Links and contacts we recommend Out of the ordinary sites we find quite interesting and useful. |
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| Production Barrels and Accessories. |
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Bergara Encore and Optima Barrels website Buy directly from the Bergara website online store. |
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Bergara Encore Barrels Bergara and Thompson Center factory production barrels, stocks, grips, & accessories from Graf's, one of the best sources for all shooting and reloading supplies. |
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Muzzle Loading Accuracy Specialist:
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Max Muzzle Loader.com Russell Lynch is one of the foremost authorities on getting extreme accuracy from today's TC and Bergara muzzle loading rifles. |
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Various Reloading and Shooting Sites of Interest
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Ammo Guide web site Outstanding site for chamber diagrams, reloading data, and more. |
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| Reloader's Nest |
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| Load Data |
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6mm BR Website Want to get into high tech accuracy? This is a great site to see what is going on and how to go about it from some of the top shooters, smiths, and barrel makers in the country. |
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The Cast Bullet Association Die hard cast bullet shooters with lots of expertise in the field of cast lead bullets. |
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| Shooting Supplies In General |
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Arms and Ammo, Ash Grove, MO One of the best suppliers in Southwest Missouri. Good folks, good service. Let them know we referred you. |
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| 2nd Amendment Shooter Supply |
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| Specialty Reloading Dies |
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JLC Precision Headspace is especially critical in the TC break open guns, both control of the amount of headspace and the consistency of headspace.
Expander balls in case resizing dies pull the case shoulders forward, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. To get consistent headspace, eliminate the neck expanding function by choosing a sizing bushing that produces the correct inside neck diameter for bullet seating.
JLC Precision converts your conventional resizing die to use standard bushings sold by Redding and Sinclair.
Contact Jim Cartensen directly:
JLC Precision (Jim Carstensen)
jlcprec@netins.net
13095 450th Ave
Bellevue, IA 52031
Shop phone: (563) 689-6258, cell: (563) 212-2984 |
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CH-4D Die Company
For all sorts of custom reloading and case forming dies at respectable prices. Prices for custom dies have gone through the roof, but CH-4D continues to provide excellent service providing custom dies.
Find the Reloading Dies listing in their menu and glean through the very interesting list.
If something strikes your interest, let me know. With over 500 chamber reamers and a size die in hand, I can probably cut the chamber for it.
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Los Angeles Silhouette Club Loaded with lots of good reloading and shooting information of interest to all shooters. |
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| Custom Ammo & Brass: |
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CNC Cartridge Co. Top quality .30 Bellm ammunition custom, loaded, production loaded, and reloaded. If you do not reload and want to take advantage of the .30 Bellm, CNC is the one to talk to for both new ammunition and for reloading your fired .30 Bellm brass.
They have been our choice for commercially loading .30 Bellm ammo and have been the sole source for .30 Bellm ammunition since its introduction and approval with the State of Illinois DNR in 1998. Quality is top notch!
Family owned and operated, good folks to deal with.
Call (618) 439-9053 for information. |
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Quality Cartridge Co. Specialty ammo, brass, and correctly headstamped wildcat brass. |
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Reed's Ammo Specialty ammo |
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Rocky Mountain Cartridge Co. Lathe turned specialty cartridge cases.... obsolete, black powder, rifle, pistol, and shotgun including .410 ga, and special order brass. Special dimension brass for correcting excess headspace is also an option they offer. |
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Hoening High Performance Rifled .410 Ga. Barrels, Dies, & Bullets Hoening makes the .410 ga. shotgun into an accurate, highly viable long range .410 ga. RIFLE for deer hunting, out performing rounds like .45/70. |
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All About Proper Case Annealing
"MUST READ" info on proper ways to anneal brass and also how to test brass to see if annealing is needed in the first place and if it has been correctly annealed. |
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Safari Arms Custom Loaded Specialty Ammunition Custom loadings from the smallest rounds on up through the big bore double rifles for African hunting. |
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| Custom Barrels and TC Gunsmiths |
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Metaloy Hard Chrome Finishing One of the oldest and best of the firearms refinishers. |
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Coyote Guns, former barrel maker Sold out, no longer in business. |
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David White's Precision Rifle Works Back in business as D And T Custom Gunworks.
