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This build is many years in the making. Every couple of years I sell a muzzleloader or two to fund the next build or purchase. Each time doing an Encore build was one of the finalists but for one reason or another I always went a different route, not this time. I have been gathering parts since January and yesterday the barrel arrived and after I got the kids to bed I got to spend some long awaited shop time. I had ordered all the parts from Bellm to do a trigger job so thats where I started. The factory trigger pull was id guess a stiff 7-8lbs with some creep. After all the Bellm parts were installed its id guess 2.5-3lbs and super crisp, perfect! Feel and balance of a rifle is very important to me. And this thing is spot on! I mean absolutely perfect! I feel like I could still hunt with this for days and be happy as a clam. It’s nice and compact, not to heavy, not to light, perfect! I really liked my Mountaineer with the Ultralite stock I had before this but even with added the ultralite stock it just didn't balance the way I liked and didn't fit my style of hunting. I had the Leupold VX6 of the Knight and was able to mount it easily for perfect eye relief. I have to figure out the extractor yet but I think I am going to like this thing!