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Offline Bob C

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Contender barrels: they seem to multiply!
« on: September 27, 2003, 02:59:23 PM »
Eight weeks ago my son and a worked out a trade which ended up with me getting a .358 JDJ Contender barrel.  Obviously I needed an action, which I had been without since 1988 or so.

After looking around, I purchased a new G-2 action the next day.  The day after that, I went in a gun shop, and found a very good price on a 10" .222 barrel, which lacked a fore end or a tenon. I called Ed's TC, and Ed had a fore end, a tenon, and also a 30/30 barrel I decided I needed.  

Now I needed another scope and mount, which Ed also provided.

From there I have been thoroughly enjoying developing loads, sighting in the barrels, etc.

Then today I got a call from a shop I had visited during my original quest. I had left my number there in case a Contender came in.  They had an action, and three 14" barrels: a .44 magnum, a .222, and a 7mm TCU. With the deal came two sets of bases and rings, but only one scope. A call to my son has another scope on it's way to me, and a check on it's way to him.
 
I'm having fun.
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Offline KYODE

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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2003, 03:38:48 PM »
:eek:  :-D  :)  sounds like you are having fun! part of the fun is coming to these forums and sharing all the info too. :-)
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2003, 07:11:07 AM »
Sounds like someone else has caught TCitis! :grin:  My wife is a professional Registered Nurse, and says there is no known cure for it!! :-D  :grin:  :-D .  Her recommendations are to buy two barrels and go shooting in the morning.

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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2003, 12:09:32 PM »
What's a  tenon?
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2003, 01:43:10 PM »
I may be spelling it wrong, but it's the piece that goes into the dovetail on the barrel, that the fore end screws screw into.
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Offline Nate C

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« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2003, 08:28:16 AM »
The best part of this whole deal is now Dad and I can swap bbls/dies/scopes from the west coast to the east coast without the normal paperwork and headaches.

Fun stuff.
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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2003, 08:47:29 AM »
Barrel Multipling?????

I store my barrels together and they haven't multiplied yet...how long does this take?  Should I store them closer together??

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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2003, 09:08:09 AM »
The barrels need to be nestled in a soft, quiet, dark environment.  Bore Stores seem to provide the right atmoshere.
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