WTB - T/C Contender 10-Inch .22 Long Rifle Octagon Barrel

by Remington40x , SE PA, Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 16:30 (4728 days ago)

I know this is a bit OT, but Contenders are handguns (at least unless you add a rifle stock and barrel).

I'm looking for a 10-inch octagon barrel in .22 Long Rifle with the original iron sights. If possible, I'd like the earliest version set up for the pull-off forearm so I can swap the forearm from my .22 Hornet barrel to the .22 Long Rifle barrel.

As you will probably have guessed, I walked into one of our local gun shops, saw the very gently used Contender with the .22 Hornet barrel and a 4x Leupold scope on it, fitted with the finger grooved grip and un-checkered forearm, and succumbed to temptation. (I succumb a lot.) Now I'd like a .22 barrel so I can shoot it less expensively and, if possible, match the existing barrel profile so the existing forearm can do double duty.

So if one of you has such a critter hiding back in a corner somewhere that you'd consider letting go, please drop me a line.

Thanks.