Military Tuesday : Thompson Encore .45 Single Shot Pistol
Another of those interesting-looking weapons that I discovered from games. See, games do teach you stuff 
The single-shot Encore pistol was one of the more exotic firearms available in the expanded virtual armory of the JA 1.13 mod for the tactical mercenary game Jagged Alliance 2 (more about JA 1.13 here - Part I, II, III). Images of the Encore from the JA 1.13 mod.
Although the in-game mercenaries aren’t limited to standardized firearms as in regular army forces, using exotic weapons like the Encore wasn’t a very good idea in game. Apart from it being a single shot hunting weapon (albeit for big game) in real life, the scarcity of the ammo - in-game: .454 Casull, real-life: .45 Colt, as well as the logistical nightmare of managing multiple characters with weapons requiring different imcompatitible ammo types make cool weapons like the Encore practically useless from a military standpoint.
The Encore pistol is currently being manufactured by the American company Thomson/Center Arms Co. Pictures below are taken from page 15 of their PDF catalog.
© Thomson/Center Arms Co.
An account in the catalog states that it’s accurate to 300 yards which is several times the effective range of an semi-automatic pistol like the Beretta M9. Then again, it’s single-shot and intended for hunting big game which don’t shoot back 
The Encore also reminds me of a similar single-shot pistol used by the villain in the Stephen Chow’s superspy spoof From Beijing With Love.
Download the 2007 catalog (55 MB) or read more at the official site. Airborne Combat Engineer has a post on Gary Reeder’s Custom Mini-Beast Encore which comes chambered for even bigger calibres.
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