...is a learning curve, or so they say.

Last spring I started contemplating a threaded barrel for the Contender Carbine to be used for a very specific purpose, that being hogs at fairly close range.

I pondered...and pondered...got some good advice from a few sages here on the 'Fire and some technical help from a fellow with Quick Load software. The objective was fairly simple. MOA precision at subsonic velocity in a rimmed cartridge using cast bullets. The evolution went something like this:

The bullet objective: 180 gr 30:1 alloy, plain base round nose. With the help of Steve Brooks I wound up with this one.

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The parent case is the .357 Mag. Dave Manson crafted the reamer and the sketch that went along with it set the wheels in motion for the dies.

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Bullberry did the barrel and I wound up with this:

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More on the next post

I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain