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Offline justonemorear

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.22 mag conversions for Contender
« on: March 15, 2011, 02:47:20 AM »
Anyone tried the conversion insert for the .22 mag in the .223rem
Thought it might be a quick fix since finding a used barrel seems useless.
Seen them on several auction sites about $20
Would like some input
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Re: .22 mag conversions for Contender
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2011, 07:26:52 AM »
has no one tried it
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Re: .22 mag conversions for Contender
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2011, 08:00:17 AM »
I bought the conversion to shoot 22 hornet in the .223 rem.  I am in Uruguay at my hunting lodge.  I am asking my brother in VA to try it out.  I'll post how it does.
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Re: .22 mag conversions for Contender
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2011, 08:00:46 AM »
Chamber adapters have been thouroughly discussed many times on this forum.   As one who has had a lot of different configurations of them for many years for both TC's and rifles I've posted to probably all of them.     A search will find them.

You might also check out MCS Sports in Alaska as the 3-4 company that has owned and produced maybe the best known of them.
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Re: .22 mag conversions for Contender
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2011, 04:19:21 AM »
From what I understand there are no rifelings in them and this leaves you with a long jump for the bullet and after firing you must remove and punch case out to reload as there is no extractor at least that is what I found so I just forgot the thing. I have been on the hunt for a mag barrel for months and no luck even Eds contender does not have any and I have looked at all the gun shows for the last 6 months. Ed had a rifle barrel listed on his sight but it had been sold and site not updated in months.

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Re: .22 mag conversions for Contender
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2011, 04:46:44 AM »
If you just want to make noise they're great. I bought a 223 to 22wmr off e bay for under twenty bucks hoping to get another caliber going for just a few bucks. First trip to the range was all it took to realize I wasn't going to be happy with it. I was getting random hits all over an 8 inch target at about 50 feet. Maybe some are better than others, but honestly I should have put my money toward ammo or another barrel.
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Re: .22 mag conversions for Contender
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 12:53:56 PM »
thanks for the input
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Re: .22 mag conversions for Contender
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2011, 03:18:25 PM »
If you reload 22 mag velocities are easy to get from a 223.
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