Thompson/Heart Arms simply introduced the Encore ProHunter FireStick, a .50 caliber muzzleloader that marries the long-running Encore break-open platform with the Federal FireStick ignition system. In case you have been following the FireStick format, you already know the idea: encapsulated, pre-measured powder prices that eradicate free powder dealing with and ship constant velocity shot to shot. T/C is now placing that system into one of the vital trusted muzzleloader platforms out there.
The Encore platform has been round lengthy sufficient to show itself. The break-open design with interchangeable barrels is a real sensible benefit for hunters who need to run a number of calibers or configurations throughout completely different seasons with out shopping for an entire new rifle. That flexibility is undamaged right here, and the FireStick ignition builds on it by eradicating the primary variable that makes conventional muzzleloading inconsistent: powder measurement and dealing with within the area.
The barrel is a 28-inch button-rifled stainless-steel tube with a 1:24 twist and precision fluting, paired with the Fast Load Accurizor counterbored muzzle system for simpler bullet seating on the muzzle. The Swing Hammer is patented and value noting for optics customers for the reason that ambidextrous rotating hammer spur retains entry clear when a scope is mounted. The FlexTech recoil discount system handles felt recoil by means of compression arches and power burners constructed into the inventory.
Specs:
- Caliber: .50
- Barrel: 28-inch fluted stainless-steel, button-rifled
- Twist charge: 1:24
- Total size: 42.5″
- Weight: 8.25 lbs
- Ignition: Federal FireStick system, encapsulated powder prices
- Options: Fast Load Accurizor muzzle, Swing Hammer, FlexTech recoil discount
- Guarantee: T/C Restricted Lifetime Guarantee
- Half quantity: 6028R
- MSRP: $1,150
At $1,150 it’s positioned as a severe searching device relatively than a finances entry into muzzleloading, and the characteristic set justifies that. The FireStick system specifically goes to attraction to hunters who need the problem and custom of muzzleloading season with out the inconsistency that comes with free powder in variable climate circumstances.
Are you working a muzzleloader this fall, and has the FireStick system been one thing you’ve got been ready to see within the Encore platform? Tell us within the feedback under. We at all times admire the suggestions.
