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A pillar bedded forend made to fit your T/C contender, G2 or encore barrel contour, or a grip, custom made to fit your hand, in the wood of your choice can certainly add to your shooting experience. Along with giving your gun the look you like while enhancing accuracy with the pillar bedded forend, you will appreciate a custom grip that fits your hand and is much more enjoyable to shoot.

Contender/G2 and Encore Forends are available in 7 inch, 11 inch, and any custom size you wish. You can order them finished or unfinished. Check out my showcase page for pictures and color choices. Unfinished means the product will need final sanding and finishing.

Green Mountain Camo Grip and Forend

Much of what we have learned about obtaining accuracy has come from the bench rest shooting people. Aluminum pillars have proven themselves over time. They do not deform under tension the way wooden bottom bedding systems do and allow more uniform tension to be applied when reattaching stocks or forends. Aluminum pillars do not swell in humidity or shrink when the humidity drops. All positive things when trying to get the most from your shooting experiences.

The encore forend pillars are concave to match the radius of the barrel. Inletting black is used to make sure the pillars and only the pillars are contacting the barrel. The pillars on the contender forends are basically the same as on the encore, however,  the screw studs fit into a counter-bore on top of the pillar so the pillar provides bedding for the barrel as on the encore. Pictures of the inside of the barrel channel showing the pillars is at the top of the showcase page.

Since the purpose of pillars is to provide a constant, low stress state for the barrel, don't take away from this by over tightening the screws.  A couple drops of removable loc-tight or fingernail polish and then alternately tighten the screws.

Both the contender and the encore forend are made with a flat bottom since it is consistently easier to stabilize on a rest than round bottom forends. The bottom is also made wide enough to make a solid base for a bipod. Note: I prefer to put a thin layer of mole skin on the contacting surface of the bipod to avoid scratching the forend.

The encore can be made with three (3) pillars for both rifle or pistol. By doing this the forend can be used on either a handgun or rifle barrel with the same contour.  Please specify this option in the comment section of the order form.

The Product Showcase page contains pictures of the different products in wood colors available.  All woods pictured are available in Contender or Encore.




I took this goat in Alaska in 2010 with the encore pistol chambered in Neal Coopers 30CE.
The gun was soaked for a wk and the laminate held up fine-The goat didn't!

Site Updated: 5/20/13