Encore Shotgun

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Has anyone here attempted to waterfowl or upland bird hunt with the T/C Encore shotgun barrel?

IF so what are your evaluations and opinions - how did the hunt go?

[fabsroman]

I haven't tried it, but I would be a little leery to use it on anything that wasn't rifle like in style. For upland and waterfow hunting, you need a buttstock that has some drop at the heel. Most rifles don't have much drop because they are designed in a straight line so that recoil is directed directly back into the shooter's shoulder and not up into the shooter's cheek. Kind of like trying to upland or waterfowl hunt with a trap gun. I tried using my trap gun to hunt doves the first year I had it, and it was tough because of the flat comb.

Now, if the comb on the encore has some drop to it, it would be just fine for upland and waterfowl hunting. My other problem with it is that it is a single shot.

With all that said, I haven't used one to upland or waterfowl hunt.

[gd357]

I suspect that T/C was thinking more of the turkey hunting crowd when it made the shotgun barrels for the encore. As fabs said, it's a single shot, and I'm not that good with a scattergun when hunting things that fly.

gd

[BILLY D.]

Hey gd

Maybe they will bring out a belt fed version for guys like us. You know that I have seen very few people hit on the third shot either. And on the other side of the coin I've hunted with folks that hit on the first shot and as the range stretches out they can't hit the planet earth. The only gun that I could consistently hit doubles and tripels with is my Model 12. I love that gun. I should, I've been shooting it for 60 years now.

Bill

[gd357]

Billy,

I know what you mean. Although I have hit enough on second and third shots to know to keep my winchester pump.

gd

[fabsroman]

I've done plenty of triples on geese and ducks with my SBE auto. Just haven't been able to get one on doves yet. Been close, but no cigar. Sad thing is that I have been hunting doves for as long as I can remember.

[tjwatty]

It's really hard for me to shoot a triple on anything, being a TRUE sportsman I always fire a warning shot first...???????????

[skeet]

A warning shot in the beginning and a Hail Mary at the end leaves ya with????one in the middle. I guess an Encore would do ya ok huh??????

[skeet]

An awful lot of game has fallen to the ol single shot. I got my first goose and quail with a single shot 410 Winchester M-37. Now as to whether it is a good gun to use waterfowling etc...the answer is clearly no. It is sometimes very necessary to have more than one shot when hunting ..especially waterfowl. Get yourself a nice ol Remington 870. You'll be set for most anything

[fabsroman]

I killed my first dove with a .410 single shot with an exposed hammer on the gun. After that, I graduated to a single shot 20 gauge, but I didn't kill a single thing with that gun. Things started getting a lot better when I hit about 12 years old and started using a 12 gauge o/u, auto, and pump.

[tjwatty]

Under the heading of "Can't teach old dogs new tricks" skeet, an 870 in my hands IS a single shot, the big qusetion is, how long before I can pull the trigger off.
I've been shooting autos and o/u so long you can forget pumps, in a pinch anyway. Trap range I can still shoot one but if I gotta shoot twice, forget it.

My 1st shotgun was a singleshot 16ga. made by the Cresent Firearms Co. about circa 1930 I think. Still in the cabinet but not in shooting condition anymore. And yes, same company now makes wrenches.