James,

I shot a sow this year with a 200 XTP @ 1300 FPS. The load was 10.5 grains of Unique, Starline brass, and a CCI 300 primer... it was insanely accurate out of my Encore with 13" MGM barrel. At 50 yards it zipped right on through and left a great blood trail for the 25 yards she made it into the plantation pine. I was quite impressed with the performance. There is a pic on the Bragging Board.

I will add that a guest at our camp killed a nasty looking old boar that I'd been hunting, but hadnt gotten a decent shot at. I'd guess he was in the 220-250lbs class. When I was in his domain I carried a 215 grain hardcast load in the Encore or a 240 grain hardcast in my Super BlackHawk.

Since season ended, I've loaded up some 200 XTP at 1450 FPS with 2400 that will probably be my go-to Encore load come fall.