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What’s your thoughts on the Thompson encore? Worth keeping or move them on?

Love my Pro Hunter in 25-06, it's perfect for our deer season conditions !

Definitely a keeper! I've had one or more for over 25 years. It has been my muzzleloader of choice for that entire time and I have used a variety of rimfire and centerfire barrels. The factory stock is a good fit for me but aftermarket stocks are available. The cartridge choices are unlimited and the barrel length and contour options allow a user to get exactly the preferred balance point. You can customize the rifle one step at a time.

The Encore is quite adequate for a single shot, plus it can give you a change to a muzzle loader or a change to different cartridges, at will, depending on the hunt. It is a very versatile platform, especially for backpack hunters.

This has been a pretty good antelope rifle for me. 25-06

Love mine. It's not going anywhere.

I have two of them, one is a 7-08 , purchased an mgm barrel for it, the other is a standard 30-06, the 7-08 mgm barreled one is a 1/2” gun while the 06 holds about an inch with 150 partitions. Took many deer with the 06 one.

Got mine around 17 years ago, when I decided I needed a muzzle loader (.50 in-line.) while I was at it, I decided I should have a specialized turkey gun, so ordered a 24 inch camo turkey barrel with turkey choke and rifle sights. Hadn’t had a quarter bore in some time either, so why not a 26” .25-06 AI barrel, stainless? By the time I had the three barrels and scopes for the ml and .25-06 AI barrel, my muzzle loader cost me $2200. I can’t complain. I’ve gotten a lot of use out of it and it’s worked well for me.

Love my Stainless Encore, non-Pro Hunter. No plans to get rid of it although prices have skyrocketed lately. Fantastic muzzle-loader platform, or anything else for that matter.

i have 2 Encores and 3 MGM rifle barrels (20 Vartarg, 444 Marlin and 500 Linebaugh) and a muzzleloader barrel. i going to stay with it.

Keep it mine is a keeper EABCO 26” stainless 260.

Liked my encore and contender but decided to sell once i streamlined my cartridge selection and the barrels became a bit too pricey for my taste. Resale was good though!

Guess I'll be the Nay Sayer. I got on the Encore wagon years ago. I think at one time I had 5-6 barrels. Granted the muzzle loader barrel is top notch, very accurate. But some of the other barrels not so much. What turned me off the most was customer service. I had a 25-06 heavy barrel that would not shoot. Average groups 2-3 inchs at 100yds with a bunch of different factory and hand loads. I called T/C and talked to several different people only to end up talking to the same guy who I talked with first. I sent the barrel in, they sent it back saying it was in spec. Loaded all my stuff up and sold it at a gun show for a pretty stiff loss. I do have a Contender now and it shoots pretty good. No more Encores unless I can get it cheap enough to make a buck or two off it but I do like the Contender platform.

I guess one doesn't have to worry about customer service these days as T/C is no longer.

Gotta muzzle loader and everything required for a handgun except a barrel. Looking forward to it once it’s together.

Started serious hunting in 98 and that with an Encore. I had two SSK Industries barrels, 7 Wby & 300 Wby. Still use the 7 Wby today. The gun is quite capable of hunter bench-rest accuracy. Have taken many, many animals with those two barrels.

My barrels have all shot very well. .50 MZL, 22-250, and a .444 Marlin. I have considered getting a .308 or 7mm-08 built around 20” for a can but haven’t pulled the trigger yet. It would make a very handy blind or climber setup . A 25-06 would be cool too but 24-26”.

I'm more of a Contender fan, but I do have an Encore with a .25-06 rifle barrel...I hate to admit I've had the rifle a couple of years and still haven't shot it.

I have two them, one is my favorite turkey gun. The other is set up as a muzzle loader. You can get a rifle barrels, fromt MGM, they make an excellent barrel.

Bought my first TC Encore 50 Cal in 2001. Followed with a 270 barrel. Both are very accurate.

Jumped on the Encore wagon after shooting a buddies and watching him switch from a 50 cal muzzy to 375 H&H in 2 mins. There was a time where I had killed more deer with the 50 cal barrel than any other gun I owned. Now have a blued frame to go along with my stainless, I bought the encore with the intention of going the wildcat route with 257 Ackley and 280 ackley cheaper than going full custom gun route. After 15 years finally ordered a 6.5 PRC barrel they all shoot if I do my part.