Maybe since BF now only offers two calibers in their silhouette pistols and has decided they will no longer re-barrel to any other calibers.......maybe it’s time to consider allowing 3rd Party Re-barrels

One of the nice thing about rules is the fact that they are open to interpretation.

I would consider the rebarreling of BF pistols by a third party to already be legal per our production rules. As long as it was rebarreled identically.

This is how the prod rule states this:
A) Where original replacement parts are no longer available for the handgun in question, a broken or unserviceable part may be replaced by a newly made one provided that the newly made part is identical in material, form, finish, dimension and configuration to the original part.


If you decide you are no longer happy with the accuracy of the original barrel, then it is unserviceable. Replace it.

Now there may be another interpretation that dictates that any replacement must be a caliber that at one time E.A. Brown did offer but I think they allowed about anything you desired.

If anybody challenges or throws down a $10 bill, see if i am available for jury duty.

Jim

Jimologist wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:21 pm One of the nice thing about rules is the fact that they are open to interpretation.

I would consider the rebarreling of BF pistols by a third party to already be legal per our production rules. As long as it was rebarreled identically.

This is how the prod rule states this:
A) Where original replacement parts are no longer available for the handgun in question, a broken or unserviceable part may be replaced by a newly made one provided that the newly made part is identical in material, form, finish, dimension and configuration to the original part.

Jim

I concur. I am also available for Jury duty!

Steve W.

On a similar note:
Why in the Rules under Production-Section 7 is the TC singled out for variations but these variations are not applicable to other single-shot switch-barrel guns? Simply short-sightedness or pro-TC by the original Rules Committee?

I may be wrong but the specificity to the Thompson Center Contender in the rule book came about because Thompson discontinued making the G1.

When they replaced the G1 with the G2, they also never made 10” barrels again. The G2 was not offered as a complete gun with a 10” barrel. So an exception was made via this rule to allow the G2 to compete in production even though as a catalog item it did NOT conform to the barrel length rule. There has also been an exception for TC Custom shop barrels which became even more popular after the 10” barrels were dropped from normal production.
You could order exactly the same barrels in 10” from the custom shop and they were legal for production.

Notice the rule specifically says G2 and Encore.
IHMSA debated at great length about the 10”/12” rule and finally decided the 12” gave too much advantage to production guns.

Having shot years of Hunter Pistol, i agree. The scores that NRA shooters posted with 12” barrels with taco hold and peep sights were virtually identical to the scope scores. The added length and particularly the added sight radius makes the 12” barrel a huge advantage.

My 2 cents

Jim

Is there a particular reason why the rule book specifies the Thompson Center Contender in Section 7 regarding variations, and are there considerations for other single-shot switch-barrel guns?

Don't have a rule book in front of me. Just guessing...it's the most common switch barrel gun and others would follow the same guidelines.
Do you have particular guns in mind?