Contenders

cerberus · 09-07-2018, 12:18 AM

Over the last couple of days, I picked up my 2nd and 3rd Contenders. One open iron sights and the other 1-4X scope. They are one sexy gun.
Friday, my guys will be coming back from a wedding they went to with their mom. I'll take them to the range on Saturday and give these things a test drive.
cerberus

500grains · 09-07-2018, 12:28 AM

I had a contender with a 7-30 waters barrel and a 357 herrett barrel. I had another contender in .22 LR. I could not shoot them well.

cerberus · 09-07-2018, 02:07 AM

My original Contender has a 12" .44mag and a 16" .223 with an ol skewl Herters 4x33 scope. I use a shoulder stock when I use the scoped .223.
I've shot wild hawg with both and for me, both are monotonously accurate. This is one of my toys that makes me shoot 'over my head'.
cerberus

Legion489 · 12-03-2018, 02:10 PM

Yeah, love my Contender and the 20 or so barrels I have for it. Bought it back when the price was reasonable and the quality good. Now? Too expensive and from some of what I've seen of some the new ones, not made with pride. I mean I can buy a complete rifle for what they want for one barrel! Sure the new ones can handle stuff that mine can't, but I am not shooting a 14"/15"/16" .300 Win Mag through a 3 lb. pistol, thanks very much.

Yeah, Herter's had a lot of great stuff that was priced right! Still have A LOT of Herter's stuff that STILL works great! Unlike the Lee pot metal presses...

10 Bears · 12-03-2018, 05:35 PM

My first Contender was a .357 Herrett, dang that was a straight shooting piece.
Didn't do much for hunting coyotes though, unless you made a head shot when prime.
Any other time the pelts weren't worth anything.
That was 40 years ago and I've had a bunch of barrels and frames since then.

One of my favorites is the .223 with the Choate 'rubber' rifle stock.

belt-fed · 12-03-2018, 06:04 PM

my contender I got with 14" 45-70 for hogs when I was in south Texas work great
on them pick up 10" 410 barrel last year at a gun show fun to shoot

09-07-2018, 12:18 AM	#1
cerberus Dud Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 2,507	Contenders Over the last couple of days, I picked up my 2nd and 3rd Contenders. One open iron sights and the other 1-4X scope. They are one sexy gun. Friday, my guys will be coming back from a wedding they went to with their mom. I'll take them to the range on Saturday and give these things a test drive. cerberus

09-07-2018, 12:28 AM	#2
500grains Soldier of Allah Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Crackerland Posts: 31,662	I had a contender with a 7-30 waters barrel and a 357 herrett barrel. I had another contender in .22 LR. I could not shoot them well. __________________ Racism will keep you alive.

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09-07-2018, 02:07 AM	#3
cerberus Dud Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 2,507	My original Contender has a 12" .44mag and a 16" .223 with an ol skewl Herters 4x33 scope. I use a shoulder stock when I use the scoped .223. I've shot wild hawg with both and for me, both are monotonously accurate. This is one of my toys that makes me shoot 'over my head'. cerberus

12-03-2018, 02:10 PM	#4
Legion489 Dud Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 472	Yeah, love my Contender and the 20 or so barrels I have for it. Bought it back when the price was reasonable and the quality good. Now? Too expensive and from some of what I've seen of some the new ones, not made with pride. I mean I can buy a complete rifle for what they want for one barrel! Sure the new ones can handle stuff that mine can't, but I am not shooting a 14"/15"/16" .300 Win Mag through a 3 lb. pistol, thanks very much. Yeah, Herter's had a lot of great stuff that was priced right! Still have A LOT of Herter's stuff that STILL works great! Unlike the Lee pot metal presses...

12-03-2018, 05:35 PM	#5
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	My first Contender was a .357 Herrett, dang that was a straight shooting piece. Didn't do much for hunting coyotes though, unless you made a head shot when prime. Any other time the pelts weren't worth anything. That was 40 years ago and I've had a bunch of barrels and frames since then. One of my favorites is the .223 with the Choate 'rubber' rifle stock.

12-03-2018, 06:04 PM	#6
belt-fed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: land of browning Posts: 2,472	my contender I got with 14" 45-70 for hogs when I was in south Texas work great on them pick up 10" 410 barrel last year at a gun show fun to shoot