Picked up a contender

[carpsniperg2]

i know one thing i need to stop buying guns and bows and etc but i keep finding killer deals 3 new guns and 1 new bow in 3 weeks i got this t/c contender from a guy in town last night it is a stainless contender with syn fore grip and a syn pistol grip and he threw in the folding rifle stock as well. it has a 16 super 16" 223 rem barrel on it. looked at the barrel last night online and it alone was 320 i picked this gun up for 250.00 cash i am very happy with it "note it did not have the hollow sight sight on it, i just put it on it" if anyone wants a contender barrel he has a 221 222 and 7mm tcu barrel left i did not want to have to buy a bunch of new brass and dies and etc so i only got the 223 barrel because that is what i wanted. i didn't think i would ever buy one since i have a few great hunting handguns already but this will be my new tractor buddy. and i could not pass on this deal i am going to get a scope for it but i put the hollow sight on it just to mess around tell i get a new scope for it.

[benhuntin]

Should be a fun toy in the old tractor.  Hard to drive a straight line when you are lookin for movin targets.

[carpsniperg2]

you got that right and when i see a yote i have to put in in park and leave the rpms up because if you pull it down and they hear it they seem to take off makes for a challenging shot

[benhuntin]

And im sure you get out of the rig right

[jackelope]

Awesome...
I have an Encore rifle with 300wm and 22-250 barrels and my dad hunted deer back east as long as I can remember with his Contender super 14 in 7mm TCU.
Have fun with it.

[huntinhick]

I am jealous I just paid 200 for just a barrel.  If you have time and don't mind I would be interested in the 222 barrels info.  anyway great find and great deal.  becareful they can be a little addictive if you start buying barrels.

carl

[carpsniperg2]

And im sure you get out of the rig right

disabled permit just got to shut off the power to the motor

and yes the barrels can be addicitive for sure but the 223 is the only one i realy want i have bigger handguns i can use if i want to hunt bigger game. huntinhick i will shoot you a pm with the guys number and you can call him if you like and ask about the 222 barrel.
and jackelope he still has a 7mm tcu for sale 

[jackelope]

becareful they can be a little addictive if you start buying barrels.

And glass for each one too...

 

[carpsniperg2]

o yeah he has scopes on all of them as well i told him to keep the cheap scope he had on it like a sportscraft 2x or somthing like that but there are some good scopes on the other barrels left for sale

[jackelope]

Did he have any rifle barrels for sale?
I'm not into the pistol thing yet.

p.s. you can get a trigger job done on them and they work out real nice.
www.bellm.com is the place for upgrade stuff if you're interested.

[carpsniperg2]

i just talked to the guy a min ago and he is going to look into what he wants for them he also said he still has the other 2 barrels and the guy ditched on him and di not buy them. the barrels he has and they all have some kind of scope lower end stuff 50-100 are a 221 222 7/30 waters 6.5mm tcu and a 7mm tcu if and one is intrested i could help you out shoot me a pm and let me know what you would like and when he gets back to me with a $ i will email you guys.  

thanks for the link jackelope no he just has these pistol barrels but they are pretty reasonable i would bet if you wanted to start geting a few

[6x6in6]

Somebody should get that 7/30 Watters.
I love mine.  Nice little deer cartridge. 

[carpsniperg2]

jackelope, wow that is a great place was just surfin a bit and 55 for a trigger job thats pretty sweet he is kinda the go to guy then by the looks of it.

[jackelope]

Yes he is.
The best and 1st upgrade should be the upgraded tighter fitting hinge pins IMO. 

[jackelope]

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[carpsniperg2]

did he do the break on your rifle as well. it looks like he does a lot of porting as well. even though i don't need it on the 223 i see he is offering a 458 lott barrel one of my fave safari cal that thing looks sick

[jackelope]

He didn't do the trigger or the break. They were both done by a guy local to me here.

458 in a pistol barrel?
 

[carpsniperg2]

no its a short rifle barrel are you kinding me can you say snap if that was a pistol i like that break on your gun i need to get one done on my new 338 i just got i want one on my sako but i can't see doing it the 300 win mag does not bother me and to defile a sako would be a shame and it is a family hand down from my grandfather to my father to me and i love it the way it is. how well do you like that break? i don't know if i want a break or just hae the barrel ported i think the break would be nicer but i am not sure the one that i like and my uncle has one i think are called vialis or somthing like that

[jackelope]

Your uncle's would likely be a VIAS brake.

Mine is a Defensive Edge brake. I like it...honestly the only reason I had it done was because it already had an ugly one on the barrel when I got it so I had it replaced. I would go with either a VIAS or a D.E. if you want one...just make sure the guy who does it knows what he's doing. Mine is not that nice and clean in person as I wish it was.
 

[carpsniperg2]

i was the one tread jacking my own thread thanks and yeah that is what it is vias good break will look at the D.E. as well thanks

[jackelope]

the T/C heavy barrel is a wierd size and DE doesn't make a brake the same OD. you can't mill down the O.D. of the part of the brake with the ports in it so they milled it to a taper behind the porting. It looks ok but the joint between the barrel and the brake is a little rough. Really it's not that bad...

[carpsniperg2]

i see just not a smooth line, gotcha