I feel like I won the lottery. TC quite making the 209x12 Turkey barrel and forend. I have a strange attraction to muzzle loading Turkey guns. The best pattern I have ever seen from one came from my encore with 2oz TSS. It is a brutal 40 yard pattern. Before you ask yes I adjusted the sights after patterning. The problem is the recoil from these guns is brutal and they would break the forend. Last year I taped it on so I could hunt with it. Occasionally I search ebay for them. I just scored 2 of them. SO the encore will also hit the woods this year.
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(https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e328/reflex264/turkey%20hunting/muzzle%20loader%20turkey_zpshby0mvsw.jpg) (https://s42.photobucket.com/user/reflex264/media/turkey%20hunting/muzzle%20loader%20turkey_zpshby0mvsw.jpg.html)
Hit the lottery twice. Called TC and they had new rod guides for 3.95 each. I ordered 4 of them. I should be able to keep this monster
running for years to come. This time they are getting JB Welded to the barrel. I am gong to acraglass the area that breaks at the bosses
where the mounting bolts pass to connect the for-end to the barrel. If it breaks again I will have it covered.