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encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« on: January 03, 2010, 09:25:53 PM »
anybody have one??
trying to decide between a new gun or a new barrel for the encore.
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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 11:28:04 AM »
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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 04:13:40 PM »
Sad to say, that Encore ownership within Hunt-Wa is probably in the sub 5%.. (just a guess) I know two people that have Encore's. Five that have a TC of variation. I know a whole lot of other people that have guns. Try the same question on 'The Firing Line' or 'TheHighRoad.org'.

Most of the time I say 'new gun', but then again I don't have a TC. If I had one, I think I'd have a plethora of barrels for it.

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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2010, 06:34:41 PM »
jackalope I think its just you and I that are cool enough to hunt with encore's ;) and I dont have a turkey barrel and seeing as how I have a good turkey gun and dont even hunt turkeys I'll probably not be buying one. but I say go for it brother buy one and get it bloody 8)
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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2010, 09:03:04 PM »
Oh.. I'm sure I'll own one SOME day!   :IBCOOL:

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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2010, 07:05:08 AM »
I am fully sold on the Encore series.  I think they are great guns even though they are single shot only.  They just appeal to me for some reason and thats good enough.  I will be hunting with mine next year for sure.

I would buy the 12 gauge Turkey barrel but I already own a Benelli M1 field for that purpose.  To me the Encore is perfect for Turkey hunting though.  That seems like a perfect match for a single shot.  I say get it and let us know how you like it.

I have a 20 gauge vent rib on the way for grouse next year and I am stoked.

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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2010, 08:38:29 AM »
I will likely end up going the encore barrel route. i told myself i won't buy any new barrels for it so i will be watching for a used one to come up for sale.
Steve-you either love them or hate them. i am amazed at how well mine shoots with the 300 barrel. much better than any of the savage or browning a-bolt rifles i've had.
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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2010, 09:58:35 AM »
I've wanted a TC pistol for a long time.   I started the boys out on cheaper single shot rifles. I actually like them. (I'd like them more if they were as accurate as a TC)  Having a TC pistol, with both pistol and rifle barrels would be sweet.

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Re: encore/pro hunter turkey barrel??
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2010, 10:21:44 AM »
my dad hunted with a t/c contender super 14(14" barrel) for deer back east. i wanna say he shot a 7mm TCU, a wildcat caliber that he loaded for it. shot it at 100 yard targets and carried it in a shoulder holster...a beast of a pistol. i got really happy a few months back when he told me he was gonna send me his pistols as hand me downs. unfortunately he sold the contender. i still am getting a couple cool pistols, but no contender.
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