| General info on Contenders [message #36080] |
Mon, 26 January 2015 23:51  |
winman1550
Messages: 35
Registered: December 2014
Location: Michigan
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I've never owned a contender. If I was to buy one, which model (1st or 2nd or whatever) frame would you recommend and why? Of course I like the pistol aspect but would like a carbine mostly. Thank you for any and all suggestions.
Greg
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| Re: General info on Contenders [message #36093 is a reply to message #36090] |
Tue, 27 January 2015 11:54  |
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A while ago I did an nice long reply about the merits of the G1 verses the G2 in Contenders, as I hit the submit reply it dumped and all was lost.
Mainly what I was saying was what Crubear and Jim have told you that the G1 was a better choice because of the fact that the trigger is much better to work with. The barrels that are listed as G2 barrels will interchange with any other Contender barrel. You can find just about any caliber cartridge that you would need from Mice to Moose. The only problem with caliber choice is the high pressure loads that you find mostly in Encore barrels is too much pressure for even the G2. Cartridges like the 243 and 308 on up to and including the 300 Win Mag are available in Encore, but the highest pressure loads for the Contender are usually in the range of the 444 Marlin and wildcats made from it. Even then I don't feel comfortable with using that much in my Contenders but people do it all the time. So you can find a load to do just about anything even African usage in the Contender. Get a later model easyopen Contender and you won't be sorry.
Mr. Murl
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Molan Labe
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." - Benjamin Franklin
“Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.” (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.) – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 4 BC – 65 AD
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves."
~ ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ ~
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| Re: General info on Contenders [message #36111 is a reply to message #36109] |
Tue, 27 January 2015 19:33 |
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And the nut behind the frame is usually me.
Mr. Murl
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Molan Labe
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." - Benjamin Franklin
“Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.” (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.) – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 4 BC – 65 AD
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves."
~ ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ ~
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