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I recently was gifted a set of TC Contenders from my mom, who bought them from a nice old man at church, who got them from his dad. There are 5 barrels and 3 receivers. The .357 Mag Barrel and its receiver are satin finished stainless, so let's call them a matched set. But the other two receivers and 4 barrels are blued. All three receivers have the panther engraving. The first blued receiver fits the .44 Mag and .222 Rem barrels and the second blued receiver fits the 7mm TCU and .22LR barrels (I don't want to keep those barrels). But the Second blue receiver will not release the .44Mag or .222Rem barrels when I close the action, I have to take the gun apart and manually release them barrels. Are there any identifying marks on the barrels to tell Gen 1 or Gen 2? Two of the receivers have a rotating fire ping selector and the 3rd receiver has a sliding bolt for a selector that simply hits both Rim/Center firing pins at the same time. I can post pictures if that helps.