[MarkL]

At one point, I came very close to buying a T/C Contender from JD Jones at SSK... He's also the guy who gave me some loading information for some VERY HEAVY hard cast bullets for my .41 Mag, though I later just bought a Redhawk in .44 Mag - Why beat up a sweet S&W Model 57?

Anyway, I was seriously thinking about this Contender in either 45-70, .444 Marlin, or .375 JDJ. I was leaning towards to .375 JDJ, as it's been used to take every large game animal on earth, including elephant and cape buffalo. I thought it might be handy to have, just in case one of them pesky cape buffs turned up in my backyard (wife: "Why do you need that elephant gun?" Husband: "To scare away the wild elephants." Wife: "There aren't any elephants in the state!" Husband: "See! It works!") After firing a buddy's TC Contender in .444 Marlin, I decided that I liked my hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder too much to use one of these cannons on a regular basis! Firing a .44 Mag 300 gr bullet at just shy of 1500fps from my Ruger is mild compared to that!

Mark

[Squantos]

E. Arthur Brown sells the JP Brake for TC Encore-Contender Barrels . I have one on a 45-70 barrel and it brings down recoil to tolerable aka easy levels for even heavy Garrett Hammerhead loads....

[Swordmaker]

(wife: "Why do you need that elephant gun?" Husband: "To scare away the wild elephants." Wife: "There aren't any elephants in the state!" Husband: "See! It works!")

The TC is only good for scaring away ONE (1) elephant... here is what you need for the whole herd of elephants:

The .45-70 BFR Revolver (I leave it to your imagination what BFR stands for)...