THOMPSON/CENTER ARMS CONTENDER 4 BARRELS W/SCOPE

THOMPSON/CENTER CONTENDER - MULTI-CALIBER - 14" BARRELBREAK-ACTION SINGLE-ACTION PISTOLMANUFACTURED IN 1975S/N: 46880This Contender Pistol comes included with 4 separate barrels, 30-30 WIN, 45 Colt, 44 Magnum, and 22 LR. The 22 LR barrel includes a Thompson/Center Lobo 1.5x magnified scope preinstalled. All together wrapped in a lined T/C leather bag for transportation and storage.The Thompson/Center Contender is a break-action single-shot pistol that was introduced in 1967 by Thompson/Center Arms. It can be chambered in cartridges from .22 Long Rifle to .45-70 Government. Warren Center, working in his basement shop in the 1960s, developed a unique, break-action, single-shot pistol. In 1965, Center joined the K.W. Thompson Tool Company and they introduced this design as the Thompson-Center Contender in 1967. Although they cost more than some hunting revolvers, the flexibility of being able to shoot multiple calibers by simply changing the barrel and sights and its higher accuracy made it popular with handgun hunters. As K.W. Thompson Tool began marketing Center's Contender pistol, the company name was changed to Thompson/Center Arms Company. Originally the chamberings were on the low end of the recoil spectrum such as .22 LR, .22 WMR, .22 Hornet, .38 Special, and .22 Remington Jet, but as Magnum calibers took off in the 1970s, the Contender quickly became very popular with shooting enthusiasts.