WB
Many of us cut our teeth on the old G1 TC
Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 17:42

It was an ingenious little device with a sensitive safety design. Not without faults, but oh what pioneers like Gary, and other did to it.

The G2 is sort of a shrunk and simplified Encore. The "ribbons" along the sides of the frame strengthen the chassis from flexing. The trigger no longer upsets the cocking mechanism as in the old G1. The hammer is fantastic with a setting for "Centerfire" or "Rimfire" with "Safe" in the middle. You can cock or un-cock the hammer without having to open the action to "reset" the action. You could even set in the woods with a cocked hammer on "safe" if you wanted. It's a great improvement. The grip angle is a greater degree from the G1 also. This adds some distance to prevent trigger guard bite in recoil. The barrels and forends interchange with the old G1 but not the grips. An Encore grip will fit a G2 but it leaves a 1/8" gap on each side of the frame. So Encore stocks will work but fit is a little gappy. Engineers who shoot designed the G1, reflected on the lessons learned after some 50 yrs. and addressed them. It's a great rig. I have something like 6 frames and a couple dozen different barrels. It's fantastic.