Skylerbone
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I normally prefer the consternation of working on my own firearms rather than sending them off to the smith but my backlog of to-do items has lengthened considerably of late which forced my hand.
Since inheriting this white elephant that is the T/C Encore I’ve learned to appreciate what it does well, mainly shoot straight, while finding a few dislikes along the way. One was the trigger; not the pull weight but the angle to the stock. I’ve always felt the wrist angle was off leading to the shooter pulling at an upward angle on the trigger which moves straight to the rear.
While browsing new barrels I came across a new stock option from Choate that adapts the Encore via carbine receiver extension to a standard AR stock. Ugly as sin but I recognized the opportunity it presented and as I was sending the rifle out to swap a brake I figured why not!
Choate is not the first name I think of when it comes to quality and they did not fail to disappoint on details. When EA Brown returned my rifle I set about swapping stocks to see if anything good had come of my efforts. And, despite a few irksome choices by Choate the answer was yes.
To their credit it worked and fit but what I didn’t realize was that the extension was a commercial diameter as was the cheap included M4 style stock. Ugh. One more round of online shopping got me a milspec tube and stock combo that I can live with and I think I may just retire my old Knight muzzleloader permanently.
Begrudgingly I applaud Choate as well as other manufacturers for their innovations and I hope this market segment continues to grow. It isn’t the perfect product by any stretch but it got the rifle closer to where I wanted it to be.
Fresh back from Brown with a new brake on the .300 Win Mag barrel, some trigger work, and an order placed for a 22” .350 Legend barrel.
While I liked the Brockman brake quite a bit, being radially ported was less than ideal for prone and that new JP just looks good.
Yes it’s hideous but functional.
Wearing an Adaptive Tactical EX stock in gray because black was $12 more.
I think my shoulder will thank me for not waffle stomping it with a plastic butt plate.
Added a new scope while I was at it after pinning the muzzleloader barrel back on.
Since inheriting this white elephant that is the T/C Encore I’ve learned to appreciate what it does well, mainly shoot straight, while finding a few dislikes along the way. One was the trigger; not the pull weight but the angle to the stock. I’ve always felt the wrist angle was off leading to the shooter pulling at an upward angle on the trigger which moves straight to the rear.
While browsing new barrels I came across a new stock option from Choate that adapts the Encore via carbine receiver extension to a standard AR stock. Ugly as sin but I recognized the opportunity it presented and as I was sending the rifle out to swap a brake I figured why not!
Choate is not the first name I think of when it comes to quality and they did not fail to disappoint on details. When EA Brown returned my rifle I set about swapping stocks to see if anything good had come of my efforts. And, despite a few irksome choices by Choate the answer was yes.
To their credit it worked and fit but what I didn’t realize was that the extension was a commercial diameter as was the cheap included M4 style stock. Ugh. One more round of online shopping got me a milspec tube and stock combo that I can live with and I think I may just retire my old Knight muzzleloader permanently.
Begrudgingly I applaud Choate as well as other manufacturers for their innovations and I hope this market segment continues to grow. It isn’t the perfect product by any stretch but it got the rifle closer to where I wanted it to be.
Fresh back from Brown with a new brake on the .300 Win Mag barrel, some trigger work, and an order placed for a 22” .350 Legend barrel.
While I liked the Brockman brake quite a bit, being radially ported was less than ideal for prone and that new JP just looks good.
Yes it’s hideous but functional.
Wearing an Adaptive Tactical EX stock in gray because black was $12 more.
I think my shoulder will thank me for not waffle stomping it with a plastic butt plate.
Added a new scope while I was at it after pinning the muzzleloader barrel back on.