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Thompson/Center Contender, the Glossary

The Thompson/Center Contender is a break-action single-shot pistol or rifle that was introduced in 1967 by Thompson/Center Arms.^[1]

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Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1967

Accurizing

Accurizing is the process of improving the accuracy and precision of a gun (firearm or airgun).

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In firearms terminology, an action is the functional mechanism of a breech-loading firearm that handles (loads, locks, fires, extracts, and ejects) the ammunition cartridges, or the method by which that mechanism works.

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Bluing (steel)

Bluing, sometimes spelled as blueing, is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust using a black oxide coating.

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Break action

Break action is a type of firearm action in which the barrel(s) are hinged much like a door and rotate perpendicularly to the bore axis to expose the breech and allow loading and unloading of cartridges.

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Centerfire ammunition

Two rounds of.357 Magnum, a centerfire cartridge; notice the circular primer in the center A centre-fire (or centrefire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms, where the primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i.e. "case head").

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Handloading

Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded commercial ammunition.

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J. D. Jones

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Muzzle brake

A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral (ported barrel) to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise.

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Pistol

A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.

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Remington XP-100

The Remington XP-100 (from eXperimental Pistol number 100) is a bolt-action pistol produced by Remington Arms from 1963 to 1998. Thompson/Center Contender and Remington XP-100 are Pistols of the United States and Single-shot pistols.

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Rifle

A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall.

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Rimfire ammunition

A rim-fire (or rimfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms where the primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing.

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Savage Striker

The Savage Striker was a bolt action pistol produced from 1999 to 2005 by Savage Arms for metallic silhouette shooting and hunting. Thompson/Center Contender and Savage Striker are .22 Winchester Magnum firearms and Pistols of the United States.

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Sawmill

A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.

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Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug.

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Shotgun cartridge

A shotgun cartridge, shotshell, or shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) ammunition used specifically in shotguns.

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Single-shot

In firearm designs, the term single-shot refers to guns that can hold only a single round of ammunition inside and thus must be reloaded manually after every shot.

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Smoothbore

A smoothbore weapon is one that has a barrel without rifling.

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Stainless steel

Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion.

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Thompson/Center Arms

Thompson/Center Arms was an American firearms company based in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Thompson/Center Ugalde

The Thompson/Center Ugalde, or TCU family of wildcat cartridges, was developed by Wes Ugalde of Fallon, Nevada, by necking up.223 Remington brass to accept larger bullets.

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Trigger (firearms)

A trigger is a mechanism that actuates the function of a ranged weapon such as a firearm, airgun, crossbow, or speargun.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Wildcat cartridge

A wildcat cartridge, often shortened to wildcat, is a custom-made cartridge for which ammunition and/or firearms are not mass-produced.

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.17 Bumble Bee

.17 Bumble Bee is a Wildcat cartridge designed for varmint hunting sometime in the mid-20th century.

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.22 Hornet

The.22 Hornet or 5.6×36mmR Hornet is a varminting, small-game hunting, survival and competition centerfire rifle cartridge commercially introduced in 1930.

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.22 Long Rifle

The.22 Long Rifle, also known as the.22LR or 5.6×15mmR, is a long-established variety of.22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United States.

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.22 Remington Jet

The.22 Remington Jet (5.6x33mmR)Barnes, p.148, ".22 Remington Jet".

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.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire

The.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, also known as the.22 WMR,.22 Magnum,.22 WMRF,.22 MRF, or.22 Mag, is a rimfire cartridge.

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.223 Remington

The.223 Remington (designated 223 Remington by SAAMI and 223 Rem. by the C.I.P.) is a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire intermediate cartridge.

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.225 Winchester

The.225 Winchester cartridge was introduced in 1964 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

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.243 Winchester

The.243 Winchester (6×52mm) is a popular sporting rifle cartridge.

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.30-30 Winchester

The.30-30 Winchester / 7.8x51mmR (officially named the.30 Winchester Center Fire or.30 WCF) cartridge was first marketed for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle in 1895.

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.308 Winchester

The.308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally.

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.410 bore

The.410 bore (10.4 mm) is one of the smallest caliber of shotgun shell commonly available (along with the 9mm Flobert rimfire cartridge, and the less common.22 rimfire shot shell).

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.44 Magnum

The.44 Remington Magnum, also known as.44 Magnum or 10.9x33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation), is a rimmed, large-bore cartridge originally designed for revolvers and quickly adopted for carbines and rifles.

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.444 Marlin

The.444 Marlin (10.9×57mmR) is a rifle cartridge designed in 1964 by Marlin Firearms and Remington Arms.

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.45 Colt

The.45 Colt (11.43×33mmR), is a rimmed, straight-walled, handgun cartridge dating to 1872.

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.45-70

The.45-70, also known as the.45-70 Government,.45-70 Springfield, and.45-2" Sharps, is a.45 caliber rifle cartridge originally holding 70 grains of black powder that was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873.

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7-30 Waters

The 7-30 Waters cartridge was originally a wildcat cartridge developed by author Ken Waters in 1976 to give better performance to lever-action rifle shooters than the parent.30-30 Winchester cartridge, by providing a higher velocity and flatter trajectory with a smaller, lighter bullet.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson/Center_Contender

Also known as T/C Contender, TC Contender, The Contender (firearm), Thompson Center Arms Contender, Thompson Contender, Thompson-Center Contender.

Thompson/Center Contender, the Glossary

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See also

.22 Winchester Magnum firearms

Pistols of the United States

Single-shot pistols

Thompson/Center pistols

Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1967

References