Jet22
Member
16.5" barrel in .22 Hornet that I can make into a rifle, something T/C doesn't make right now
You would be amazed at what they will make. And they don't really cost as much as you would think, especially if you are comparing to ebay prices. Click on the link below:
http://foxridgeoutfitters.com/section.cfm?section=16
Ya, I'm hooked too. I have been a long time 30 Herrett fan, 10" barrel. I have been recently playing with a 357 Herrett, 10", and find it is no problem to get a 200 grain bullet going 2000fps. I also have a 219 AI Zipper 15" and it can get a 50 grain bullet over 3000fps easily.
I was working with a 256 Win Mag this summer and am amazed at how easy it is to form brass from 357 mag.
My latest passion has been the 12" octagon TCA barrels. I do not know what all calibers they made them in or how many of each, but the numbers are low (under 100 for most). At present I have 6 of them:
22LR No Sights
22 Hornet No Sights
22 Hornet W/Sights
6mm TCU No Sights
7-30 Waters No Sights
32 H&R Mag No Sights
I have picked up 5 of the old 3/4" tube Burris Mikro Pistol scopes, 3 in 3x and 2 in 2X, to put on them. That small tube scope looks great on them with the Burris 3/4" rings and Burris base. The only one I have worked with so far is the 6mm TCU and it seems to be a honey. I am using the 90 grain Nosler Ballistic tip and hope to take a deer with it. The 32 H&R will probably be next (for small game and plinking) as I bought the brass and have bullets. I have a 32-20 10" bull that I just picked up brass for too, so I will work on them together for small game, one with scope and the other with irons. The 32-20 should be just shy of the 300-221 (a barrel I sold a few years back and would like to get in a 16" carbine barrel) in top end performance.
Anyway, its an addiction. I am not a collector and shoot everything I own. I have bought entire collections (most recently 6 frames, 7 stocks, 9 carbine barrels, 11 pistol barrels in one collection) and sold all but a barrel or two cause they were the only ones I wanted. They seem to be cheaper to buy that way cause not too many guys will spend that much on a Contender and not too many Contender owners will part them out!