I have the longer Encore Muzzleloader and love it, but it is heavy. Not that I can complain with the small amount of walking I do anymore. But the other day I was in the store and a person was getting a 1-4x Leupold mounted on a Kahtadin Encore and I asked if I could see it. Man was it short and did it handle like a dream. Light and would be great in the brush or slippen through some standing corn.
Josh