T/C Encore Questions
- Thread starter jaydawg
- Start date
I have several of both the Encore and the Pro hunter. I guess it comes down to personal preferences, but for me the pro hunter stock is nothing more than a pretty place to mount a Limbsaver pad. The 28" barrel on the PH is good for the ML option but overkill on the centerfire barrels.
My Pro Hunter in 300 Win Mag with a 28" barrel is at least 3 inches shorter overall than my Tikka T3 Light with a 24" barrel.
With the proper load development using appropriate powder, bullet velocity should be noticeably faster than a 24" barrel. To some people, this might be important, especially when you do it with a shorter overall gun.
I also like the fluted barrels and how quickly you can reload this single shot rifle.
A lot of owners will upgrade this rifle with a stronger hammer spring and an oversize hinge pin.
The strong hammer springer is usually needed when a hammer extender is installed. A site on the Internet specializes in upgrading this line of guns.
http://www.bellmtcs.com/store/
Duke1
With the proper load development using appropriate powder, bullet velocity should be noticeably faster than a 24" barrel. To some people, this might be important, especially when you do it with a shorter overall gun.
I also like the fluted barrels and how quickly you can reload this single shot rifle.
A lot of owners will upgrade this rifle with a stronger hammer spring and an oversize hinge pin.
The strong hammer springer is usually needed when a hammer extender is installed. A site on the Internet specializes in upgrading this line of guns.
http://www.bellmtcs.com/store/
Duke1
xring_assassin
Regular
- Location
- Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
I wouldn't buy one again. Mine was a 7mm mag pro-hunter - serious problem child.
As it arrived to me - it had bar none the roughest bore I had ever seen, took months for barrel to be warrantied, next barrel that came the chamber throat was non-existent....rifling all the way to the case. Third try - much quicker trn around and that barrel was not bad!
Had to put in (well - did it cuz I could) a bellm hammer spring/trigger spring to get it to where I liked the trigger pull, and zero DOES FRICKEN SO CHANGE when the barrel is removed/re-installed! Do NOT trust it until you've shot it after taking it apart.
I'd caution against oversized hinge pin - and advise for a screw together one - there's simply NO WAY you can take a drill, auger out the holes made by TC in a factory, and make them BIGGER and equally as straight as TC does. The screw together pins don't drift left to right, and they're MUCH more consistent, that said, without a torque wrench, you can't take apart and re-assemble a TC EXACTLY the same as when it was last apart, right down to the screws on the forend....again....don't trust a freshly re-assembled TC to be accurate until you've shot it at a target.
It's a great idea (switch barrel), I wish they could make it shoot as accurately as a bolt gun OUT OF THE BOX, but there's simply far too many variables to control. When tough times hit for me awhile back that was the first gun to move out of my safe....but by then I had dicked away nearly a year with it, tweaking loads and getting parts in hopes of making it accurate, which I DID get it "acceptable" by the time I sold it - seriously - after owning it and hearing the stories of many other owners - I MUST say it sems the front stuffer barrels and 308 barrels for them are the ones that seem to consistently perform WELL, other than that "fussy b*tch that shot well enough I wasn't mad enough to get rid of in haste FOR AWHILE - but I eventually gave up on and sold" seems to be a really REALLY common phrase when dealing with the Encore family.
I've also heard (again - my experience would indicate YES) 7mm bores on TC's are the problem child - notoriously being replaced under warranty or just junk.
As it arrived to me - it had bar none the roughest bore I had ever seen, took months for barrel to be warrantied, next barrel that came the chamber throat was non-existent....rifling all the way to the case. Third try - much quicker trn around and that barrel was not bad!
Had to put in (well - did it cuz I could) a bellm hammer spring/trigger spring to get it to where I liked the trigger pull, and zero DOES FRICKEN SO CHANGE when the barrel is removed/re-installed! Do NOT trust it until you've shot it after taking it apart.
I'd caution against oversized hinge pin - and advise for a screw together one - there's simply NO WAY you can take a drill, auger out the holes made by TC in a factory, and make them BIGGER and equally as straight as TC does. The screw together pins don't drift left to right, and they're MUCH more consistent, that said, without a torque wrench, you can't take apart and re-assemble a TC EXACTLY the same as when it was last apart, right down to the screws on the forend....again....don't trust a freshly re-assembled TC to be accurate until you've shot it at a target.
It's a great idea (switch barrel), I wish they could make it shoot as accurately as a bolt gun OUT OF THE BOX, but there's simply far too many variables to control. When tough times hit for me awhile back that was the first gun to move out of my safe....but by then I had dicked away nearly a year with it, tweaking loads and getting parts in hopes of making it accurate, which I DID get it "acceptable" by the time I sold it - seriously - after owning it and hearing the stories of many other owners - I MUST say it sems the front stuffer barrels and 308 barrels for them are the ones that seem to consistently perform WELL, other than that "fussy b*tch that shot well enough I wasn't mad enough to get rid of in haste FOR AWHILE - but I eventually gave up on and sold" seems to be a really REALLY common phrase when dealing with the Encore family.
I've also heard (again - my experience would indicate YES) 7mm bores on TC's are the problem child - notoriously being replaced under warranty or just junk.
elimsprint
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Kelowna, BC
I just did the trigger on mine using the Bellm stuff and oh boy what an improvement. Greater than the max 5# my gauge reads to start with, a perfect 2.5# (40oz) with no creep afterwards. I also installed an overtravel screw. I have .223 and 7mm Rem Mag barrels for it. I haven't shot it enough to really have an opinion on it's accuracy but it seems quite good so far. I do wish they made some matching bull barrels in shorter lengths for the smaller lighter non magnum calibers. Take a look at the CVA Apex rifle system also, very interesting. www. cva.com/rifles-apex. html
Kim
Kim
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
what are the differences between the Encore and the Pro Hunter?
I would start by looking at:
http://www.tcarms.com/firearms/encoreCenterfire.php
and if you have further questions, please get back here and I'm sure some of us would be more than willing to help you.
Cheers,
Duke1
http://www.tcarms.com/firearms/encoreCenterfire.php
and if you have further questions, please get back here and I'm sure some of us would be more than willing to help you.
Cheers,
Duke1
