Basically, He has said they have witnessed a number of Encores that were "out of spec". 3 in fact, including his, but we have no idea how many they tested.

Not sure what spec that is, specifically, OP mentions headspace, and it was important enough bit of information to bring up as a contributing issue to the "catastrophic gun failure" (GCF)

Yet given this out of spec, we do not know if this condition manifests for all encores, or just those with custom shop barrels? OP mentions develops in magnum cartridges like his 300WM. Curious if that bit of info was ascertained prior to or post GCF?

And are there a similar percentage of catastrophic gun failures analogous to the percentage of "out of specs" guns he cites?

And are there any other common conditions to catastrophic failures? Early in the thread, someone mentioned witnessing a CGF that they were sure involved handloads.

The OP has stated he does not know what happened, does not know the mechanism of injury, and has precious little data on a 10 year trial that cost him an eye.

And with this information, he comes here and about 10 other places with a public service announcement that rails against the Encore, which appears to be a decent gun platform, unless you hotrod reloads in a gun that happens to have the condition of being "out of spec"

My take.

Last edited by RWE; 06/01/15. Reason: terms and corrections