buying TC encore

[Huntbear]

I hear ya huntbear, just different to own. loads of barrels. I am shopping. Stainless Pro Hunter rifle. not sure of cartridge yet. maybe 22-250 the  338 Federal? or 35 remington and shoot cast 357 bullets.
Carl

and a scope for each one!  lol.

[Elk-aholic]

I got a Pro Hunter in 300 Win Mag with a Trijicon 2.5-10x56mm on top its fast becoming my favorite rifle to carry in the woods, a heavy fluted 28inch stainless barrel pushing a 180gr speer hot-cor over 3000fps what's not to love!

[Bofire]

Hey Elk, I am looking at a 300 also. Do you have the flex tech stock?, How much do you think your rifle weighs all set to go?
Thanks
Carl

[jackelope]

if it's a pro hunter it has the flex tech stock, also it will have the swing hammer and the fluted barrels are pro hunter barrels.

[Elk-aholic]

Yes my rifle has the Flex stock its made by limbsaver! it has the swing hammer and a fluted barrel, I'm not positive about the weight of the scope/rifle combo but the scope is a 30mm tube and a 56mm Obj and I have some heavy Warne all Steel Mounts on it with a Weaver Base its not too heavy for me its a nice rifle to carry all day in the mountains, I used it on this past season for my Elk hunt in the Sol Duc unit the scope worked great and the rifle shoots wonderful groups, Ive always been a fan of Bolt actions but now I'm a firm believer of the Thompson Single shot. You can look up the specs of the rifle and the scope and add up the two weights on-line to get an idea of the weight.If I had to guess I would say the entire setup weighs about 9lbs or so.

[Huntbear]

What does one weigh with a scope?  Just curious if it would be much lighter than a bolt action.

[carpsniperg2]

the ones i shot were definantly more wieght than like my little bros t3 lite by tikka so i don't think they would be much lighter than a bolt gun

[jackelope]

my stainless synthetic bull barrel'd 300 win mag encore with leupold bases/rings and a vortex 4-12x40 scope weighs 8.8 lbs on my bathroom scale. the barrel is not fluted as a pro hunter barrel would be...however much weight that loses. 

[Bofire]

Thanks Good info! Do you guys buy the claim of 43% reduction in felt recoil due to the flex tech stock?
I went to sportsman wholesale yesterday, they are closing out models of guns they will not stock next year. All the TC stuff is on sale.
Carl

[carpsniperg2]

i would not say 43% from what i felt but i would say a good 25% less recoil

[jackelope]

i don't have a flex tech as mine is not a pro hunter, but my barrel does have a brake. it is a dream to shoot. i can watch the target and never lose it after the shot. also a 65lb 11 year old was shooting mine and had no problems with it.

[Elk-aholic]

I don't know about the 43% but the Thompson 300 Win kicks less than my Browning BLR with composite stock in 7mag and less than my Sako AV with a walnut stock also in 7 mag, I put 40 rounds down the tube one day to break-in the barrel and my shoulder was fine after, the stock works well it's got a hell of a recoil pad on it.

[SGM R]

This is not a pro-hunter and as you can see the hammer has plenty of clearance with a medium rise mounts. Sweet shooting 375 H&H.

I enjoy my TC

[Intruder]

I just got 1 myself.  I ended up w/ the standard model.... just got a raging deal on it. 

However, I did hear multiple reports that there have been some problems with the Pro Hunter triggers.  Someone on hear probably knows more than me about that... I don't really have any details.  I just never took the time to research it.  Supposedly the trigger is different and there was some kind of malfunction with em.   

As far as trigger work, I believe EA Brown does trigger jobs for a pretty good price.   

[SGM R]

I haven't heard of the issues with the triggers. I did not think the pro hunter was worth the value. Maybe I'm wrong.

Can anyone convience me?