Hey Flyer,,
OK OK I must take a little responsibility for this Houge thing. Remember that it was I who started this silly Houge thing in the first place. BUT what you are forgetting is this.
IT may work well it may be stronger than any other stock on the planet and all that stuff BUT I had to remove mine for the following reasons. (Not to mention it was by accident and a completely blown up cracked Brown Precision that I used it in the first place as a spare tire I might add.) Much like mixing tequilla, everclear, crack and tang, while highly effective somethings just aren't meant to be.
Top ten reasons I removed my Houge.
1. So ugly bull frogs tried to mate with it.
2. Scares small African chidren worse than a rabid heyna.
3. Often used as a boat paddle by the trackers in the Kilombero.
4. Was once mistaken for a tire repair kit.
5. Was then used to patch a spare tire and driven on for a week.
6. Didn't shift aim or mar the stock one bit.
7. Elephant took it from camp and used it as a contraceptive.
8. So cheesy it made the dugga boys cry and run away.
9. When using bug spray stock gets "gummy" and soft then returns to shape later like a Stretch Armstrong toy.
10. If we showed up in camp together with these things PH would think we belong to the same rubber and lace S&M club!!
Hey Pat I'll be in HNL friday afternoon. Doing the double long layover with the Narita turn. I'll see you then lets go shoot your new toy!
Greg.
TC.
The Encore is not by anyway means or imagination a dangerous game set up. But it should shoot well, mine did. But I just can't warm up to a heavy weight single barrel rifle that is so cumbersome to reload especially quickly.