Ed Ames
Member
The excessive headspace allows gasses to act on the plunger thus allowing the gun to open. (We are not talking about a bolt gun here….the plunger is held in place with a spring that supposedly needs to be replaced after so many shots that they never tell you about..)
You can disregard everything I say but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if anyone has this gun or knows someone with one out of morbid curiosity check the headspace or have a gun smith check the headspace.
OK, this at least is a failure theory, and a warning people can act on.
I don't happen to have an encore in front of me so can't comment on how plausible the theory may be, but thank you for posting that.