My father-in-law and brother-in-law purchased a matching pair of stainless synthetic Encore 209x50 muzzleloaders. Both have the new VAri-x II 3-9x40 scope. Both of these rifles will not shoot minute-of-target at 100yds. I mean they won't even hit the paper most of the time. 1 was sent back to T/C and they worked it over,sent it back and give him the 'recipe' to make it shoot. All they (T/C) require of the gun is 1.5moa at 50 yards. It still will not do better than 4 or 5 MOA at 100! I've since been online investigating the opinion webpages. This problem seems to be very widespread, especially in the rifles. (Excess headspace, slop in action, chamber rough or out of spec, etc)
Does all this represent what T/C has resorted to or just isolated problems? Any experiences will be appreciated. I am wanting a new .45 caliber inline and am/was wanting the encore.
Does all this represent what T/C has resorted to or just isolated problems? Any experiences will be appreciated. I am wanting a new .45 caliber inline and am/was wanting the encore.