I've got a Contender carbine barrell that I haven't used much. I would like to rechamber it to something more powerful, in fact the most powerful cartridge that an be used on a Contender frame. I'm looking for suggestions, and also suggestions for who to do the chamber job. 7mm JDJ comes to mind for caliber, and of course that would probably be SSK Industries. What other calibers and who to do it ???? TIA.

bowhuntr

interesting...
swap it for a 45/70 or

sell it and get a 375 jdj...

jeffe

The easy road would be to have it rechambered to 7-08 and use necked down .307 Win brass.

The 7-08 at maximum pressure is not safe in the Contender. Too much backthrust.

George

May be the 7*57r or 7*65r(175gr at 860m/s)?

You could do the JDJ or a 7 Bellm (444 necked down to 7), or a 7 Bower ( I believe it's a 307 necked down and imp, but it could be the 444 as well). You could get Mike Bellm, SSK or Dave Van Horn to do these or contact Don Bower about the 7 Bower. Maybe your best route might be to sell the one you have and buy the one you want. The Contender carbine barrels bring a pretty good price and I'll bet you could almost get Van Horn to make a new barrel and come out cheaper by selling yours and buying his.

Rick