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I am getting a T/C Contender barrel off of e-bay. It is in a caliber I have wanted for a while and is an older octagonal barrel. In my lust for the barrel I wasn't thinking too much about the octagonal part. My forend on my current set up is for bull barrels. How much of a misfit can I expect? Is the screw not going to line up? Will there be a huge gap that can't be shimmed? Does any one have an octagonal type forend they could part with? I am not seeing any helpful hints on the company website. Is there a Contender BBS as good this? (I know the answer to that already, but how about "almost" as good as this?)
Thanks,
Lou M
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I think the hole in the forend will line up with the screw on the octagonal barrels but I don't know about the fit. I have never had one of these T/C barrels.
What caliber?
Mike
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The T/C Contender has s barrel-specific forend. You will need to locate a forend for an octagonal barrel. That should not be a difficult task.
Regards,
charles
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Well golly, you could always call T/C(on the telephone) and ask them.
You could also contact a barrel maker like Bullberry Barrel works, in Hurricane, Utah. They've probably got a bathtub full of old forends.
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Call Ed Kirkpatrick (405) 879-0879 He is probably the largest TC dealer in the US and always has a bunch of interesting TC stuff.
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I was in Bullberry this afternoon. Didn't get a specific answer to your question but got this: thompsoncenterassoc.org ,this:
tcaogs@metrocast.net and this: 405-879-0879
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