Dwight, the only dumb questions are those unasked and those to which the answer is ignored! 

Anyway, while I have not seen any Encores on the line for schuetzen yet, I suspect it will just be a matter of time.  There were some Contenders built up as schuetzen rifles, so the precedent is there.  At that time, supporters of the project cited the Maynard and the tip-up Stevens rifles as antecedents providing historical correctness.  The more I find out about Maynard, the more they seem like 19th century T/Cs!   

The one rule you need to be especially aware of has to do with barrel length.  As memory serves, the rule book for ASSRA calls for a barrel of not less than 21" (which is longer than some of the "rifle" barrels made for T/Cs.)  Such barrels might be BATF legal but not legal for ASSRA competition.  Of course I have an original Maynard barrel that is 20" long from the factory, but that is ineligible to compete as well. 

Well, I guess that's about it for now, but I'm sure some other folks will chime in with their opinions which are, after all, like noses... everybody's got one!   

Regards and Merry Christmas!
Charlie Shaeff
the Green Frog

Dwight,

  If you get REAL lucky you can find an Encore with a factory .32/40 barrel on it. I almost bought one many years ago. Been kinda looking for one ever since. Not sure tho if they would have a legal length barrel.

PETE

Pete- That would have been a TCR83, NOT an Encore!  They were pretty nice tho!

Section 1.16 Barrels

Barrels may be of any length in excess of 21.5" and any weight, but for bench rifles the barrela shall be about 2" in dia or less.

The barrel need NOT be rifled for the entire length but must fully encircle the bullet as it passes through the un-rifled section.

K38

I have long thought a T/C Encore or probably better a Contender would make a nice Schuetzen outfit. I say Contender because it is strong enought for any pratical Schuetzen cartridge and the switch firing pin allows you to shoot rimfire and centerfire with the same action/stock/sight set up.   

The Encore is surely stronger but for 32 Millers/32/40 etc the plain Contender is strong enough.  The Contenders have the ablity to get real nice trigger pulls too thanks to Handgun Silouette competiton.  Charlie McNett shoots our local Schuetzen matches with a Contender benchrest in 32 Miller Short and it performs very well.

I am a big switch barrel on the same stock/action fan and shoot two CPA's that allow Rim and Centerfire in Schuetzen events. There is a real economy in the same Action/stock/scope/Iron sights for all events

I have a couple of Bulberry barrels for my little Contender carbine  22 LR & .22 K Hornet, he does nice work.  The Rimfire T/C would be a great little Schuetzen if ASSRA did not have the short barrel rule.  However I see no chance of ASSRA modifying the rule so order long if you get one.

If you plan on setting a T/C  up let me know. I would be intresteted in the stock pattern and may well build one my self

Boats

Bullberry will make a 32-40 or 32 Miller for either a Contender or an Encore.  I am coming around to think the Contender would be better because of the rimfire/centerfire capability.  There is am aftermarket rimfire Encore conversion though.  I have heard the Contender can have a bit better trigger, and the G2 looks a lot better than the old one with the horrible psuedo engraving.  I had a Contender pistol in 30-30 and 44 mag.  The 30-30 shot very well with a 4X leupold scope, but I traded it for something else.

Dwight

Marlinguy I was thinking more about a lighter Schutzen.  My CPA is Pope model stocked with the .22LR barrel weighs over 14 lbs scoped. I will sometimes shoot my Smallbore Silouette rifle on the ASSRA target. It was set up under the old rule and weighs 7 1/2 lbs.  Honestly there is no difference in the scores I shoot with either rifle.

A T/C could have a semi hooked buttplate and forearm that you could shoot off fingertips.  Set up that way the finished rifle should weigh less than 9 or 10 lbs.  Which by the way is about the pratical limit for rifles without palm rest.  For the centerfire cartridge it should be one of the ligher ones too. Perhaps a 7 mm ?

Boats