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Are Contenders a dying pastime?
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<blockquote data-quote="selmerfan" data-source="post: 2677377" data-attributes="member: 125297"><p>I've been using an Encore for most of my deer hunting since 2002 when we got married and moved to Iowa where they don't allow proper deer rifles, or didn't at the time (still don't, in my opinion). My option was to either throw slugs out of a shotgun or use a pistol during the shotgun seasons. I grew up in South Dakota and have been handloading since I was 11, starting under dad's tutelage. The purpose was to put loads together that put the bullets where we told them to go every time. Shooting deer with imprecise and expensive slugs seemed silly to me. So I got an Encore frame, ordered some custom wood from Denzel Roberts, and purchase a 12" .454 Casull barrel and started playing with jacketed and cast bullets. I killed several deer with that .454 Casull, including my biggest whitetail to date, a 7x5 shot near Dubuque, IA. I finally grew weary of the recoil and switched to a .357 Maximum and never looked back. When we moved to Minnesota, where pistols were allowed as long as they were at least .24 caliber, firing a centerfire cartridge from a barrel at least 4" long. I sold the .357 Max barrel. I already loved the .260 Remington in the rifle platform, so I ordered an 18" MGM barrel in .260 Remington and hunted with that in Minnesota for 5 seasons, plus a few hunts in West River South Dakota. Then we moved back to Iowa in 2015 and I ordered another MGM barrel, this time in .357 Max again. 18" barrel that loves 190 gr. cast bullets I make or 180 gr. Sierra JFP with a healthy dose of AA1680. I really enjoy the versatility of the Encore platform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="selmerfan, post: 2677377, member: 125297"] I've been using an Encore for most of my deer hunting since 2002 when we got married and moved to Iowa where they don't allow proper deer rifles, or didn't at the time (still don't, in my opinion). My option was to either throw slugs out of a shotgun or use a pistol during the shotgun seasons. I grew up in South Dakota and have been handloading since I was 11, starting under dad's tutelage. The purpose was to put loads together that put the bullets where we told them to go every time. Shooting deer with imprecise and expensive slugs seemed silly to me. So I got an Encore frame, ordered some custom wood from Denzel Roberts, and purchase a 12" .454 Casull barrel and started playing with jacketed and cast bullets. I killed several deer with that .454 Casull, including my biggest whitetail to date, a 7x5 shot near Dubuque, IA. I finally grew weary of the recoil and switched to a .357 Maximum and never looked back. When we moved to Minnesota, where pistols were allowed as long as they were at least .24 caliber, firing a centerfire cartridge from a barrel at least 4" long. I sold the .357 Max barrel. I already loved the .260 Remington in the rifle platform, so I ordered an 18" MGM barrel in .260 Remington and hunted with that in Minnesota for 5 seasons, plus a few hunts in West River South Dakota. Then we moved back to Iowa in 2015 and I ordered another MGM barrel, this time in .357 Max again. 18" barrel that loves 190 gr. cast bullets I make or 180 gr. Sierra JFP with a healthy dose of AA1680. I really enjoy the versatility of the Encore platform. [/QUOTE]
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