09-07-2018, 12:18 AM | #1 |
Dud
Join Date: Nov 2014
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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 |
Soldier of Allah
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Crackerland
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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.
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09-07-2018, 02:07 AM | #3 |
Dud
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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 |
Dud
Join Date: Jul 2017
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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 |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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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 |
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: land of browning
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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 |
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