What is your favorite grip for the Encore Pistol in heavy caliber?

[lastchanc54]

Hi Guys N Gals, I need your input. I will be shooting a 15 inch Encore in 308 win (no muzzle brake).I see several different grips available. I do have large hands to help control the recoil. Please share your experiences with the grips you have used. Thanks in advance.

[onesonek]

I prefer a wood grip that was big enough to begin with, that I could custom fit to my hand with a dremel.
I couldn't get any any consistency the the factory synthetic, and the factory wood was alright , but not quite there.

Dave

[Darrell H]

I have a set of Pachmayr Decelerators on my .308 Encore.  I went with them mainly for the built-in sling swivel studs and the fact that I don't have to worry about scratching them; I don't consider the .308 to be a heavy recoiling caliber. 

Bullberry grips fit my hand better than any others that I have tried.  Here are a couple of moderate-to-heavy recoilers with Bullberry grips:


.376 Steyr


209 X 50

[yooper77]

I only have and use the Pachmayr grip and forend set for my Encore.  I also bought them for the sling and bi-pod attachment.

Midsouth Shooters Supply is the cheapest around that I have found.
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0001002441

I shoot the 454 Casull and 7mm-08 Remington out of my Encore pistol.

My 454 Casull recoils more than my 7mm-08 Rem and it even cracked a factory walnut grip before I bought the Pachmayr set.

The 308 Winchester isn't a recoil problem, I don't like muzzle brakes or porting because of the noise.

I have to wear soft palm gloves, because leather ones make noise on the Pachmayr grip.

yooper77

[DEACONLLB]

I have the Packmayr standard Grips on all my contender heavy kickers and they work well. They have made a couple of my guns fun to shoot.

[DonL100]

I bought Pachmayr grip and forend for my 357 Herrett 30 years ago and have never changed. DonL

[lastchanc54]

Darrell H. Wow, those are some fine looking pistols!! I am fascinated by the 376 and the 50. I would love to chat about what you shoot with them and how well they work. My email is talktome@clintonwa.com
If you care to share, drop me a line. Thanks.
For the rest of you, your information is greatly appreciated. My 308 will arrive any day now and already I have learned so much. I am glad to hear that it is not considered a heavy recoil handgun! I have already learned which reloading manuals to get and which bullets make for a good choice. Since I am going hunting soon with it, I had better get some decelerator grips on order asap. Yooper sent me a link, thanks, that looks like a great site to have in my favorites. Your right, the prices look good.
Thanks everyone who has and does contribute to my education. I hope that the rest of you that read this information find it useful.
Happy shooting

[Dezynco]

I've been happy with the factory black squishy grips.  They seem to tame recoil fairly well on my 308 Encore.  I've thought about getting some of the Pachmeyer's some day.

[Darrell H]

Darrell H. Wow, those are some fine looking pistols!! I am fascinated by the 376 and the 50. I would love to chat about what you shoot with them and how well they work. My email is talktome@clintonwa.com
If you care to share, drop me a line. Thanks.

Thank you!  I really enjoy my T/C's.  Instead of an email, let's just talk about T/C's here on the forum if you don't mind; after all that's why we're all here isn't it?     I'm not sure what you want to know, so I'll just ramble a bit.  If I don't answer your questions, just let me know.

The first gun is a 14" .308 Win made by MGM (Match Grade Machine).  I'm shooting 150 grain Accubonds along with 46 grains of Varget and getting about 2550 fps with this load.  I used it recently to take a bull elk in Colorado at 263 yards.  You can read about it if you'd like in the handgun hunting forum here:  http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,154141.0.html

The second gun is a 17" .376 Steyr; also made by MGM.  I hope to use it on a coastal brown bear, if not in 2009 then in 2010.  Notice I said "hopefully".     I am shooting 270 grain Hornady's at 2450 fps and I'm getting consistent 1.5" groups.  This ought to work well on bear out to 200 yards or so IMHO.  I hope to find out.  The grip is made by Bullberry and the forend is made by Ole GA Jim.  I had trouble with the scope sliding in the rings under recoil, so I installed four Burris Signature Zee rings and it seems to have fixed the problem.  I have killed no game with the .376 Steyr...yet! 

The third pistol is a 26" Encore rifle barrel that has been cut down to 17" and drilled/tapped for pistol spacing.  The grip was made by Bullberry and it has a GA Jim forend on it as well.  I have killed a couple of hogs with it so far:



I'm shooting 260 grain, .45 caliber Speer Gold Dots in Hornady sabots along with 80 grains of triple 7 at 1600 fps with good accuracy (about 1" - 1.5" groups at 50 yards).  Neither hog has went over 30 yards or so after the shot.  Here is the bullet that I recovered from the second hog:


Let me know if this doesn't answer your questions and thanks again for your interest in my guns!  Oh and by the way, the .308 is the finest "all around" chambering for the Encore IMHO.  Great choice! 

Darrell

[onesonek]

Sure like that holster Darrell
In all seriousness, nice post and pic's!
Oh, and say hi to J for me!!

Dave

[lastchanc54]

Amazing! Those are some fine looking hogs. I would never have thought about cutting down a rifle barrel and using a sabot for a black powder set up like you have, but what a cool outfit. Yes, you answered all of my questions. Thanks for the photos and the stories!! It looks like you have a favorite scope for your Encores, what is it? I just bought a scope but I am not sure I am going to like it. anyway, thanks for sharing. I am going to check out your elk hunting story next.

[Darrell H]

Sure like that holster Darrell

Thanks Dave, I can't for the life of me remember where I got it or who made it for me.      Jen says hi! 

It looks like you have a favorite scope for your Encores, what is it?

My favorite scope for Encore pistols is a Burris 2-7.  Good luck and have fun setting yours up! 

Darrell

[David D.]

I like the grips I build for myself. Custom fit to my hand and made to use for the shooting situlation. 

[lastchanc54]

My Encore finally got here. First things first, I put my sope on it. Looks great but a bit heavier than I thought it would be. I used to have Contenders and they were lightweights by comparison. I got the factory rubber grips (Rhyonite?). I have very large hands and these grips fit me perfectly. My thought is, if these fit me, then how are most people even able to shoot with them. My finger to trigger placement is perfect. I can see why many shooters are changing the grips.

[jammer308]

I like the grips I build for myself. Custom fit to my hand and made to use for the shooting situlation. 

TC Dave, Any pics?

[David D.]

I like the grips I build for myself. Custom fit to my hand and made to use for the shooting situlation. 

TC Dave, Any pics?

On this page the post (Encore Eye Candy) and on page two, post (New Tender Wood) you will finf pics of 4 sets I have made.

[kiddekop]

Hi Guys N Gals, I need your input. I will be shooting a 15 inch Encore in 308 win (no muzzle brake).I see several different grips available. I do have large hands to help control the recoil. Please share your experiences with the grips you have used. Thanks in advance.

I have a 15 inch encore pistol barrel in 454 casull with a TC muzzle tamer (absolutely worthless) the male techs were out deer hunting & a female at fox ridge outfitters told me it would work.My second 15" encore 30-06 pistol was sent to score high gunsmithing in New Mexico www.probed2000.com for a muzzle brake it works perfectly!I prefer rubber grips for heavy recoiling handguns.

[yooper77]

I have a factory T/C 15" Encore in 454 Casull and SSKindustries.com shortened and re-crowned it to 12" and installed their T'SOB 3 ring base.

Then I added the Pachmayr set and this is very accurate and full power load recoil isn't bad at all.

Muzzle brakes or porting are too loud for me.

yooper77