Doyle,
The encore I own seems to like 90 grains of 777, with 240 grain .44 magnum Hornady hollow points, using CCI 209 primers. I tried about every combination with it, and that seems to be the sweet spot. I have only had it on paper out to 100 yards, but will hold 1 1/2" groups with this load all day.
Mike,
Doyle is telling it right if you look into a used ML. I built a gun cabinet for my front room, and did not want to put any of my rifles in it, as it would be for all to see, so I went down to my local pawn shop to see what they had that I could buy on the cheap, to make the cabinet look good. He told me that since the inlines have come out, he had a pile of side locks in the back that he could not sell, and told me to go get 4 or 5 of them. I went to the back and just reached in the pile and got 5 rifles. The were CVA, Knight, an old Thompson and a couple of walmart kit rifles.
He tried to just give them to me, but I made him take $10.00 for each gun. When I got them home I was glad I hadn't planned to do any shooting with them, because every one of them had a crust in the barrel, and the ignition ports were all but rusted completely closed. But they really look good in my cabinet, and if they get stolen, the thief will have a real surprise in store, if he ever tries to shoot one.