WestKentucky
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I love my contender and am getting things lined up to SBR it, I currently have s 10" 7-30 waters and a 16" 44 mag. With those two rounds I have the top end of the power spectrum pretty well covered as I don't want anything stronger than 44 mag.
I do want a couple more centerfire barrels for this frame, but am not yet sure what I will be looking at. I want a lower power barrel for rabbits and squirrels, and a long range barrel for game up to coyote size. I already reload a number of calibers, so I'm open to those, or others. What I currently load...32swl, 32sw, 38 spl, 357 mag, 44 spl, 44 mag, 30-30, 7-30 waters, 9mm, 270win.
For my squirrel to coyote barrel I'm back and forth between 357 max shooting max, mag, and spl... or the 327 fed shooting fed, 32mag, 32swl, 32acp, 32 sw (if it doesn't squib). I'm open to other suggestions as well.
For my longer range barrel my thoughts are to get another 7-30 with maybe a 14 or 16 barrel, or drop down in size to something smaller in a fast bottleneck, .204, 20 vartarg, 223, 22tcm, 222, 17 rem fireball, even up to something along the lines of a 6.8 spc. I am wide open here, and kinda want to grow my die inventory. I don't want to go longer than 16" on any of my barrels at this point, and will not stock the gun with a shorter barrel to avoid NFA issues until my stamp is in and all is legal...So I have time. What would you all suggest for my barrel purchases? Chamberings and length, experience if you can provide it.
I do want a couple more centerfire barrels for this frame, but am not yet sure what I will be looking at. I want a lower power barrel for rabbits and squirrels, and a long range barrel for game up to coyote size. I already reload a number of calibers, so I'm open to those, or others. What I currently load...32swl, 32sw, 38 spl, 357 mag, 44 spl, 44 mag, 30-30, 7-30 waters, 9mm, 270win.
For my squirrel to coyote barrel I'm back and forth between 357 max shooting max, mag, and spl... or the 327 fed shooting fed, 32mag, 32swl, 32acp, 32 sw (if it doesn't squib). I'm open to other suggestions as well.
For my longer range barrel my thoughts are to get another 7-30 with maybe a 14 or 16 barrel, or drop down in size to something smaller in a fast bottleneck, .204, 20 vartarg, 223, 22tcm, 222, 17 rem fireball, even up to something along the lines of a 6.8 spc. I am wide open here, and kinda want to grow my die inventory. I don't want to go longer than 16" on any of my barrels at this point, and will not stock the gun with a shorter barrel to avoid NFA issues until my stamp is in and all is legal...So I have time. What would you all suggest for my barrel purchases? Chamberings and length, experience if you can provide it.
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