Encore ML forend-can it be used for any other barrels?

[wreckhog]

I know the factory screws and screw lengths only match ML barrels, but if one gets longer, skinnier screws, does it match up with anything else?

[Luckyducker]

I have no hands-on experience with this, but was told when I bought my Encore frame at Cabella's in Sidney, NE. that the forearms would not interchange from ML to Rifle or handgun barrel or vise-versa.

[47studebaker]

Yes you can, I used the "thin" screws (gotten from a local hardware store) and use "spray foam" in the screw channel with short sections of drinking straws to keep the screw holes clear and small washers to center the screws in the "oversize holes" for the ML.   Rifle only, don't have any pistol barrels for the Encore.