A barrel of another caliber or length can be installed and pinned in place, the fore-end replaced, and the pistol is ready to shoot with a different barrel and pre-aligned sights. Since the sights and extractor remain attached to the barrel in the Contender design, the frame itself contains no cartridge-specific features. By removing the fore-end, a large hinge pin is exposed by pushing this hinge pin out, the barrel can be removed. The most unusual feature of the Contender is how the barrel is attached to the frame. 22 Remington Jet, but as Magnum calibers took off in the 1970s, the Contender quickly became very popular with shooting enthusiasts. Originally the chamberings were on the low end of the recoil spectrum such as. Thompson Tool began marketing Center's Contender pistol, the company name was changed to Thompson/Center Arms Company. Although they cost more than some hunting revolvers, the flexibility of being able to shoot multiple calibers by simply changing the barrel and sights and its higher accuracy made it popular with handgun hunters. Thompson Tool Company and they introduced this design as the Thompson-Center Contender in 1967. Warren Center, working in his basement shop in the 1960s, developed a unique, break-action, single-shot pistol.
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