I love this gun for turkey type hunting. Light and compact with out loosing barrel length.
I have one deer kill with this Encore frame and would like to add a turkey kill by adding the 12ga barrel.
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6.5lb and 39.5" overall 3" chamber and 24" barrel
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15 yards on the left and 30 yards on the right
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I would like to add one of those to my Encore collection also.
I rekon the recoil is a bit brisk. :)
Recoil is sharp for sure!
Pushing against forearm forward helps alot but in hunting scenario it won't matter.
I have one too and love it as well, Indian Creek choke and NITRO's. I have kilt a bunch of turkeys with mine, it sleeps in the safe for now, will break it out if I tire of the 10 gauge.......
I got the 12 gauge turkey model this winter and have it all setup. IC choke and FF3. I'm using 3 inch hevi-13 #7s and putting 200+ in the 10 at 40 yards.
The recoil is not nearly as bad as I thought. I put 30 rounds through my first time at the range and was just a little site the next day. I won't even notice one shot at a bird. The lightweight advantage outweights the recoil for me by a lot.
Here's a pic of the gun and a 30 yard pattern.
Nice i want to get a 20 gauge barrel for mine after this season.
Mine is set up just like redsquirrels gun. It is handy and a hard hitter.
Quote from: redsquirrelnj on March 30, 2013, 08:24:47 AM
I got the 12 gauge turkey model this winter and have it all setup. IC choke and FF3. I'm using 3 inch hevi-13 #7s and putting 200+ in the 10 at 40 yards.
The recoil is not nearly as bad as I thought. I put 30 rounds through my first time at the range and was just a little site the next day. I won't even notice one shot at a bird. The lightweight advantage outweights the recoil for me by a lot.
Here's a pic of the gun and a 30 yard pattern.
What choke are you using? I see it's a IC but what one is it, a 650, 655, 665?
Quote from: Treeninja on April 03, 2013, 07:03:13 AM
What choke are you using? I see it's a IC but what one is it, a 650, 655, 665?
The black diamond strike in Winchester is .660.