Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots These Contenders are addictive

i didn`t think there was a lot of interest in T.C. contenders ? Very nice Contenders and pictures posted. i think this summer i am going to take a inventory on what contender stuff i have and sell it in a package ,i know i got 3 or 4 frames one is silver frame,6 -10 or barrels all good stuff, i just don`t use it anymore.

I think it's a perfect cartridge in a lightweight Contender. It's a Fox Ridge barrel I ordered in 2003 because I had given up on finding a clean lever gun so chambered. A couple years later, Winchester did a small run of Angle Eject 94's in it and I bought one of those too. I've only killed one deer and one coyote with the Contender, using the factory Winchester 117gr load and it performed as expected. I hope to do more hunting with the Contender this year than I have in the past, with all three barrels. I forget how handy it is until I pull it out of the safe ever so often.

Your shootin' stinks fella....

I've accumulated several frames, barrels, stocksets over the years. Around 15 frames, 20 something barrels. The biggest thing to be watchful for is a disease known as B.A.D., Aka barrel acquisition disease, or barrel acquisition disorder. There is no known cure. The slang name for this disease is simply "barrel whore" .

Seriously, I've bought barrels online with my phone, from the men's room at work. Several, actually. and a couple complete carbines from gunbroker, too.

I can quit anytime I want. 😁

Fyrepowrx,
If you don't mind, what is the brand of the stock/foreend that you are sporting on your contenders?
thanks,
kstockfo

I believe that owners of single shot rifles are generally more intelligent than the rest of the shooting world. Why?

SS users are better shots. They don't need the crutch of multiple cartridges poised as back up. We're not overseas anymo'.
Most are contemplative, not hot heads. They have to because it takes a tiny bit longer to reload and fire...if they even need to.
SS users have a superior ability to assess and act on any hunting situation. They are working without a net so to speak, and must be able to quickly make to the proper decision.
SS users have superior hand/eye coordination. They have to be able to confidently work the action, extract the spent case, reload and fire again without any mechanical help.
SS users are not like lemmings. They don't follow the crowd, pursuing the latest "cool thing".

P.S. I don't own a 10-22.