Does anyone know anything about the T/C Encore??? I've been thinking about getting one cuz I want a .45-70 gov. and a .30-06 that I wouldn't mind shooting the life out of. With interchangeable barrels I could live with killing a barrel, then if need be, I'd get another one. I'm thinking I'd get a .243, .45-70, a .30-06, and maybe a .50 cal muzzleloader barrel for it if I bought one. How much do they cost and are they worth a darn?? I don't want to throw away $$ on a rifle and a bunch of barrels that can't hit the broadside of a barn.

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I bought a muzzle loader last year. and i will tell you it's the last one i'll buy! the encore 209 x 50 is the easiest to clean, scope friendly,accurate smokepole you can buy. i wont even consider any other muzzle loader again. i want a 45 cal barrel now. and i see where they make a 450 marlin now. you pay for them thats for sure. once you get over that i think you'll be happy. but i'm telling you the first time you clean the muzzle loader you will be hooked.everything goes out the barrel.

First off, I don't have an Encore, I have a Contender Carbine.. I have a friend who has an Encore handgun in 308, and he says it's the most accurate "rifle" he has. Another friend has an Encore rifle in 22-250, who is still working on loads, but pretty regularly shoots under an inch at 100 yds... I have no doubt he can get much smaller groups when he settles on the right combination... In short, I think an Encore will consistently outshoot nearly ANY bolt action rifle out of the box...... I think you should buy you a frame and stock, and start finding the barrels you want... look on EBAY and other auction sites, check out Bullberry.com for custom barrels... you should be able to get an Encore ready to go for around 450 dollars or so.... I got the Contender because I wanted a light, short rifle in 22 K-Hornet... looking back, I would go with an Encore, as the weight/size isn't that much different.... and the caliber selection in the Encore is WAY better....

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I bought the .50 cal. muzzleloader barrel and had intentions of getting a couple more interchangeable tubes.

I shot a pronghorn buck and a whitetail doe with it last fall.

Now I think that I might just hunt with a muzzleloader for everything from now on.

Robin.

Got the .45 ML for X-mas this year. Going to get a couple barrels for it. Probably a .22-250 or .223 and a .300WM. One question I had was if I could convert with the same frame from the rifle to the handgun by changing the stock/forearm and barrel?

I have been trying to get a encore in the 45 muzzleloader for over 2 months now.The gun shop owners say they have tryed to get it from several different distrubtors but no one has one.Are they in that short of supply or is it here just in NC?I wrote T/C and they promised to send info,but I haven't even heard from them since.
I am wanting the blue barrel with the composite stock but the catalog only shows wood stock with blue barrel,any one seen a blue barrel with composite stock in the 45 cal?
Cabelas had them but said they were sold out and wouldn't get any more????

..I love my encore pistol,15 inch 22 hornet it will drive a tack,rifle barrel will be bought this fall......

..JESUS IS COMING BACK BE READY...

I picked up an Encore when they first came out in the 7mm-08 15&quot; barrel...real shooter! Then I started too buy different barrels and grips for the 15&quot; barrels. Next I went to a rifle barrels with 26&quot; tube. They are the most accurate gun I own and I even took the Encore 25-06 a pronghorn hunt this past season to New Mexico and took a nice trophy! Don't worry about &quot;wasting&quot; money,worry about how to stop yourself from going crazy buying every barrel they have...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Check out this site,I picked up a 26&quot; .240 Weatherby from them: www.virginvalleyguns.com

Hunt Safe!

Jack