encore update

[my82cam]

well, after bow hunting i shot my encore with some powerbelts(i was having trouble with sabots). at 100 yards it shot a 3.5inch group out of 4 shots and that is just resting up against the 4wheeler. if it were in my led sled i'm sure it would have done better! i even went back to 150 yards and it was right on the mark with the leupold SABR. i was shooting 3 pellets of 777 with a 245gr powerbelt. i am going to try different gr powerbelts until i find the perfect combo. i did have a problem with the primers, i had 4 bad in a row and the 5th was pretty much a dud but still got the bullet out of the barrel. at least my gun shoots! thanks for the advice on the powerbelts....

[Rightwinger]

I've been using the Remington primers for two years with no issues (same box even). What kind gave you problems?

[my82cam]

it is the black box 777 primers, i have shot 50 out of the 100 and haven't had a problem until those 5. i will call them and see what they will do for me, sometimes companies will send you free replacements when there is a problem with their products.

[KahrMan]

That is great to hear. Nothing makes me feel worse than when I can not get a good gun to group.

[my82cam]

yeah, i wasn't very happy when i couldn't get it to shoot, i am very happy now! i called winchester about the primers, they told me to send them in so they could look at them. i asked if she was going to send me new primers and she said no. she said if they found something wrong with the product they would compensate me and they couldn't send hazard materials to me, so she wouldn't send me any replacements. i thought that was BS, i'm not going to spend time and money sending a product back to a company so they can look at their own product. all well, i bought some new ones and will try quite a few before i take them into the woods.