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Guys when I 1st shot my friends .270 T/C Encore I fell in love with the accuracy. So I bought one for deer hunting in .270 as well (heavy barrel)... I modified the trigger spring (2lb pull), put in an upgraded/stiffer hammer spring and pillar bedded the fore-end... the darn thing can put 3 shots in ...

Ya know more folks have died in Chicago than the war in Iraq this year. If he can't take care of his own state how can he take care of an entire nation? If he wins there will be no more flying under the liberal media radar, he will be under a microscope just like Bush. There is always impeachment an...

sbranden wrote: A couple of the sites that carry these appear to be on backorder now. Anyone have some quick links to good prices on the Federal Sierra BlitzKings (in stock) ??

Gunbroker.com has them....

Mark, If you're set on keeping the Encore, give Match Grade Machine a call. The standard barrels they use are from Shilen who offers only the 1-12 and 1-9 twist in .204, but they will order special barrels from other manufacturers. I would suggest having them order a Pac Nor barrel for your Encore ...

Mark I guess I am lucky as I have an Oncore with the factory barrel and after sending it back for head space problems it shoots close to my Ruger 77VT. I use the 32 V-Max and 34 gr. Dog town with BLc-2. I am getting 5 shot groups in the .2 s and .3 s with both guns. Both of my guns seem to do bette...

The .270 and 7mm Mag barrels make the .204 barrel look BAD @ the range. They all came from T/C Custom Shop, Dunno... How many shot's should I fire before cleaning the .204? I have been cleaning every 5-10 shots since break in... I have a .22 rimfire that doesn't shoot well until I am 30-50 rounds de...

Can you buy a Contender barrel in 204 with an 11 or 10 twist? That should make those 40's come alive. Beyond that it is a crap shoot wether a certain tube will shoot the 40's. I called a few places today (T/C Custom Shop, BullBerry Barrel Works, and EABCO) SO far no one does custom rifling. I'll tr...

Buy a Savage(just kiddin') :D On a serious note, I don't think you should give up on that TC just yet. Sometimes it takes a couple hundred rounds down the tube to get them to settle in. If I was you I would hold off a little bit b-4 I gave up. By the way that's a nice looking gun you got there. :mr...

Hi Mark. Here's the problem with the 40's. Some guns like em & some don't. The rest tolerate them tho. Look for some 39gr Sierra Blitz King loads. A lote of times they will outperform the 40's. I know my rifle really likes them. HTH Thanks for the reply Glen, I also tried the 39gr Federal Blitz...

Well Guy's n' Gal's, I give up on my T/C Encore .204 bull barrel. My .270 heavy barrel shoots everything well but can't seem to get this .204 to shoot anything decent but the V-max 32's. I'm not familiar with reloading, just looking for something that will shoot the factory V-Max 40's or Sierra BK 3...

My Encore barrel would consistantly shoot .75 inch groups and sometimes .5 or so groups with the 32 V-Max using H4895. Your barrel is a 12 twist and will probably shoot the 32 grainers best. Admitedly, my reloading procedures probably improved over time as the Encore is the first gun I started relo...

My encore shot the 32 V-Max the best with H4895 and H322 powders. It hated 40 grain V-Max bullets with everything I tried. Then I sold the 204 barrel and got a CZ 527 Varminter, and am much happier. How would you compare avg groups on the 2 guns? Does Encore used a diff twist rate than your CZ 527 ...

Mine shot well right from the start. I can't really say it has gotten any more accurate the more I shoot it. It will group most everything into a bit less then an inch at 100. The Bergers substantially better :eek: Do a search. I am not sure how much of the old posts are left from before the server...

I shoot a stainless factory heavy. I have only shot the Hornady 32 and 40, and the Winchester 34's. The Winchesters shot ok but not great. The Vmax 32's shot very well I went through 100 rounds breaking in. I have not been able to get the 40's to shoot, factory or reloaded. I have had very good suc...