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1616s16
10-29-2019, 09:09 PM
Need help identifying what Contender I have. The pictures shows it to be a slick side contender
In 44 mag (10") with a 2 to 6 Bushnell.
Serial number is 185 ###. Has push through firing pin selector.
Lonegun1894
10-29-2019, 10:03 PM
Do me a favor? Look at the front of the hammer please. If I'm thinking right, you will see a slot for a flathead screwdriver, which is how you actually select CF or RF. The push through tab you're looking at is the safety, IIRC.
1616s16
10-29-2019, 10:46 PM
It does have the screw head.
Thanks
Butch
historicfirearms
10-30-2019, 08:19 AM
Looks like an early flatside frame. Ive got a later TCA flatside that is an easy open frame. Nice score! Ive always liked the look of the flatsides better than the cat sides.
BamaNapper
10-30-2019, 08:54 AM
That's my preferred Contender model. I use one for hunting from a tree stand and the extra safety in the hammer is sweet. I can leave the hammer cocked while I sit. Especially convenient with a scope where the hammer is more difficult to thumb, and it's quiet. It's a worthless feature at the range, but great for hunting.
jaguarxk120
10-30-2019, 09:32 AM
Years ago some guys used that hammer safety for dry firing. and soon turned it
into a mushroom making the hammer useless.
Markopolo
10-30-2019, 09:58 AM
how much you have to give for something like that these days????
1616s16
10-30-2019, 10:38 AM
how much you have to give for something like that these days????

Trade items value was $350.00
Butch
Texas by God
10-30-2019, 02:36 PM
I've never been a contender fan, but I do remember that was about the price of one in the early 1980s. So you got a good deal!

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Lonegun1894
10-30-2019, 02:45 PM
Glad I haven’t lost all my marbles, yet. That is a great gun. Mine is the version after this with the selector on top of the hammer. Hope yours shoots at least as well as mine.
1616s16
10-30-2019, 06:03 PM
Glad I haven’t lost all my marbles, yet. That is a great gun. Mine is the version after this with the selector on top of the hammer. Hope yours shoots at least as well as mine.

I just got back from the range. A little wet shoot some 50 yard steel. Shoot real good (16g 2400 and 240g rcbs swc