I just wanted to ask if anyone has experience with the tc encore 50 caliber muzzleloaders? Looking at a used one and don't know much about them

I have one and love it.Were a shotgun only area.I gave my shotgun to my son and just use my Encore for deer hunting now.

I bought one for my middle son (PRO FX model I believe) several years back and it’s a great gun. My only complaint has been seating the primers. I have to put them in and seat them several times before the internal mechanism will allow the hammer to be pulled back. Not an issue as we just prep 10 or so primers pre-season, but it exists. I’ve tried multiple primers and they’ve all been an issue. If I recall, I searched this on the web and it seemed to be an issue??

I’d check that one thing prior to buying.

Other than that, very accurate and easy to clean.

One of the best you can find in my opinion. Ive had a TC Prohunter 50 cal for years. It is extremely accurate...cloverleafs at 100 with a 250 grain Barnes. TC made a quality muzzleloader back in the day.....

Several of my friends all bought the Prohunters at the same time...never an issue like you talked about. Not doubting you have an issue, but I just never heard of one...maybe I got lucky for once

Absolutely love my Encore. 200grn SST bullet and 2 pellets of white hot will give you a deer hammer.

Get the Encore, not the FX. You are going to love it and there are a million different barrels you can get for them. If you are buying a used 50 ML, be sure to check the bore. At one time I had 5 of them in different configurations. You can also turn them into a handgun, turkey gun, varmint rifle, etc. Be fore warned, the Encore cult can get addictive.

they work , decent gun

any and all Muzzle loaders barrel condition is most everything

that the breech plug comes out as it should is the next thing

the trigger is decent after that.

ease of disassemble and assembly the encore is not bad

then about the only thing left is that the sights are decent

Excellent choice , I have one and love it , very accurate

I bought mine the year they came out so have had it well over 20 years. Used to be all I hunted with. Switched to a savage smokeless when they came out. Same bullet sabot combo but deer started dropping. But i was onlybshooting 80g of ffg blackpowder in the encore so it was slow. Got it up to 2300fps out of the savage and that made all the difference. And I have not hunted My encore has not been used in years. Its accurate enough killed a ton of deer.

What made me buy it to begain with was its the first gun that had a vertical grip on the stock, and I liked the idea of changing barrels but have never picked up another barrel for it.

excellent and easy to clean.

I've heard a lot of good things about them.

I always wanted one. I have a TC Omega and a old timey Hawken.

I have several Contenders and Encores but never go the ML barrel/foerend.

Now they've basically done away with a restricted ML season in MI so I doubt I'll get one.

If you buy used be sure to peek in the barrel and pull the breech plug and make sure it all looks good.

As 160 mentioned, if it is an Encore it is a versatile base, if an FX, ML only.

Cant speak for the Encore but I have a .50 Omega that gives me sub moa groups at 100 yards.