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Offline hylander

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Sloppy T/C barrel chambers ?
« on: October 17, 2005, 03:48:40 AM »
I want to get a 23" .223 barrel for my Contender.
I have read that the chambers are sloppy and drilled off center.
Is this what you have found to be true.
Custom barrel is not an option, not in the budget.
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Sloppy T/C barrel chambers ?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2005, 04:05:40 AM »
My 15" 223 shoots MOA at 100, had the barrel for  30 years though....
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Sloppy T/C barrel chambers ?
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2005, 10:51:58 AM »
I had one of the 23" 223 barrels and it shot MOA with 50gr bullets.  I sold it though because I don't like the 23" bull barrel.  I like the 21" tapered barrels much better.
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Sloppy T/C barrel chambers ?
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2005, 11:11:59 AM »
Although I really like the custom barrels and have several. The truth is very very few factory barrels ever really have anything wrong with them. Buy a carbine length barrel, shoot it, if you don't like it sell it off on ebay (you may loose a couple bucks) and buy a full up custom job. Expect to pay upwards of $375-400 for one tho.
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2005, 01:56:57 PM »
Hi I purchased a new G2 rifle with a 23" .223 bull barrel about a year ago.  Finally got to sight it in this past week, and I must say I am completely satisfied with it.  Did I say this is my first T/C?  Even went out and purchased a .22 and 6.8 SPC 23" barrels to round out the arsenal.  Go for it, you can't go wrong.  T/C has been very good in their customer support, based upon the posts here, and on rimfirecentral.com.
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Sloppy T/C barrel chambers ?
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2005, 07:46:45 AM »
I have factory 23" & 14" Contender barrels.  They will both easily acheive that magical sub MOA thing everybody wants.  That is using the cheap Winchester white box varmint loads or reloads.
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Sloppy T/C barrel chambers ?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2005, 04:00:25 PM »
I have 3  223 barrels an all of them shoot good .
If you buy an T C Barrel . an if they are an problem .call T C an they will fix it at no charge to you . .
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2005, 05:32:03 PM »
I SHOOT 23" BULL FACTORY BARREL  FROM CONTENDER.  I HAVE A VX I LEUPOLD 3X9 ON IT.  IF I DO MY PART IT WILL SHOOT MOA AT 100 YDS. I USE 50g. HORNADY SPXP BULLETS ON GROUND SQUIRRELS AND YOTES.  I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH THE SET UP.
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