TC Chambering

[konrad]

I have been considering the purchase of a TC Contender or Encore pistol.

My question for the gurus is:

What is the most efficient, hard hitting, long range chambering for the 14 inch barrel?

Thanks,
K

[carpsniperg2]

what are you wanting to hunt, is the key thing. the contender has a lot more limited calibers then the encore hell you can get into 30-06 and higer powdered rifle cals in the encore. in the contender the best are the 35 rem 30-30 45-70 7mmtcu for deer+ sized game

[carpsniperg2]

also the 7-30 waters and 6.8rem are good ones for deer sized game in the contender. let us know what you are wanting to hunt and i will let you know my faves/picks

[carpsniperg2]

also a lot of the encore barrels are 15" and the contenders are 14"-12"-16"

[konrad]

Sorry, should have been more specific.
15 inch Encore
Large deer and perhaps elk

[jackelope]

Encore 12" Blue w/Sights Barrel 44 Mag
Info/Order 207-1533 Encore 12" Blue w/Sights Barrel 45/410 VR  $298
Info/Order 207-1693 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 17HMR $293
Info/Order 207-1710 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 223 Rem  $249
Info/Order 207-1708 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 22-250  $249
Info/Order 207-1716 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 243 Win  $249
Info/Order 207-1724 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 270 Win  $249
Info/Order 207-1706 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 7mm-08  $249
Info/Order 207-1702 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 308 Win  $249
Info/Order 207-1704 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 30-06  $249
Info/Order 207-1734 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 45/70 Govt  $249
Info/Order 207-1732 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 45/410 VR $309
Info/Order 207-1730 Encore 15" Blue w/Sights Barrel 500 S&W, $295
Info/Order 207-4930 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 204 Ruger  $284
Info/Order 207-4970 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 223 Rem  $284
Info/Order 207-4927 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 243 Win  $284
Info/Order 207-4976 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 7mm-08  $284
Info/Order 207-4978 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 308 Win  $284
Info/Order 207-4944 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 460 S&W  $284
Info/Order 207-4929 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 45/410 VR $315
Info/Order 207-4942 Encore 15" Stnls w/Sights Barrel 500 S&W, $302

Info/Order 207-1914 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel 17HMR Stainless $329
Info/Order 207-1910 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel 22LR Stainless $329
Info/Order 207-1905 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls .204 Ruger $302
Info/Order 207-1907 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls .223 Rem $302
Info/Order 207-1911 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls 22-250 $302
Info/Order 207-1913 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls .243 Win $302
Info/Order 207-1915 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls 25-06 $302
Info/Order 207-1917 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls 270 Win  $302
Info/Order 207-1929 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls 7-08 $302
Info/Order 207-1927 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls .308 Win $302
Info/Order 207-1919 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls .30-06 $302
Info/Order 207-1904 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls .338 Federal $302
Info/Order 207-1906 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Stnls 30 TC $302
Info/Order 207-1965 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel 17 HMR Blue  $315
Info/Order 207-1964 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel 22LR Blue $315
Info/Order 207-1948 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Blue .223 Rem $267
Info/Order 207-1947 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Blue 25-06 $267
Info/Order 207-1951 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Blue 7-08 Rem  $267
Info/Order 207-1958 Pro Hunter 15" Barrel Blue .338 Federal $267

There's your choices through EABCO...
you can get a big heavy hitting long range caliber but the thing you gotta remember in my opinion is it's stilll  a pistol and you still got to be able to hang onto it and shoot it without flinching. Any of those bigger rounds are gonna kick the crap out of anybody.
 

[carpsniperg2]

if you want big knock down and hard hitting the best for you would be the 500 sw with muzz brk on it. or the 338 federal are the hardest hitting for what i would want myself. if you wanted one that still has good knock down and a little more easy to hang onto i would go either 270win-7mm08

[yorketransport]

The 338 Federal may be the perfect package in a 15" Encore. Recoil shouldn't be bad at all, and it should give you very good trajectory and energy out of the short barrel.

Andrew

[Missing]

I've got a 375 JDJ with the muzzle tamer on it for the contender and it is a shooter and amazingly enough it is easy on the wrist, I also have a 15" 308 in the encore and it is all i want to shoot with factory loads so I hand load them down just a bit and it is now an easy shooter, I also have the 338 federal in a 28" barrel and it shoots nice but I don't think I would want to shoot it as a pistol with out a tamer on it. I guess the moral to my story is if you go big add a muzzle tamer and you will never be sorry.

[Bscman]

I'd say .338 Federal as well...

Otherwise, look at the .308 barrel. It will outperform 30-06 with most loads, and using a good bit less powder. I know, seems counter-intuitive until you think about how much powder is getting burned AFTER the 15" of barrel length--the extra powder in the '06 is a waste! You can also get 15" barrels in .300WinMag but they are frame stretchers, and again more bark than bite.
.308 is also cheap, common, and easy to reload.