44 Mag Contender shorty

[stubshaft]

Got bored over the weekend. I had a 10" Tender barrel that someone had given me in 44 Mag. It had been ported ala drill and was shredding boolits. I decided to shorten it and make a snubbie. Primarily to be used as a belt gun/plinker. I shortened the barrel to 6 1/2" and will eventually change the rear grip to a round butt style. I was thinking of shooting 260's ahead of Trailboss.

[NickSS]

It is cute. My brother had one of those old 8 inch octagon barreled contenders way back and I got to shoot it once. I emphasize once. I fired a full house mag in that thing with the original contender grips and my hand hurt for the next day. I stayed away from contenders for years after that.

[dubber123]

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh83/dubber123/IMG_3023.jpg I like the look myself....

[jhrosier]

... I was thinking of shooting 260's ahead of Trailboss.

You will get bored with that quickly.
Then the real fun starts.:veryconfu

Jack

[EMC45]

Looks neat!

[part_timer]

That's cool. I have a a 357 in an octogon bbl that has the chok/porting on it that would make a great candidate for a circumcision.

Update: I just got off the phone with my friend that runs one of the local gus shops. The operation is set for Friday at 1:00 pm.

[redneckdan]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/redneckdan/IMGP3827.jpg


This is a 10" octagon cut back to 6", chambered in .357 magnum. She is fun at the indoor range with 17gr of 296 under a 150gr LSWC. :Fire: There's this guy who shows up to the outdoor range with .300 weatherby with a muzzle brake who will plop right down at the bench next to ya and commence to rattling the tin roof.....at one time I figured if I reamed this barrel to .357 herret and added a JP muzzle brake, I might convince him to give me some space. :)

http://www.jprifles.com/cart_pix/ph/786.jpg

[part_timer]

Sweet aunt Sally's curtains that is cool. Mine has been reamed to 357Max so it should be loud enough to rattle the windows on the house.

How does it group?

[redneckdan]

Not bad, don't have any targets handy at the moment for evidence. It seems to like maximum loads best. Plinking loads tend to group like a swarm of drunk flies.

[Doc Highwall]

I cut down a Encore in 500 S&W for a friend of mine to get rid of the muzzle brake and he is happy as all hell now.

[Groo]

Groo here
I have an SSK handcannon made up short [for them!!!!]
10 in with the Super Arrester brake and open sights.
411JDJ aka 444 mar necked to 41 210s at 2000 and easy to carry...

[stubshaft]

Took the stubby to the range today. I was shooting RD265's ahead of TrailBoss loobed with xlox. Needs a higher front sight as it shoots way too high. Accuracy at 25 yds. was about 2" and the balance of the gun was slightly butt heavy. It WAS a blast to plink with though!

[part_timer]

I got my bbl cut down to size this last weekend. I only had time to shoot 3 or 4 rounds as it was getting dark. Maybe this weekend I can try it out some.

Thanks Stubshaft for this thread. I think I'm going to like the shorty.