UPDATED: PRICE NOW INCLUDES SHIPPING
I just got this and wanted to get some quick pics up so you could get it before ML season. I can take more close-up pics later if needed. T/C Encore rifle with 209X50 Magnum .50 cal muzzle loader barrel. Has a Simmons 2.8-10x44 silver scope on a blue Weaver see-through mount. Optics look great. Stock has some scuffs and scratches. Barrel and scope show a similar level of scuffing. Serial number puts it at 1999 production. Since the barrel can be swapped out for a modern cartridge barrel, this must ship to a FFL.
SPF $450 including shipping in a flat rate large Priority box, FFL to FFL
New pics added 8/28/19. The plug came out easily, the threads are in good shape and were loaded with grease. There is some corrosion on the interior end of the plug (pardon the lint at the high zoom - the grease is a lint magnet). The bore is bright and shiny, in fine condition. I tried to get pics but that never works well for me. The first bore pic is from the muzzle end with a rag over my bore light to dim it, but it ended up dimming too much. The other two are from the breech end at an angle with no rag filter on the light. The front sight looks like it once held a fiber optic insert which is now missing. There are spots of discoloration on the interior of the frame as shown. Most of what I saw that was accessible came off with Hoppe's but I couldn't get in to clean the spot in the interior corner very well. The stock has multiple scratches. I forgot to take pics of the forearm which was sitting on another bench. Overall it seems to be in good solid shooting condition with some cosmetic issues plus the fiber missing from the front sight (but the scope makes the sight redundant). I reassembled the barrel plug and primer extractor but otherwise left it apart for shipping. I will see later whether I can pack it all into one of the boardgame size large flat rate boxes with the barrel at a diagonal - if so, I can come up with a fixed shipping/insurance amount to all 50 states.
I just got this and wanted to get some quick pics up so you could get it before ML season. I can take more close-up pics later if needed. T/C Encore rifle with 209X50 Magnum .50 cal muzzle loader barrel. Has a Simmons 2.8-10x44 silver scope on a blue Weaver see-through mount. Optics look great. Stock has some scuffs and scratches. Barrel and scope show a similar level of scuffing. Serial number puts it at 1999 production. Since the barrel can be swapped out for a modern cartridge barrel, this must ship to a FFL.
SPF $450 including shipping in a flat rate large Priority box, FFL to FFL
New pics added 8/28/19. The plug came out easily, the threads are in good shape and were loaded with grease. There is some corrosion on the interior end of the plug (pardon the lint at the high zoom - the grease is a lint magnet). The bore is bright and shiny, in fine condition. I tried to get pics but that never works well for me. The first bore pic is from the muzzle end with a rag over my bore light to dim it, but it ended up dimming too much. The other two are from the breech end at an angle with no rag filter on the light. The front sight looks like it once held a fiber optic insert which is now missing. There are spots of discoloration on the interior of the frame as shown. Most of what I saw that was accessible came off with Hoppe's but I couldn't get in to clean the spot in the interior corner very well. The stock has multiple scratches. I forgot to take pics of the forearm which was sitting on another bench. Overall it seems to be in good solid shooting condition with some cosmetic issues plus the fiber missing from the front sight (but the scope makes the sight redundant). I reassembled the barrel plug and primer extractor but otherwise left it apart for shipping. I will see later whether I can pack it all into one of the boardgame size large flat rate boxes with the barrel at a diagonal - if so, I can come up with a fixed shipping/insurance amount to all 50 states.
