Welcome to Mike Bellm's TCs!
We make the Thompson Center break open guns work for YOU, the one pulling the trigger!
When good just isn't good enough...........
Shoot Smart!
Or, as John Wayne said: "Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.”
Stupid may sound harsh, highly arrogant and offensive even, but what else do you call doing the same things over and over with the same poor results? Realistically there is a lot of stupid going on in the shooting world that we can't fix, but we can sure fix lack of knowledge so YOU can shoot the T/Cs Smart!
SAME DAY SHIPPING on most online parts orders placed before noon MTN. If you have any questions, use the "Contact Us" page listed 4th from the top of the menu list or the How To Order page.
This site is the result of 34 years of custom barrel work focused on the Thompson Center interchangeable barrel systems AND the individual shooters like you using them, starting with the Contender and following on through in greater detail with the Encore, Pro Hunter, and Endeavor firearms.
Due to normal manufacturing tolerances of each component part, it is highly unrealistic to think that one of millions of barrels, one of thousands of frames, and millions of rounds of ammunition both factory and handloaded can all be combined at random and be expected to work to your satisfaction every time, or even work at all.
It is a testament to the system as a whole that it works as often as it does. But if you think it will work every time, you are living in a dream world. You have a choice. Take advantage of the work we have done to enable you to make the guns work for you, or take the inevitable losses.
Much of this site is about enabling you to understand and fix these 5 main weak links in the chain:
Loose fit at the hinge,
Headspace, either too much or too little,
Marginal strength of the factory hammer spring,
Heavy and/or rough trigger,
Forends that bind the barrel as it heats up.
Thompson Center and many of the aftermarket custom shops do not appear to understand these systems themselves, but with a little thinking on your part you certainly can and must if you expect the guns to work for YOU!
It does YOU no good at all if you send a barrel back to the maker, and the maker says it is "in spec" , offers the lame statement "meets our standards", or shoots a certain size group for them, but then does not enable YOU to do the same or even have the gun function for YOU!
This is where my 34 years of custom work represented on this site comes into play and ALSO explains the role of the chamber throat and custom barrel work options performed by me, Mike Bellm.
Take some time studying and thinking about some of the very simple concepts presented, and you like thousands of others will get fantastic performance from these wonderful interchangeable barrel systems.
Go to the top of the menu list and start your journey to the best performance from your TC Encore, Pro Hunter, Endeavor, Contender, and G2 guns.
Shoot Smart!
Note: Contact Kurt Michael Bellm for all parts orders.
(970) 314-9901
Mike Bellm for barrel sales and technical support
(541) 956-6938
Overwhelmed by our long menu list? Use the search feature located at the top of every page to find the information you are looking for. OR, use your computer's search engine, such as google, which is often better than our search button.
All custom products on this site were developed by me, Mike Bellm, over the last 32 years serving TC shooters. All information and procedures presented here were developed by me. I claim copyright to all materials presented herein and as the originator of the intellectual property on this site, I further claim all intellectual property rights.
The information presented on this site is to enable you to make your TC guns work for you, not to enrich you by plagiarizing for resale. You may use information from this site on forums, blogs, written, video and digital reproductions on the condition Mike Bellm is given credit as the source.
Any unauthorized use of this material is prohibited. Any doubt, please be courteous and ask.
Contender, G2, and Encore, Pro Hunter, and Endeavor are registered trademarks of the K.W. Thompson Tool Company doing business as Thompson/Center Arms Co., now a Smith & Wesson company.
