Anyone here own a Thompson Contender?
I only own 1911 personally and I'm not huge into guns, but when I saw this and learned what it was I admit my reaction was "Fuck that's a cool ass gun" and I really wanna get one more just to have it. I don't pistol hunt or anything, I just think it's a fun looking gun
Is it worth getting?
Depends. How much do you hate your wrist?
They're neat even if you can't get a decent set. Blasting away .410 with the barrel choke is a blast too.
Well I'm in the army and already fucked up my body, what's a broken wrist or two?
I want to get one of these guys do bad. It's my top weird pistol I need
I have purely weeb reasons for wanting one as well
Saw a guy shooting one, I really like them
First, most here are nogunz virgins who want to puck back advise on guns they have only seen in pictures on the internet net.
And there a few obnoxious Glawk fanbois who think the sun rises out of their ass because they own a Galway.
But I digress.
I don’t have the contender
I have the pro hunter.
Only people who sit down to pee will complain about recoil.
But they make a variety of barrels in various calibers.
I have shot many deer with the frame and various Calibers,
It does get expensive to you want a scope on each barrel.
In the 209x50 setup
What's the difference between the Pro Hunter and Contender?
I only know like surface level details about the contender, such as the interchangeable barrels. Are there like variations of the Contender?
Spike used one to kill a kid.
That kid was a faggot and needed to be killed
Is that a literal Walmart scope?
Nikon makes good scopes
To be accurate I have the encore pro hunter
The contender was made starting in the mid 60s
Then in the 1990s Thompson made the g2 (generation 2) contender
In 20xx they released the encore.
The frame of the encore is large, strong and can handle magnum cartridges better than the contenders
Parts and barrels are not interchangeable between contenders and encore.
There is nothing wrong with contenders they are just old technology
Encore in photo
I don’t know.
Does Walmart sell Nikon pro staff scopes?
Obligatory
I've got the Contender Super 14 in 30-30. Love this gun.
Had one. Barrels for 22lr, 6.5 JDJ and 7TCU. Only used it for silhouette matches.
So if I wanted to go like ALL the way with the contender and get one chambered in something like .45-70 should I get the Gen 2 or the Encore?
As long as you make bullets out of your bones to kill wizards or other supernatural shit then buy it.
Also avoid blondes
Ocelot.
>.45-70
BFR is the alpha 45-70 pistol.
Although yeah Thompson's are great guns.
It depends
If you have little girl hands go with g2 contender
The frame and grip is smaller and can handle the low pressure of the 45-70
But the calibers for g2 is limited.
If you have man hands and want to shoot something like 270! 30 06 or 300 win mag then go with encore.
Go to TC website and compare the available barrels for each.
Someone has limp wrist if you believe they got hurt from shooting that gun.
Honestly that image is probably just a joke but have you ever shot the thing with anything other than trapdoor loads though one of those things? 430 Grain +P Underwood Hard casts and 500 grain Buffalo Bore "Magnums" are really painful.
I would total believe some dude loading himself an excessive 500 grain load and legitimately hurting himself with a 45-70 pistol.
>That feeling when weebs will buy this gun just cause it appeared in animes
I ain't even mad, it's a fucking cool gun
No they don't
can't fap