| Getting started [message #28708] |
Thu, 13 February 2014 16:52  |
zzzippper
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This is my first post. I have to do this before I can post the message I wanted to post that includes a link.
This is more or less the message I wanted to post:
I've been around guns for 50 years but I am brand new to these Frankenpistols. I searched on "getting started" but got a bunch of unrelated links.
Are these pistols as simple as buying a frame set: http://www.hausofarms.com/TC-SS-Prohunter-Pistol-Frame_p_184 .html and slapping any barrel you want on it?
I found a used Leupold scoped TCC locally for $475 which seemed like a decent price. But it is chambered for 7mm TCU. Since I don't reload anymore I'm looking for a more common caliber. Or, assuming it is as simple as swapping out just the barrel would this be a good way to go?
Thanks for listening to a noob.
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| Re: Getting started [message #28710 is a reply to message #28708] |
Thu, 13 February 2014 17:20  |
jamesgammel
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for encore or contender, you pretty much have it figured out. Yep, swap out the barrel, and perhaps the forend, grab ammo, and shoot away. Good number of chamber selections for the contender and encore both, so can use factory ammo. Not 100% sure, but someone may offer 7TCU loaded, so not 100% a reload only deal. You can either start with a frame and add a barrel, grip/buttstock and forend, scope optional, or get a "pkg" already set up as rifle or pistol depending on your preference. With or without barrel not a problem, if it has one you really don't want, plenty of other fellows may be willing and eager to trade for something you'd prefer.
You came to the right place to get started, welcome.
Jim
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| Re: Getting started [message #28722 is a reply to message #28710] |
Fri, 14 February 2014 10:37 |
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Crubear
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Yep, that simple. Pick what you want and go. On the Contender, see if you can get them to budge closer to $400 and then go for it. Remove the scope and base, clean the barrel, and offer to trade it here for the caliber of your choice. The TCU line is a great Contender cartridge and I'm sure there are more than a few that would like to get one.
The only real decision you need to make is what calibers you want to shoot. Contender is pretty much any pistol round below .50 caliber (not enough barrel left after drilling the bore) and rifle cartridges up to 30-30. Encore is open to anything you want to shoot - and a lot you won't.
AND -> Welcome aboard. Sorry for your new addiction
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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| Re: Getting started [message #28725 is a reply to message #28722] |
Fri, 14 February 2014 11:04 |
zzzippper
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Crubear wrote on Fri, 14 February 2014 08:37Yep, that simple. Pick what you want and go. On the Contender, see if you can get them to budge closer to $400 and then go for it. Remove the scope and base, clean the barrel, and offer to trade it here for the caliber of your choice. The TCU line is a great Contender cartridge and I'm sure there are more than a few that would like to get one.
The only real decision you need to make is what calibers you want to shoot. Contender is pretty much any pistol round below .50 caliber (not enough barrel left after drilling the bore) and rifle cartridges up to 30-30. Encore is open to anything you want to shoot - and a lot you won't.
AND -> Welcome aboard. Sorry for your new addiction
Thanks, maybe it is an Encore that I really want. I'm still liking that Contender though.
And it seems that as I look around very few are being sold as complete pistols, guys buy components and build them up.
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