Author Topic: Scope on The Encore 20 ga Rifled Barrel? (Read 483 times)

Range Finder · « **on:** April 17, 2005, 01:59:37 PM »

Guys:

Silly question but I've never seen the Encore with or without a 20 ga rifled barrel. Can a scope be mounted on thie barrel/frame set-up? Thanks loads. :-)

Range Finder

gunnut69 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2005, 12:00:38 PM »

Sorry but I don't understand your question. "Silly question but I've never seen the Encore with or without a 20 ga rifled barrel"?? If you've never seen one with or without, you've never seen one! You can scope nearly anything if you want to bad enoungh.

Keith L · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2005, 12:39:03 PM »

Posted this afternoon on the TC Encore and Contender rifle list:

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The 20 gauge barrel can be scoped like any other Encore barrel. I've got a Nikon 3 X 9 on mine. The barrel shoots two inch groups at 100 yards using Winchester Supreme Partition or Remington Buckhammer slugs. Make sure you locktite the base and ring screws. My barrel came shiny blued, so I used flat paint to cut the glare. The 20 with modern slug loads kills deer just as well as the 12 from my experience. I've killed over 50 deer with 12 gauge loads over the years, and six so far with my new Encore 20. The results were the same, including the observed tissue destruction when field dressing. There is a huge difference in felt recoil. I did put a Sims limbsaver pad on my Encore which helps alot. The high velocity 12 slugs can have wicked recoil. The 20 is much more fun to shoot.

So apparently scopes can be used on this combo.

Range Finder · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2005, 06:40:35 PM »

Gunnut69:

Wow! No wonder your a moderator. You are correct. Other than illustrations in a catalog or the illustrations on the internet catalog, I have not seen an Encore or for that matter a Contender either. I'm sorry, I thought I said that.

I'm fully aware that one can do about anything if they really want too; I meant as the package comes, you know, readily, with relative ease. Do you understand this reply? :wink:

Kieth L: Thanks you. After I had submitted this question I had read a couple of post that would suggest or indicated that you could scope the 20 ga barrel. Thanks for the reply. :-)

Good shooting!

Range Finder

gunnut69 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2005, 06:29:57 AM »

Sorry if I offended but the first line in your initial post didn't make sense. The question at the end was I thought clear and I thought I'd answered it clearly. The combo is scopeable.. as reinterated by Keith L. Good luck..

Range Finder · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2005, 09:27:44 AM »

Gunnut69:

It is I who needs to apologize as that response I gave to your post was totally inappropriate and rude. Although I mistook your response as sarcastic, it does not excuse my borish behavior. I never gave you the benefit of the doubt, nor did I extend a common basic human value of consideration.

The Scriptures make reference to my behavior and it is found in Ecclesiastes 7:9. Please accept my sincere apology. I'm looking forward to gaining much more information off this forum and from all of you.

Respectfully,

Range Finder

gunnut69 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2005, 11:22:33 AM »

Human communication is always a poor thing and the internet just speeds up the rate at which misunderstandings can occur.. There is no bad and we welcome you to our little corner of the vast WWW...