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01/07/2009 3:34 PM
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Where can you buy a new 7X30 waters 14" bull barrel online? talked to several places and they said thompson center is going under and barrels hard to get. Thanks
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 3:44 PM
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I hadn't heard about them going under but I've noticed that most places it's easier to find Encore than Contender barrels. Midway has the largest selection I've found of Contender barrels in stock but Natchez and EA Brown also have them but I hate dealing with Brown, they are slower than slow.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 4:00 PM
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I called Natchez they don't have any and said tc going under.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 5:17 PM
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That's a bummer but in this economy not surprising especially since smith took them over and already started marketing the icon rifle as the s&w ibolt. I guess it will be a custom shop thing in the future if you want more barrels.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. John Wayne-The Shootist
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 5:26 PM
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I called Natchez they don't have any and said tc going under. WOW!
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb Benjamin Franklin 
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 6:28 PM
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I hope thats not going to happen. I heard that Coyote Guns is no longer in business.
Experience is the best teacher, hunger good sauce.
Osborne Russell Journal of a Trapper
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 6:55 PM
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It's been stated that TC's problems is not necessarily the economy, but the way S&W has handled the company since they acquired it.
It's not the gun, but the man behind it.
Sheriff Russell Cottle, Ret.
USMC; 1967-1970; Vietnam-'68-'69
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 7:39 PM
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Better get your frames now if you are going to I guess. There are a bunch of barrel makers but only one place for frames. Could be a wise investment ;-)
Although I will believe the demise of T/C when I see it. S&W has been know to be real bean counters so.....
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/07/2009 11:28 PM
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It would really surprise me if T/C went under - with the success of the ProHunter and all the press they've gotten (Icon, TV shows, etc), I would think that would take some extreme mismanagement. But stranger things have happened.
And right after I get my first Encore(s)!
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/08/2009 12:23 AM
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wow... just recently acquired my first encore.... and in New York, one has to buy the frame and barel seperately because that way TC- or the distributor can get around the "fired case for a fingerprint" issue.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/09/2009 7:07 PM
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treeman
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I ordered 7x30 waters from eabco. Thanks for help.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/12/2009 9:18 PM
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eabco said had barrel and that my order was being shipped then next thing I know they email and said barrel is on backorder. They have poor business practices. I told them I did not want to backorder and canceled all my order. Got barrel ordered from Ed's and in stainless for about same price.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/12/2009 11:12 PM
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Gary
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You can order from the custom shop - fox ridge.
You can't wait any longer. Join the NRA and start writing your Congressmen and Senators.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/12/2009 11:13 PM
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Gary
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If T/C closes the doors don't be too surprised if someone like Cerebus picks them up.
You can't wait any longer. Join the NRA and start writing your Congressmen and Senators.
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Re: new contender barrel
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01/13/2009 3:23 AM
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You can order from the custom shop - fox ridge. If they ever get back up and running. It's been about a year now, or so it seems.
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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