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I have a .500 NE barrel also. Need to get it running
Monday, December 05, 2022, 08:55

The TC stocks and such are getting expensive. My .470 NE barrel I re-tapped the barrel for the 12 ga. Shotgun forend. Erik has one too and just used the rifle forend with the tiny head screws. (With no problems reported I might add) My .470 I was able to add weight to get it near 10 lbs. That was very comfortable shooting with the brake. Laminated furniture was a BIG mistake however. It broke no matter what I did.

The big head screw, 12 ga. forend is arguably the best set-up but a little challenging to put all together. Truly now that it’s generally out of production. I’ll likely just mod the smaller (current tap hole) rifle forend with some washers so it can’t pull through under recoil.

I mounted a longer, 6-inch, eye relief fixed power scope on Doug’s .500 Encore set up at 10 lbs. No matter the warnings somebody eventually would get scope dinked on the eyebrow and bleed a little. The better set up would be a red dot sight! FWIW