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Offline billzz

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contender.223 rem pistol
« on: May 23, 2014, 10:32:07 PM »
I recently started a long range pistol project.
I have a early contender frame and grip that I put a MGM 16.5 inch bull bbl and then a Witt machine works muzzle brake
and I am in the process of making a bench rest forend
the heavy bbl combined with the mild 223 round should make it so I can watch the bullet impacts.
I am also installing a 20x vortex scope.
pics soon.

Offline bkoenig

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Re: contender.223 rem pistol
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2014, 06:26:43 AM »
Should be a nice gun.  Do you shoot IHMSA silhouette?

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Re: contender.223 rem pistol
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2014, 08:54:27 AM »
no  i dont compete in anything these days (no time)
i just like shooting the smallest groups i can and i like hitting long distance clangers.
so i do something like this and then develop loads for it
then just play around
i might use it on p-dogs some time.




i have .357mag
.22lr
and the .223rem barrels for this.
but it always wears that new custom MGM barrel these days
i am upgrading the scope to a viper vortex.
 the one it is wearing in the photos gets too fuzzy at high magnification.

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Re: contender.223 rem pistol
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Offline BJT123

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Re: contender.223 rem pistol
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2014, 02:16:29 AM »
Very nice.

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Re: contender.223 rem pistol
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2014, 11:05:10 AM »
Do those bolt on muzzle brakes damage the barrel at all? I've considered putting  one on my rifle but was always scared that if/when I took it off the barrel would be all marred up.