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One tiny detail that everyone should find laughable.

I registered the Contender for warranty. There wasn't much in the box, just the frame, foreend and two screws. I wondered about the hinge pin. This was my first Contender. Maybe they ship a hinge pin with the barrel.

I emailed T/C and asked. They were very prompt to respond. No, the fellow said, there should be one in the box.

Here's the silly part. The hinge pin attaches the barrel to the frame. Therefore, it falls under a part of the US export regs that controls firearms parts. In short, it cannot be sent to me directly.

The Cdn warranty centre here has to get it and they will forward the pin to me.

Glad I didn't have a barrel!