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Thompson/Center Arms is an American firearms company based in Rochester, New Hampshire. The company was best known for its line of interchangeable-barrel, single-shot pistols and rifles. Thompson/Center also manufactures muzzle-loading rifles and was credited with creating the resurgence of their use in the 1970s.
The Thompson/Center Contender is a break-action single-shot pistol or rifle that was introduced in 1967 by Thompson/Center Arms. It can be chambered in cartridges from .17 Bumble Bee to .45-70 Government .
The legal dispute in United States v.Thompson-Center Arms Company arose when officials from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms contacted Thompson Center Arms informing them that the kit of the Contender Pistol that included a stock and a 16-inch (410 mm) barrel constituted a short-barreled rifle under the National Firearms Act.
Enfield Arms [8] [9] 9x19mm Parabellum Australia: 1990 TEC-9: Intratec: 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 1984–2001 Thomas 45 AJ Ordnance .45 ACP United States: Thompson/Center Contender: Thompson/Center Arms: Various, interchangeable barrels United States: 1967–2000 (Original/Contender G1) c.1998-present (Contender G2) TP-82 Cosmonaut ...
The Thompson/Center Ugalde, or TCU family of wildcat cartridges, was developed by Wes Ugalde of Fallon, Nevada, by necking up .223 Remington brass to accept larger bullets. The cartridges were developed for the Thompson Center Arms Contender single shot pistol, and are widely used in handgun metallic silhouette competition and handgun hunting. [1]
Ritz continued to become the CEO of Thompson Center Arms, an American firearms company based on Rochester, New Hampshire known for its line of black-powder firearms and interchangeable barrel single-shot pistols and rifles. Following his time at Thompson/Center, Ritz launched Wild Communications.
Even bigger than the XP-100, the 1967 introduction of the Thompson Center Arms Contender pistol changed handgun sports forever. The Contender was a break-open design that allowed barrels to be changed by the shooter in minutes.
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