You want to make any adjustments to the replaceable parts in the barrel- not to your frame. He didn't love them because he only ever got to the see ones with problems.Īssuming your frame hasn't been stretched or the locking surfaces worn from abuse, the fitting point is usually the locking bolts in the barrel. I have heard lots of Contender repair tales from a retired gunsmith who worked on them a lot back in the day though. I've tinkered with a couple Contenders, mainly fixing someone else's errant attempt at an improvement, but I don't claim to be an expert. ![]() ![]() S&W is trying to sell off the T/C brand and discontinued all products. However, when you've got problems they can be really frustrating and very few people know how to work on them, plus spare parts availability is an issue because T/C stopped making Contenders a couple decades ago and furthermore T/C isn't making anything any more period. A Contender with everything right is a beautiful thing and their set triggers can be superbly crisp. The cool thing about T/C Contenders is that every barrel ever made will fit on every frame ever made- except they don't always and you sometimes need to get into fitting barrels to work on a particular frame.Ĭontenders also have many generations of parts and many of them have been tinkered with by people looking to "improve" them. According to a lookup table I found online, your serial number is from 1988.
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