Bolt action, Ruger No.1, NEF, TC barrel rechamber work, barrel "stubbing," and TC Encore, G2 trigger jobs using our springs. NEF Handi-Rifle trigger jobs. Specialist in long range accuracy. Load development work and accuracy tuning.
Use the link above or call:
918-244-6284
Leave message if no answer. |
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Steve Mueller, muzzle loader conversions to meet primitive weapons regulations. Steve converts Encore muzzle loaders to use caps instead of 209 primers which are not legal in some states and/or converts them to "open ignition" where primitive weapons are required.
If the 209x50 Encore barrels are not legal for hunting in your state, contact Steve: (417) 574-6565 or cell 354-4329 |
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Shoot Side Hammer Muzzle Loaders Using Construction Stud Gun Blanks Another muzzle loader innovation by Steve Mueller uses stud gun blanks to propel .32 cal. muzzle loader round balls to about 1400 fps, .45 cal. to about 950 fps, and .50 cal. to about 650 fps for clean, quiet target practice or small game shooting.
Lowest power level blanks can also be used in conjunction with blackpowder. |
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Canadian Customers: Wortner Gunworks
(519) 352-0924 or
1-888-998-2000
Warranty station for CVA muzzle loaders and various centerfire guns. Specializes in muzzle loaders. |
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SHOTS Gunsmith-Pistolsmith
Order your Thompson Center Encore or G2 frame or complete gun with our trigger job already done. |
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| Misc. Sites of General Interest |
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Chuck's Thompson Center Encore Website
This is one of the best collections of photos of the Encore in its many, many configurations. It is open for you to submit your own photos and host photos for links to forums, etc. Do take a look at this one, especially if you are new to the TC system. In contrast to the Bellm TCs site and store which is long on words, short on photos, Chuck's site is "eye candy" for shooters. |
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Tony's Forends and Stocks Custom Encore and Contender/G2 grips and pillar bedded forends for best accuracy.
Here is your answer for forend bedding issues! |
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| Denzel RobertsExcellent workmanship in custom crafted TC Encore, G2, and Contender wood of all kinds, handgun and rifle/carbine. Denzel is retiring. His business for sale, and sales are limited to stocks, grips, and forends on hand. |
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Otter Stocks Hand crafted exotic stocks and grips for the various TC guns. Beautiful work, mild to wild designs, exotic woods. He has it all! |
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High Plains Gunstocks Outstanding stock designs and good prices. |
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Staunton River Outfitters Sean Coombs' reviews and evaluations of barrels modified or custom made by Mike Bellm. Lots of good pix by an avid TC aficionado that appreciates accurate barrels! |
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Shooting Software
Excellent articles on barrel harmonics, pressure indications, and a number of other accuracy & ballistics topics.
This is not an endorsement of their software products since I have not tested any of them. But the information presented falls into what I consider the "Must Read" category.
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Nibbles Knot Web Authoring, specializes in online stores if you are interested in having one of your own. |
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Guns & Ammo Directory of the trade
Looking for a particular business or source for something? Check out the Guns & Ammo Directory |
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2nd Amendment Shooting Supply Source of Thompson Center products |
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JB Bore Cleaner, USP Bore Paste Makers of the original JB bore cleaner, bore cleaning products, and lappiing compounds for firelapping barrels. |
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Jim Hendershot's Gunsmithing Jim's specialty is fabrication of excellent portable shooting rests. Makes great products near us here in Grants Pass, OR. |
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Hodgdon Reloading Data Online Pretty broad assortment of data including many new rounds. |
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TC Factory Barrel Twist Rates Hosted by the TC-List |
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Hawk Handgun Bullets Maker of premium game bullets for a wide variety of rifle applications, Hawk also stands out as one of the best sources of outstanding bullets for handgunners. Of particular interest is the fact that they offer a choice of jacket thickness as well as point form to give the desired terminal performance according to the game being hunted. Ie, thin jacket for lighter game like deer, heavier jacket for bigger/tougher game. |
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