I have gotten several guns from J D Jones over the past several years. He does alot more testing than the maker of my 460 encore. When Itold him what had happened, he said,"who is the stupid idiot that made that gun in the first place." He also advised me that my 15" 30-378 encore is too high pressure also and it was only a matter of time before the barrel flyes off of it too. It does not have the recoil of the 460 encore, but it is still a screamer with factory loads. I have to confess that after my discussion with J D , I don't shoot it a bunch, probably only 20 times in the last year. I still like both guns because they still look pretty cool. Hell, we all have a little bit of certified gun nut in us, right?