The TC Encore or Thompson Center Encore barrels offer some of the best, most accurate shooting of any rifle barrel in it’s class. Giving you the flexibility to do whatever your shooting or hunting demands. Be it a TC Encore muzzleloader, shotgun, centerfile rifle, pistol barrel, or big bore brush gun, these TC Encore barrels offer superior accuracy and durability. And what makes the TC Encore special is that all it takes is to switch out the barrel is to remove two forend screws and the hinge pin, the attached scope or the open sights stay sighted in so there’s no need to reinstall them later when you’re ready to go back. Truly the TC Encore gun barrel offers you incredible flexibility, and quality that will last you for years and year. Perfectly suited to hand down from generation to generation of gun enthusiasts.

The Thompson Center Encore’s popularity came with the emergence of long range target shooting and handgun hunting. The Encores single-shot, break-action design brought unparalleled accuracy, especially in the hand gun space, which allowed for a pistol to have comparable rifle like accuracy. The TC encore was first released in 1983, and uses a slightly different trigger mechanism than it’s original predecessor the Contender. The Encores trigger mechanism was designed to be stronger, and the break-action was developed to be easier to open. You open and close the Encores break-action by simply squeezing the outside bottom of the trigger guard toward the buttstock/grip, after which the action opens and with an extractor you can remove the cartridge.