50 caliber, and 12 gauge using #209 shotgun primers. The Encore barrel list also includes shotgun barrels in 28, 20, and 12 gauge, and muzzleloading barrels in. There has even been one pistol-length stainless barrel made in. The Encore uses a considerably larger and stronger frame than the Contender, and accordingly, is found in over 86 cartridges - ranging from. The Encore uses a different trigger mechanism, designed to be stronger than the original Contender's and to make the break-action easier to open. This allowed easy changes of calibers, sights, and barrel lengths, with only a flat screwdriver being required for change-out. A barrel of another caliber can be installed and pinned in place, the fore-end replaced, and the pistol is ready to shoot with a different barrel and pre-aligned sights. Since the sights and extractor remain attached to the barrel in the Contender design, the frame itself contains no cartridge-specific features. By removing the fore-end, a large hinge pin is exposed by pushing this hinge pin out, the barrel can be removed. The first unique feature is the way the barrel is attached to the frame. The Contender, first introduced in 1967, is a break-action, single-shot pistol or rifle with a number of unique features. Opening and closing the break-open action is accomplished by squeezing the outside bottom of the trigger guard toward the grip/buttstock, at which time the action opens, and an extractor manually extracts the cartridge.Ĭontender in 45 Colt/.410 with ventilated rib 22 LR, subsequent handgun developments by Thompson/Center led to a wider range of interchangeable barrels for use with many more cartridges. Originally designed only for interchangeable barrels in. Their break-action, single-shot design brought rifle-like accuracy and power in a handgun, which was a new concept at the time. Thompson/Center's success came with the emergence of long range handgun hunting, target shooting, and, especially, metallic silhouette shooting. įollowing the closure of Thompson/Center arms in Rochester, New Hampshire, Thompson Investment Casting opened in the same town continuing production of metal products for various companies including Smith & Wesson. On December 8, 2010, Smith & Wesson announced that the original Rochester, New Hampshire plant would be closed and manufacturing was transferred to Springfield, Massachusetts. On January 4, 2007, Thompson/Center was purchased by Smith & Wesson. Then, in 1970, Thompson/Center created the modern black powder industry, introducing Warren Center's Hawken-styled black powder muzzle-loader rifle. Thompson Tool began marketing Center's Contender pistol, the company name was changed to Thompson/Center Arms Company. Although it sold for more than comparable hunting revolvers, the flexibility of being able to shoot multiple calibers by simply changing out the barrel and sights and its higher accuracy soon made it popular with handgun hunters. Thompson Tool Company, and together, they announced Warren Center's Contender pistol in 1967. Thompson Tool Company had been searching for a product to manufacture year-round. In the 1960s, Warren Center developed an unusual break-action, single-shot pistol in his basement workshop that later became known as the Contender.
She called it a complex case that will require more research and analysis. Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins, told investigators there should never be live rounds present near the scene.ĭistrict Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said investigators cannot say yet whether it was negligence or by whom. The FBI will help with ballistics analysis. Testing is being done to confirm whether the projectile taken from Souza’s shoulder was fired from the same long Colt revolver used by Baldwin. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza has said 500 rounds of ammunition - a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected live rounds - were found while searching the set of the Western “Rust.”ĭetectives have recovered a lead projectile they believe the actor fired.
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Investigators in New Mexico where the shooting occurred have said that there was “some complacency” in how weapons were handled on the movie set but it’s too soon to determine whether charges will be filed. Baldwin shooting highlights risks of rushed film production