I am thinking about changing the barrel in my 6PPC rifle and and it still has a lot of life left in it.
Could I use the old rifle barrel, cut down, whatever other modifications are required, to build a barrel that fits a contender?

It doesn't look like it would be very hard to do, I mean if you're a gunsmith...

Another Contender question, what can be done to the trigger to lighten/smooth it up?

Express,
I don't take custom barrel orders, but Virgin Valley will make a completed Contender or Encore barrel from your barrel for you. The price is a bit high and diminishes the advantages of doing this, but it definitely will give the barrel an incarnation. Chambered right, used barrels usually shoot better than new ones once the old chamber and throat are cut off.

In regard to the trigger, I do trigger jobs on the Contenders (and Encores). Refer to the Trigger Jobs page on my website, www.bellmtcs.com .

While I normally don't go below about 12 oz. on Contenders, I did do one at 10 oz. yesterday, but will do any weight one wants.

Note that light trigger pulls will bump off easily when closing the barrel abruptly. If this situation exists, simply push the trigger forward with your trigger finger while snapping the barrel shut. There is no danger or risk doing this since at this stage of the shooting cycle the hammer is not yet cocked.

Also, bump off is not a risk either, for the same reason. The hammer is not yet cocked.

Bump off is simply the release of the striker. Opening and closing the barrel resets the striker.

Mike