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I have several barrels, all of which save for one are older T/C Carbine tubes. Most shoot pretty well, more than sufficient for hunting use. The 22lr "match" chamber shoots as well as my other .22's, as to say, well under 1/2" at 25 yards.

I have one MGM tube, a .357 Magnum stainless bull barrel. It shoots damn well with 158 XTP hollow points, under an inch at 100 yards. I put it together for Ohio Whitetails when they passed straight wall pistol caliber rifles a few years back.




What Fyrepower said. I have a 7x30 Waters, and after the initial fireforming, I neck size only, and have pretty good brass life with the Federal 30-30 brass I'm using. My 357 Magnum tube doesn't stretch the brass anymore than running them in a revolver.



That's a good looking Contender. Is that the 18" 32 barrel? I think you pushed me over the edge, I may order one right after Christmas. Not to sound petty, but how did you do the camo patter on the stock? I love that. Looks great!

J23...that one is an 18" barrel...i wanted light & quick swinging. I originally had it topped with hi-viz fiber optic type sights; later went to low powered scopes on most barrels like that.

I got bored with black tupperware stocksets, so sanded them a tad bit, then cleaned surfaces with Berryman's B12 Carb Cleaner to degrease. ...for paint i used outdoor paint i got at hobby lobby that was supposed to be for stuff like outdoor patio furniture & made a brush to blot it on using a wad of roll gauze i frayed.... i blot lightly & just slap it on there. Done about 6 sets of them so far, seems to be holding up OK. Only wear i've noticed was where one of those that had a wider bull barrel forend is tight in the gunrack of the 4 wheeler the paint has rubbed off some, need to go back & touch that up.

I recall the paint was cheap, around $2-$3 a small bottle. i just dabbed it on, and sometimes mixed a few colors to get different shades... after drying i sprayed lightly with clear sealer...a few pix of the home-brewed paint jobs.

Proly get one as a belated Xmas present to myself.
Currently down to one Contender, older version.
Bought cheap, evidently had trigger job, as it bumps off easy and trigger pull is light.
Would prefer it a bit heavier.

Have not taken it apart to see what needs modified.
Wonder if I need just a spring change or notch deepened somewhere.

I like your paint job. Hard to mess those up too badly. If you don't like the way it looks, just start over.

Those stocks look great!! What a huge difference over the black tupperware.

I have one with the black plastic, and three with walnut. Two are the older G1 factory walnut with the factory pencil thin 21" barrels, and one is a newer G2 wood.

I dont like the new G2 stock.. way too bulky for the handy little G1 frame. So I put it on the bull barreled .357.

I was just looking at MGM, specing out a 32H&R barrel. Not sure if I should stay with the factory 21" length or have it cut to 18". SS or CM. I'll definately go with the medium contour. The options are endless. I think that's why I like Contenders so much.

I like the factory plastic but used a G2 forend and added a cheekpiece made of kydex. The G2 forend had #8 shot and epoxy added to hollows for more weight fwd. Was kinda twitchy w super 16 bbl

Got a email yesterday, they’re gonna ship April 3rd now..

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I signed up for one, but the date has slipped to May, I believe. Hope this isn't vaporware. I opted to pay by M.O. when it's ready because of that. If it slips again, I'll bail.

FyrepowrX

Beautiful job on the stock set, better than what's available commercially.

Steve.........