410 shotshells, the internal choke tube remains in place. 45/.410 barrel, and it reads as follows: "When using. Keep in mind that this shooting was done with the "shotgun-style" sights.Ī warning came with my. I've included a chart that lists the results of shooting some of my favorite.
45 Colt/.410 vent rib barrel that's shown in the photograph. The Herrett stocks feel much better, and they have the thumbrest "shelf" that I prefer.Īs I said earlier, my favorite barrel is the Super 14. While the original Thompson/Center Contender grips were well designed and made of walnut with a rubber recoil-absorbing insert on the backstrap, they just didn't fit my medium-sized hand very well. I didn't shoot the gun too often until after I found a set of used Herrett Controller stocks in a local gunshop. complete with muzzle brake, a T/C 2.5X rail-system scope and base, and a 7.25-inch-long walnut fore-end. It's what T/C called the Hunter Package, and it came with a 14-inch barrel chambered for. I bought my Thompson/Center Contender pistol soon after joining the staff of Shooting Times in the fall of 1992. There was even a shoulder stock offered for models with 16-inch barrels. Fore-ends and grips were offered in walnut and a composite material called Rynite.
There were a variety of fore-end lengths and styles. Later a silver finish called Armor Alloy was offered, but it was eventually dropped and replaced by satin stainless steel. Also, an independent interlock prevents the pistol from firing if the barrel is not completely closed and locked.īarrels and actions were originally blued. Earlier versions had a rotating hammerface that was turned with a screwdriver or small coin.Īn internal mechanism automatically moves a hammerblock into position whenever the action is opened, and it remains "Safe" until the trigger is squeezed. There's also a center position that puts the hammer in a nonfiring "Safe" position. The letters "C" and "R" are pressed into the hammer so there's no confusion. It points to the left for centerfire and to the right for rimfire. My selector is mounted on top of the hammer, and it moves with just a flick of my thumb and forefinger. A hammer-mounted firing pin selector allows either type of cartridge to be fired. The firing mechanism has dual, frame-mounted firing pins - one for rimfire cartridges and one for centerfire rounds. The action must be opened to cock the Thompson/Center Contender. When the action opens, an automatic extractor pops the cartridge up where it can be manually removed. The action breaks open by pulling rearward on the back of the trigger guard spur.
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