Post by: LittleJohn on December 04, 2014, 09:35:41 AM
I have an older Contender Pistol and am wondering if they make a stock for them to make it into a rifle. Wanting it for trap line and maybe my 9 year old can shoot it with the right stock.
Thanks
Post by: jackelope on December 04, 2014, 09:37:28 AM
Hey guys
I have an older Contender Pistol and am wondering if they make a stock for them to make it into a rifle. Wanting it for trap line and maybe my 9 year old can shoot it with the right stock.
Thanks
http://www.eabco.net/Contender-Stocks_c_2841.html (http://www.eabco.net/Contender-Stocks_c_2841.html)
One thing to look at, check out the Choate folder. I've seen one on an Encore....it would pretty darn slick especially for your intentions.
Post by: runningboard on December 04, 2014, 09:45:16 AM
be aware however that once you put a buttstock on it, it then has to have at least a 16' barrel to be legal. you cannot have a buttstock with a pistol length barrel.
Post by: LittleJohn on December 04, 2014, 09:49:20 AM
I might look at the m4 style, i have a 6 and 9 year old and would be great for the trap line. I need to check regs here in Montana and find out about barrel length with stock
Post by: LittleJohn on December 04, 2014, 09:58:40 AM
Post by: mountainman on December 04, 2014, 10:15:10 AM
Post by: LittleJohn on December 04, 2014, 10:21:11 AM
Barrel length minimum is 16". Not a Montana thing, a federal law.
educate me,
MT says under 10 1/2" in considered pistol
I have a 14" heavy barrel in .223
Can I put a stock on it and let my kids shoot it legally
Post by: runningboard on December 04, 2014, 11:34:12 AM
Short Barrel Rifle, barrel length less than 16 inches or overall length less than 26 inches
on the buttstock I got directly from T/C it says right on the buttplate/pad embossed on it, do not use with barrel length less than 16", I may still have that buttplate since I replaced it with a recoil pad. I'll look when I get home later.
Post by: jackelope on December 04, 2014, 12:03:45 PM
on the buttstock I got directly from T/C it says right on the buttplate/pad embossed on it, do not use with barrel length less than 16", I may still have that buttplate since I replaced it with a recoil pad. I'll look when I get home later.
That would be a frame that started life at the factory as a rifle.
John's is a pistol from the factory so that doesn't hold true. He can put a pistol length barrel on it as long as it doesn't have a shoulder stock on it. Once it has a shoulder stock on it, it's a rifle.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 04, 2014, 12:07:17 PM
Post by: headshot5 on December 04, 2014, 12:08:20 PM
Quote
That is 100% correct.
Of course it is... It's on the internet! :chuckle:
Post by: boneaddict on December 04, 2014, 12:19:25 PM
Post by: jackelope on December 04, 2014, 12:23:17 PM
So I have a 14inch barreled contender. As long as I put a stock on it greater than 12 inches I would be ok?(total length greater than 26)
No, it has to be both. Barrel over 16" and overall length greater than 26".
Post by: boneaddict on December 04, 2014, 12:29:03 PM
Post by: runningboard on December 04, 2014, 05:06:00 PM
that's what the buttplate came off of is a rifle buttstock, if you read my 1st post that's what I said to him.
on the buttstock I got directly from T/C it says right on the buttplate/pad embossed on it, do not use with barrel length less than 16", I may still have that buttplate since I replaced it with a recoil pad. I'll look when I get home later.
That would be a frame that started life at the factory as a rifle.
John's is a pistol from the factory so that doesn't hold true. He can put a pistol length barrel on it as long as it doesn't have a shoulder stock on it. Once it has a shoulder stock on it, it's a rifle.
Post by: jackelope on December 04, 2014, 05:10:32 PM
that's what the buttplate came off of is a rifle buttstock, if you read my 1st post that's what I said to him.
on the buttstock I got directly from T/C it says right on the buttplate/pad embossed on it, do not use with barrel length less than 16", I may still have that buttplate since I replaced it with a recoil pad. I'll look when I get home later.
That would be a frame that started life at the factory as a rifle.
John's is a pistol from the factory so that doesn't hold true. He can put a pistol length barrel on it as long as it doesn't have a shoulder stock on it. Once it has a shoulder stock on it, it's a rifle.
Gotcha. What I meant to say was that a Contender pistol from the factory won't say that. Totally legal to bounce back and forth between rifle and pistol barrels on a factory original pistol. Totally not legal to do it with a factory original rifle frame. The only physical difference between the 2 would be the serial number.
Post by: yorketransport on December 04, 2014, 08:26:52 PM
Gotcha. What I meant to say was that a Contender pistol from the factory won't say that. Totally legal to bounce back and forth between rifle and pistol barrels on a factory original pistol. Totally not legal to do it with a factory original rifle frame. The only physical difference between the 2 would be the serial number.
:yeah:
I was pretty happy when the BATFE made this decision back in 2011. Before then it was open to interpretation by the agents. For now, once a pistol always a pistol. :tup:
Andrew
Post by: gemihur on January 11, 2016, 08:36:47 AM
Send your barrel off to David White.
http://www.dandtcustomgunworks.websitetoolbox.com/post/tc-contenders-encores-7271180?pid=1285971895
He will fix up your super 14 to be perfectly legal while using the buttstock.
I highly recommend him.
Jimmy in va
:hello: