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Old 05-28-2008, 02:10 AM   #1
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Contender in a movie

Will wonders never cease. Last evening I watched a Jean Claude Van Damme movie...a wild shoot-em up.
The main bad guy used a TC Contender pistol. For me, that was a first.
Don't know what caliber but it resembled a .458...I had to snicker cause it had absolutely zero recoil.
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Old 05-28-2008, 10:53 PM   #2
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I remember that movie, and I think you are right. I believe it was a .45-70. I guess it helps when you are shooting blanks.
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Will wonders never cease. Last evening I watched a Jean Claude Van Damme movie...a wild shoot-em up.
The main bad guy used a TC Contender pistol. For me, that was a first.
Don't know what caliber but it resembled a .458...I had to snicker cause it had absolutely zero recoil.
If that's the one where the baddy shot at the goodies from a bridge while the goodies were on a train......yup.....a waste of electricity.
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:44 AM   #4
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If that's the one where the baddy shot at the goodies from a bridge while the goodies were on a train......yup.....a waste of electricity.
Yep...that's the one.
With all them bullets flyin' you'da thunk somebody would've got hit other thn the bad guys.

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I remember that movie, and I think you are right. I believe it was a .45-70. I guess it helps when you are shooting blanks.
It may have been...but he hd a never ending supply in his coat pocket.
I want a coat like that.

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Old 06-22-2008, 03:46 PM   #5
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I've yet to see a Van Damme movie that isn't a waste of electricity
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Old 06-22-2008, 03:57 PM   #6
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When I hear of a TC in 45-70 I'm amused, and would like to see someone shooting one...

...the recoil would be intense, a real wrist breaker if you weren't careful.
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Old 07-09-2008, 03:25 PM   #7
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When I hear of a TC in 45-70 I'm amused, and would like to see someone shooting one...

...the recoil would be intense, a real wrist breaker if you weren't careful.
I have a 14" barrel 45-70 it has some recoil but not as hard as my Ruger 454 Casull.You really have to keep the 45-70 loads down to Trapdoor levels or its may stretch your frame.
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Old 07-15-2008, 09:36 PM   #8
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When I hear of a TC in 45-70 I'm amused, and would like to see someone shooting one...

...the recoil would be intense, a real wrist breaker if you weren't careful.
I've fired the 45/70 from a 10" barrell and it was a hefty recoil but not a wrist breaker. I've been looking for one but they don't make'em for the original model.
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