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Offline Moe

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Barrel you regret most getting rid of..
« on: September 19, 2004, 10:24:41 AM »
I have had dozens of barrels over the years. What is the one you most regret getting rid of and why. I will have to think about this a while for my own answer.
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Offline Steve P

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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2004, 10:36:05 AM »
16" .223 SS barrel and buttstock that I picked up in a trade.  Sold both to buy another barrel.  Never even shot them.  Wished I had them back many a time when out pre-scouting for deer.  Seen lots of grouse and coyote that would have been perfect shots for that little set up.

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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2004, 10:57:15 AM »
A 22 match barrel 22" long by Fred Bullberry for my Contender.  I think I traded it for a muzzleloader.  Now I'm looking for an old 16" 22 match barrel again....
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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2004, 10:58:15 AM »
Haven't sold any yet, Im still collecting. :)
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Offline KYODE

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« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2004, 12:07:15 PM »
:(  15" bullberry 6x47. great barrel, but i went thru a slow use period n sold it. that won't happen again! :roll:
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« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2004, 12:47:32 PM »
I guess mine would be an older 7-30 Waters 14" factory from the 80's that was a tack driver. Still have a bunch of ammo for it, factory and reloads. Really liked that barrel.
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« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2004, 01:43:26 PM »
A 10" .22 lr barrel that I picked up for next to nothing. Basically I bought a 14" 445 Supermag barrel with a 2-6x Redfield scope and 10" .22 lr barrel for 150 bucks a while back.

I sold both and kept the scope. I don't really miss the 445 as the round is a bit odd and I have the 45-70 that outperforms it, but the 10" 22lr was nice to carry.
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Bullberry 222 mag barrel
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2004, 01:52:24 PM »
A 15 inch SS Bullberry barrel in 222 mag.  Kicked my rear severa times since selling it.
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Offline Graybeard

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« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2004, 06:40:24 PM »
A 14" SS .35 Remington barrel I let a certain guy who runs a one man shop talk me into letting him rechamber to his proprietary version of the .358 JDJ just so I could compare the two. Wow what a mistake. He ruined the barrel, pissed around six months getting a replacement and blamed it all on TC.

That was the ONLY .35 Remington barrel I've owned among many that never ever misfired. It even shot ammo I'd laid back from years before that hadn't fired in any of my other .35 Remington barrels.

What I got back was at best a fair shooter. Nothing special and didn't hold a candle to a real .358 JDJ barrel in accuracy or velocity at max recommended loads. Plus it required two die sets to load.

After that it would be either of my 6 TCU barrels. Wish I'd kept both.
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« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2004, 09:22:50 PM »
Had a 14" 357 Herrett I used for sillywet. Kicked myself a zillion times.
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2004, 03:14:11 AM »
Have not gotten rid of one I regret yet.  I thought my 10" 357 Max or 10" straight 45 LC would be the ones I would regret, but not yet.
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« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2004, 03:26:45 AM »
easy..........the original barrel I got with the first TC I ever owned. 22lr octagon barrel and matching foreend. Somewhere out there it is still out shooting lots of rimfire rifles...........
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« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2004, 05:15:46 AM »
Have had over 90 factory barrels and nearly that many custom barrels since I started shooting Contenders in 1969.   I guess I'll pick one that really was nothing special even way back when I had it.   It was one of my earliest barrels and was a 38 Special that I put 10's of thousands of reloads through during the early 70's - at matches, egg shoots and small game hunting.   Had a lot of fun with that barrel and it probably passed more lead than even any of the rimfire pistols or rifles I've ever owned in over 50 years (and that's going some for a kid that grew up on a ranch and had his first 22 rifle at about 4-5 years old).
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2004, 03:46:38 AM »
Hmmm..............I have four.  10" 22 LR that was not a match barrel but shot like one w/out the problems.  10" 44 mag.  16" 35 Rem.  These and several others were sold due to divorce.  16" 30-30 that was sent to a custom builder to be rechambered to his propriety cartridge.  Big mistake.  Barrel came back with a messed up chamber.  He built a new barrel.....wrong length.  Built another and I have had nothing but problems.
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« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2004, 07:45:04 AM »
Quote from: skb2706
easy..........the original barrel I got with the first TC I ever owned. 22lr octagon barrel and matching foreend. Somewhere out there it is still out shooting lots of rimfire rifles...........


so glad you said that. I keep thinking I need to trade off my 10" .22lr octagonal to get a bull, but then I shoot it again, and kick myself for having disloyal thoughts.

On the larger thread, I'd like to have a few more barrels so I could get rid of one just to know what it feels like  :grin:
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« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2004, 08:08:39 AM »
Team N - if those thoughts ever rear the ugly heads again.....look me up. I still have a place for that barrel.
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