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bullshop Full Member Offline Posts: 214 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2017	question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 11:41am	Print Post
	I have a question for the TC contender folks. Did Thompson Center ever make a super 14 barrel with factory break in 444 Marlin chambering ? I have one but it is stamped 44 magnum. It is so clean and shows no sign of being rechambered so I am wondering if it was a factory barrel that was mis stamped.


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burntwater Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 454 Location: Michigan Joined: Feb 5^th, 2018	Re: question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Reply #1 - Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 12:00pm	Print Post
	bullshop wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 11:41am: I have a question for the TC contender folks. Did Thompson Center ever make a super 14 barrel with factory break in 444 Marlin chambering ? I have one but it is stamped 44 magnum. It is so clean and shows no sign of being rechambered so I am wondering if it was a factory barrel that was mis stamped. Yes out of there Custom Shop Rick


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bullshop Full Member Offline Posts: 214 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2017	Re: question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Reply #2 - Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 2:53pm	Print Post
	Great , thank you for the reply. That brings up another question. If what I have is from the custom shop would it be marked in some way to indicate so ?


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jayparisi Participating Member Offline Posts: 21 Joined: Jun 2^nd, 2015	Re: question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Reply #3 - Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 3:36pm	Print Post
	Hi,I have a T/C Contender rifle barrel in 22 hornet it is clearly marked Custom Shop. I bought a bunch of barrels from the estate of a ex T/C employee there were many non cataloged barrels and non were marked Custom Shop.Jay Parisi


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bullshop Full Member Offline Posts: 214 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2017	Re: question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Reply #4 - Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 4:49pm	Print Post
	Oh I see then clearly this is definitely a maybe situation. I might sell the barrel but I dont know how to offer it as a factory mis stamped or as a re chambered barrel. It just looks too clean to have been re chambered.


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burntwater Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 454 Location: Michigan Joined: Feb 5^th, 2018	Re: question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Reply #5 - Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 6:10pm	Print Post
	Or a take home back door barrel which was often done at T/C. Lived down the road from them and knew a lot of guys who worked for them and it happened Rick


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Otony Full Member Offline Posts: 249 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Reply #6 - Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	As I understand it, the throats in many .444 Contender barrels were not cut well, and quite a few folks had .44 Magnum barrels rechambered to .444 so as to obtain a correct throat/chamber. I had only a few barrels from the TC custom shop, and all mine were stamped Fox Creek. Don’t know if that is a hard and fast rule however, there were probably a few variations of stampings for their barrels over the years.

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bullshop Full Member Offline Posts: 214 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2017	Re: question about TC contender 444 Marlin barrel Reply #7 - Mar 22^nd, 2025 at 8:54pm	Print Post
	""As I understand it, the throats in many .444 Contender barrels were not cut well, and quite a few folks had .44 Magnum barrels rechambered to .444 so as to obtain a correct throat/chamber."" That makes sense to me. That may well be what I have and if it is my compliments go to the gunsmith that did the rechamber because there is not a mark on this blued barrel to indicate any work having been done. The chamber too is as clean as can be.


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