barrel. I can add a few $ and get another nice Rifle. Thanks for keeping me from getting Sucked in.

LOL Cmon guys!! All them people on tv have gotta know something we dont! I mean they are so much better hunters than we are and hey ALL use them!



On a serious note have any of you seen one of them miss and listen to the commotion while they try to reload? LOL Funny stuff!! Like I said T/C has done the ultimate marketing job here....anybody that can get $600 out of a polkstock has my respect...lol. Theres no damn way they will get any of my money for one of those things.

I bought one a few months ago.. For 4 reasons.. 1) I like the ability to change out the barrells (and have not had any issue with my Contender pistol in the 223 and 44 Mag barrell) 2) I like the fact of a light gun that I can order any barrell lenght/color/caliber combination. 3) I wanted a 308 and 4) they had this one on sale for under 400.00..

So what is my plan for this gun.. The 308 will be my drag up the tree on a rope shoot the deer at less than 100 yards gun.. But when my boys are old enough to shoot I will start them out with a 223 or 22-250 20" barrell that is small/light enough for them to use and shoot regularly without knocking thier teeth out until they are old enough to move up to the 243..

It is, its freakin shear genius on T/C's part. They pull you in little at a time with the idea of "oh, Ican have a 270win for the price of a 300 dollar barrel, instead of 500 for a new rifle",until you have4 barrels, two different sets of stocks, 3 forarms, and one frame, and it finally dawns on you, its a single shot gun you have a fortune invested in.

Oh well, I fell for it.I have wasted money in worse places I guess. Now I can't get rid of it. I have a sub 0.7MOA 204 Ruger setup. I can't get rid of that.

I have been quite happy with my Encores, but all I have now is a ProHunter muzzleloader. My youngest son has a custom shop 270 and a muzzleloader. I have never bedded a forend and have gotten MOA+/- accuracy out of nearly every barrel that I have owned. My son's 270 is consistently a sub MOA barrel with every type of ammo we have fed it. It is by far the best we have ever had.

Love them or hate them; T/C has sold TONS of them.

I really don't like the idea that it seems like the TC's are used in about 75% of the different televised hunting shows. Kinda lends a little ammo to the anti's who argue that you don't really need those multi-shot bolt action sniper rifles for hunting...

Plus...The cost of a scope for each barrel, unless you want to pull the scope and re-sight in each time..