#AFTER MARKET TC CONTENDER BARRELS FREE#

They will also remove any none stock parts and I do mean any!

Up side is the gun will be easier to open, somewhat, down side is you trigger pull will go away. No 'freebies' fom T/C since Smith & Wesson took over by the way. If you send it to T/C they will do an easy open conversion for you, $80.00 is what I got charged about 18 months ago. T/C no longer makes, or supplies, the original locking block and, as you've found out, you can't swap early frames and late barrels. Here's the deal: you have an original Contender frame and the original barrel has the one piece locking block and possibly a decent trigger. Looks like the barrels and frame will need to go home to T/C for a tune up and fix. That is what was causing the lock up of the barrel in the frame. You can definitely see an angle difference. It is clear the lugs are different on the older original barrel and the new barrels. The original barrel is up front, and two newer barrel are numbers two and three. In the second pic, there are three barrels pictured. Possibly because of the different shapes, that causes the newer lug to lock up and not release. On the newer barrel on the right, you can see the shape of the angle is different and the stair step at the top of the angle is missing. You can see on the older barrel on the left, there is a flat shelf on the lug, then there is a 45 degreee angle, then there is a stair step at the the top of the angle.

In the first pic the old barrel that came with the gun that opens easy is on the left and the new barrel is on the right.

#AFTER MARKET TC CONTENDER BARRELS FREE#

After several pushes on the lug/bolt from different angles, The barrel swung free !! wooHOO !! I could push on the spring loaded lug with a wide, thin screwdriver. When i got the trigger assembly out and looked inside, I could see the bottom of the locking lug/bolt. It did help to have a small and smaller punch because both of the pins that held in the trigger guard and assembly were two different sizes. Fortunately, there are others who have had the issue also, and I read their past posts. I was actually surprised how easy it was to get the grip off, take out the trigger assembly and see what was going on inside. I managed to get the new contender barrel off the older frame tonight.

After market tc contender barrels