birddog
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I have a variety of CCW and hunting handguns, but am sorry to report after 5trips to the range that I had to give up on one. A little backstory; I have a couple of .44 mags that I use for hunting, and decided a year ago to buy an Encore pistol in 30-06 for longer range shooting. Sure, the recoil was stout, but my wife and I decided it was nowhere near as bad as expected. Recoil wasn't the issue. The problem is this: I simply could not hold the damned thing steadily enough to shoot well with it. I did ok with it at 50 yards off a shooting stick, and much better off a Harris Bipod. But in the thick cover I hunt, a Bipod is impractical and I rarely carry a shooting stick with me. I took my Taurus M44 revolver and my Encore to the range and practiced shooting offhand. With the Encore I was comfortable only at 25 yards. With the big Revolver, I could hit at 80 yards, and 100 comfortably from a rest. I tried several shooting styles with the Encore, different hand positions, even prone. The gun is just so front-end heavy that I could not hold it steady. I finally traded it in last week. I'll stick with the Taurus, which is a tack driver.
Anyone else had similar experiences with the Encore pistols?
Anyone else had similar experiences with the Encore pistols?