My name is Mark and I live in Arizona.
In the 1980s I shot NRA Hunter Pistol, Long Range Standing, and Long Range Unlimited Freestyle. My shooting took a backseat to raising my children, but now that they've grown up and are out on their own and after losing my wife last year, I find myself with lots of time on my hands. My pistol silhouette interest has come alive again. I've kept my shooting skills sharp with my Thompson Contender and have acquired a few new barrels for it. I can hardly wait to get back into shooting. I have one club locally that shoots the NRA Hunter Pistol disciplines, but I am looking at my options. I hope to find an IHMSA affiliated club in the Phoenix metro area to shoot with.
I am currently working on sub-2000 fps .22 Hornet loads.
My favorite 14" Contender barrels are .30 Herrett (Recoil proof T/C scope), .357 Herrett, 7mm TCU (favorite long range unlimited), and the .375 Winchester.
My favorite 10" Contender barrels are .30 Herrett, .22 LR (4x Burris scope), .30 M1 Carbine, and .22 Hornet (just got it and love it)
I dream of having a .375 JDJ Contender barrel in either a 10", 12" or 14" some day.
The .17 HMR is an interesting cartridge and I'd like to see it in action.
Contender barrels I'm looking for:
- 10" .22 Jet
10-12" .221 Fireball
10" .270 REN
10-12" .32-20
I can spend hours at my loading bench and I've been known to take the loading bench to the range to work up loads.
See ya on the firing line,
Mark