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Offline cotton jonas

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contender ?
« on: December 30, 2012, 12:21:20 PM »
this might be a dumb? but can ya take the muzzle tamers off a contender barrel?
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Re: contender ?
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2012, 04:10:17 PM »
You can have a qualified gunsmith cut them off and recrown the barrel. You will lose 2"s or so. Shawn
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Re: contender ?
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 10:58:37 PM »
kinda the way i was thinking


thanks
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Re: contender ?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2013, 06:10:43 PM »
Quote from: cotton jonas on December 30, 2012, 12:21:20 PM
this might be a dumb? but can ya take the muzzle tamers off a contender barrel?

Yes you can.  They just screw on but are VERY tight so it might take quite a bit of effort.
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Re: contender ?
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2013, 01:41:18 PM »
A "little" bit of heat applied to the muzzle tamer will probably help.  Never removed a factory contender tamer but on some others I have found a little bit of thread locker on the threads and the heat will aid in removal.
 
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Re: contender ?
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2013, 04:15:32 PM »
Mine is not screwed on at all is in intregal part of the barrel, never seen a T/C Muzzle tamer that screwed on unless it was from custom shop or aftermarket. Shawn
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Re: contender ?
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2013, 02:47:09 AM »
The brake on my stainless 45/70 Super 14 would NOT come off trying to 'unscrew it'. I even went to extremes of heat, barrel vise [used for removing tough rifle barrels] and MONKEY WRENCH on the brake itself when I decided it was not worth salvaging. Even deep monkey wrench marks and heavy torque did not budge it.
However a nice sharp parting tool on a 15x 64" lathe did it nicely. Squared off the muzzle and later sold it as a 12.5" barrel. Shot very NICE without the brake. I hate muzzle brakes!
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Re: contender ?
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2013, 05:14:53 AM »
alan,
 Did you notice much difference between the noise, with and without the muzzle break?
I understand the lower the pressure the cartridge is, the less effective the muzzle break is.....at taming recoil that is.
I have one of these 14" 45 70 barrels with muzzle tamer coming, and I've been wondering about removing it also.
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