300 whisper barrel for Contender

[oscark]

Hello. Does anyone knows if an Contender barrel for whisper 300 can be bought?(factory made) And if yes, where?

[barnwood]

I got one from Thompson's custom shop (Fox Ridge Outfitters) last fall. It is my wife's deer rifle.

[oscark]

Do you have an emal adress or an web adress to the shop? Do you remember what you paid for it?
OscarK

[Quarterbore]

You might buy from Midway as well:


http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=481002

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=782074

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=398952

As for Fox ridge, Google is your friend...

http://www.foxridgeoutfitters.com/index.cfm
http://www.foxridgeoutfitters.com/section.cfm?section=16
http://www.foxridgeoutfitters.com/productpdfs/page56options.pdf
http://www.foxridgeoutfitters.com/productpdfs/page56caliberchart.pdf

[Garrett]

SSK has barrels as well. They have a faster twist than the TC / Fox Ridge barrels, so you can shoot heavier bullets. That being said, mine still seems to be more accurate with bullets in the 150 gr. range.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/GarrettJ/DSC02550.jpg

[JF]

I bought a second 300Whisper barrel for my Contender from MidwayUSA.com several months back. It was on sale for a little over $210. It surprised the heck out of me when I tried shooting subsonic 220gr lead and jacketed bullets in it. It stabalizes them for some reason and I get sub MOA groups at 100 yards. I checked the twist with a cleaning rod and it is a 1:10 twist just like I though it was supposed to be. Every other time I've tried shooting heavy subsonics in my 1:10 twist Remington barrels, the did not stabalize at all. I never would have bet money on this result.

[AR15barrels]

IIt surprised the heck out of me when I tried shooting subsonic 220gr lead and jacketed bullets in it. It stabalizes them for some reason and I get sub MOA groups at 100 yards. I checked the twist with a cleaning rod and it is a 1:10 twist just like I though it was supposed to be. Every other time I've tried shooting heavy subsonics in my 1:10 twist Remington barrels, the did not stabalize at all.

It's not uncommon for twist rates to vary +/- 1/2" in "production grade" barrels so a 1:10" twist can run anywhere from 1:9.5" to 1:10.5"
That's why you may buy two barrels of 1:10" twist and one works better with heavier bullets that the other one does.