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contender carbine barrel in 5m/m magnum, myth or real ?
« on: January 22, 2011, 04:27:04 PM »
i've heard about them but never seen one for sale , were they made and by who ?

and where can i find one ?
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Re: contender carbine barrel in 5m/m magnum, myth or real ?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 04:33:12 PM »
Best bet for a TC factory Contender barrel is to check with Ed's Contenders (a board sponsor).

For a new custom (Contender or Encore) barrel MGM lists the cartridge as an available chamber from them.
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Re: contender carbine barrel in 5m/m magnum, myth or real ?
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2011, 02:09:20 AM »
      10" pistol barrels were fairly common at one time, but I haven't seen many lately.  I think the demise of the 5mm came several years before TC ever got into the carbine business though.  I don't recall ever seeing one, or a s-14 either for that matter.  May have been a TCA offering at one time or other.  This is straight from the memory however, which puts it's worth somewhere between zilch and a plug nickel :D.
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Re: contender carbine barrel in 5m/m magnum, myth or real ?
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2011, 05:18:09 AM »
i've heard in the last 2 years that some were made in carbine barrels but have never seen one for sale or talked to someone who had one . i'll have to check out ed"s and mgm and see what they have .

i had one of the early contender pistol barrels in 5m/m magnum , 10" octogon , it was unfired and i never fired it before it got traded off .

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Re: contender carbine barrel in 5m/m magnum, myth or real ?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2011, 12:34:04 PM »
ed's had the 5m/m and another caliber i'd been trying to find a 25/20 .

alot of other barrels as well .

thanks ,

mark
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