Tell me about T/C Contender/Encores

**Delkal** · March 22nd, 2022, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by dannyb

I actually have a couple of Contender 12 GA barrels with chokes that I've used for trap shooting. They work great for the first couple of stations, but because the parts that hold the pinion in place are made of plastic, they get soft as the barrel gets hot. From position three on, the barrel will start to wobble.

I think you have your shotguns mixed up. They only make .410 barrels for the Contender and a 12 ga would be impossible. And there are no plastic parts on the frame and the hinge pin is solid metal.

**dannyb** · March 23rd, 2022, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Delkal

I think you have your shotguns mixed up. They only make .410 barrels for the Contender and a 12 ga would be impossible. And there are no plastic parts on the frame and the hinge pin is solid metal.

You're right. My apologies. It was the Encore, not the Contender, I also have a Pro Hunter. These barrels are no longer made as far as I know. There was a definite problem with the plastic fore end (memory gets bad after as long a day as I had yesterday. Sorry again) holding the pin in place, not the pin itself which is solid metal. Currently the 12 GA barrels for these are for turkey hunting, not trap. It's one thing to fire some rounds for patterning and then for hunting. It's quite another for a fast 25 rounds and then another 25 shortly after and another 25 after that in a trap shoot. I had real fun with these barrels, but using them for trap was a lesson. I now use a BT 99.