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Topic: T/C Contender Posted: 02 March 2004 at 13:33
Does anyone here have one of these? i thought it would be a neat addition to my arsenal as a hunting handgun. i would probably get one in a caliber like 7-30 waters, but 7mm TCU seems like another nice option. For those who dont know, the 7mm TCU is a .223 rem necked up to 7mm. It can produce velocites to about 1700 fps with a 150 grain bullet. The 7-30 Waters does 1900 with the same bullet.
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Posted: 02 March 2004 at 16:37
Hunted Antelope for about 5 yrs. with a Contender in 7-30 Waters. 14 in. 130 gr.SSP, 2495 BR powder would group 3/4 in. off bipod. 2500 fps @ 5200' Alt. They just didn't walk away from that one. This was an older frame. If you did the case prep right, added aftermarket springs and did the action work you can elimanate the misfires. The 7-30 is quite a bit more cartridge than the 7 TCU.
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i've got one, about 5 barrels. It is a gun for a cartridge-head. It can be easily transferred from a pistol to a rifle and back. I've never had one that didn't group 2 inches at 100 yds from a bench all day long, not bad for 10 inch barrels.
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7mm TCU is good, I like the 30 herret and the 357 herret in 10 inch barrels. the 375 winchester has produced great kills on whitetails out to 155 yds. Even the standards like the 38 spl, 41 and 44 are very accurate and muxh more powerful than the wheeel guns because of the closed breech system.
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Posted: 03 March 2004 at 08:22
Well I found a 7mm TCU barrel on ebay for about 125, so i could get one in some different caliber like .22 or .223, and then use the other barrel for hunting. I checked the ballistics, and the 7mm TCU is adequate for whitetails, and that is what i would use it for. I also like lighter recoiling handguns, and .223 brass is easier to get than .30-30 brass.
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Posted: 03 March 2004 at 10:42
Now wait a second. A .223 case is capable of around 1200 FPE regardless of bullet size, so a bigger slow bullet that kills is ok, but a smaller fast bullet that kills isn't? hmm.....
at least the .223 was designed to kill, or at least wound, the TCU was invented for bench use, and paper don't bleed!
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Posted: 03 March 2004 at 10:59
The TCU has 1000, and that is out of a 14" barrelled handgun with a 154 grain bullet. I dont know how fast a .223 goes with a 77 grain bullet out of a handgun, but i know that i would much rather sling a 154 grain bullet rather than a 77 grain bullet if i was going after deer, and only have 1 shot. Or i could go with the 7-30 waters and have the 1900 fps with a 154 grain bullet out of a 14" barrel. The 10 " barreled TCU would handle better.
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