You aren't off topic as far as I am concerned. I took the wussy path with the Contender for preliminary exploration. My opinion at this point is with subs and hivel ammo it's field ready though not quite ready for the finish line. Final proof of concept will be a 10/22 and that will require a touch of ingenuity.

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