just had the strangest thing happen to me. went into town and this encore 50 cal bp rifle followed me home from the pawn shop. weirdest thing ever.

question is till i get the paperwork from t/c is how do i get that breech plug out around the 209 extractor?

Ted: I put a swivle type extractor on mine, aftermarket, I think bought at MIDWAY or some other catalog.... meanwhile, there is a screw on the side of the lug, that keeps the extractor in place.. remove it and the extractor will come out..(I use a little antil-sieze on the screw to keep fouling from seizing it up.. HTH Les

thanks les. i figured it out about 1/2 hour after i posted this. just in shock that one of these that i have thrown rocks at for so long actually followed me home. seems like a rite nice rifle and i cant wait to shoot her and see if all the halaboo is real or not.

anybody try round balls in this rifle and if so,,what charge and what accuracy?

Just light her up with 3 50gr Pyrodex pellots and a 240gr saboted bullet.

That's the combo mine seems to like best, and IIRC at 100yd it's still packing the muzzle velocity/energy of the same bullet from a 44mag revolver.
Mine also likes a quick swab with "spit patch" followed by one patch with "Bore Butter" between shots (3 shot cloverleaf groups at 100yd)