There have been several discussions here on THR about the T/C Encore. Some people hate them some love them. I myself love my rifle and have 9 barrels for it.
8 of the 9 barrels have always preformed very very well. The 9th being my 28" pro-hunter in .270win has been difficult. I have tried hand loading I have tried several brands of factory. Always having basically the same result. Best groups of around 1 1/4 average close to 1 5/8-1 3/4"
I have kinda given up and decided heck its just a hunting gun why do I care about MOA or sub-moa results. The desicion was made to just go with a premium bullet from a respect manufacture and go with it. I purchased three boxes of the Hornady custom line ammo in 130 grain SST.
We were working at the range today building a new pistol berm. Three of us stacked railroad ties 36 feet long and 7' tall to be backed with dirt. by the time we were done all were tired. Yet here I am at the range and wanted to sight in with my choosen rounds. I fired 8 shots and was satisfied with my sights and decided to shoot three 4 round groups. The wind was blowing at 15-20 mph at my 7 o'clock and gusting up to 25 mph. temp 63 degrees. For a really basic setup I think it did real well.
The first group was 1 1/2" only do to verticle stringing no flyers. So that was me being tired and still probably breathing heavy. The second four shot group was right at 7/8" and the third and final pictured below. a nickle will cover all 4 rounds. Granted this proves little and someone will say it doesn't matter unless you shoot 10 round groups.
I am impressed with the ammo and this is the best this barrel has ever shot. I can't do this well with handloads. So I just ordered 4 more boxes of the factory.
8 of the 9 barrels have always preformed very very well. The 9th being my 28" pro-hunter in .270win has been difficult. I have tried hand loading I have tried several brands of factory. Always having basically the same result. Best groups of around 1 1/4 average close to 1 5/8-1 3/4"
I have kinda given up and decided heck its just a hunting gun why do I care about MOA or sub-moa results. The desicion was made to just go with a premium bullet from a respect manufacture and go with it. I purchased three boxes of the Hornady custom line ammo in 130 grain SST.
We were working at the range today building a new pistol berm. Three of us stacked railroad ties 36 feet long and 7' tall to be backed with dirt. by the time we were done all were tired. Yet here I am at the range and wanted to sight in with my choosen rounds. I fired 8 shots and was satisfied with my sights and decided to shoot three 4 round groups. The wind was blowing at 15-20 mph at my 7 o'clock and gusting up to 25 mph. temp 63 degrees. For a really basic setup I think it did real well.
The first group was 1 1/2" only do to verticle stringing no flyers. So that was me being tired and still probably breathing heavy. The second four shot group was right at 7/8" and the third and final pictured below. a nickle will cover all 4 rounds. Granted this proves little and someone will say it doesn't matter unless you shoot 10 round groups.
I am impressed with the ammo and this is the best this barrel has ever shot. I can't do this well with handloads. So I just ordered 4 more boxes of the factory.
