can some one enlighten me what are the primary diffrences between the encore and contender frames
also i have a encore rifle stainless steel are the triggers in these rifles easily adjustable
thanks Daniel

The main difference is in the strength of the actions. The Contender cannot handle the same pressures as the Encore.

so can you load the encore to the same pressure as you load a bolt action rifle
Daniel

The contender is a lighter and trimmer action then the encore. The contender also has a different trigger, with more adjustments.

The contender strength is an issue of backthrust, ie the force against the breach block from the case head. Larger dia cartridges have to opperate at lower pressures than smaller dia rounds. For the contender, with .223 based rounds, you can opperate at the same pressure as a bolt action. With 30-30 based rounds, you can operate at 30-30 pressures. You can't use a 30-06 X57 dia case at full rifle pressures. If you are looking at a smaller lighter 14" pistol, the contender is about a pound lighter than the encore, but for the contender to perform at it's bessed, it has to be chambered in a wildcat that is designed around the strength limitations of the frame.

The encore can take full pressure -06 based rounds as well as belted magnum H&H based rounds. It cannot handle the new larger dia 404 Jeffrey based rounds such as Winchesters short mags or Remingtons ultramags. The advantage of the encore is you can use one of the .308 based rounds in a 15" pistol, get great performance, and no need for wildcats. What you give up is more weight, and a bulkier grip.

Personally I prefer the feel of the contender, and there are enough used barrels floating around that it is very easy to get whatever cartridge I'd like to shoot out of it for a rather nominal cost.

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Originally posted by M 98:
can some one enlighten me what are the primary diffrences between the encore and contender frames
also i have a encore rifle stainless steel are the triggers in these rifles easily adjustable
thanks Daniel

The triggers on pre-G2 Contenders has adjustments for sear engagement and over travel while the Encore and the G2 do not. They have a different trigger system that allows for re-cocking the hammer where on the Contenders, you had to open the action to do the same. You can change springs on the Encore and G2 and smooth up the internals and there are instruction for doing so on the net. I've not done this on my Encore yet as the factory trigger wasn't too bad to start with.

As someone who dry-fires a LOT for practice with trigger control and hold, I lament the loss of that function of the trigger in the g2/encore actions. The Contender once set by opening the action could be dry-fired without cocking the hammer. As for being able to recock the hammer after manual release without having to open the action again, I guess I could count on the fingers of two hands the number of times that has affected me in more than 30 years of shooting Contenders. I don't cock it until I am ready to shoot!
Fortunately, there are lots of good used Contenders around.

GUYS
thanks for the info much appreciated
PLATER ...can you give me a link as to where i can find the instructions on the net how to work the triggers
Daniel