Advice: Thompson Center Icon Series

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Anyone have experience with these? My local shop has these, at what I believe to be reasonable prices.

I'm looking to build a target rig in .308, and it seems a lot of people use remington 700's, or a savage when looking to keep the pricing down.

My question is, does anyone have experience using the TC Icon series (Precision Hunter specifically) as a potential target rifle? I'm not looking for competition (yet), I just want to play around, and if needed, take the rifle into the field.

Thoughts?

Edit: the Warlord is beautiful but too bloody expensive for my blood.
 
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I also have the same question, being in a similar boat. Any experience with the Icon in a precision/target role? Either factory stock or customized. It seems like it has alot of features that I really like.

Red
 
Yeah, from what I have found, it gets excellent reviews professionally, and from the few people who have given feedback on it such as the hunting forum here, they all seem to like it too. But then, for the majority of shooters, they still haven't seen one or even heard of one, even more so in precision circles. Seems like it might be a decent place to start learning the 308 precision game (reading wind) with a rifle that has a bit of room to grow. I'm not a big Remington fan personally.
 
I have a T/C Icon 308 and a Venture 7mm Rem Mag. The wood is very nice on the Icon and the actions are smooth on both. The Icon is aluminum block bedded, interchangeable bolt handle, nice trigger adjustment and very accurate. 1" MOA guarantee from T/C. I think good value for the product in a hunting rifle.
 
I have used my buddy's Icon in .30TC. It is a very nice rifle! Shoots well, although I have only shot it 100 yards. It seems very well made and the one thing I did notice is that the rifle balances in your hand beautifully.
 
They are a #####, next to impossible to single load..other than that.. the one I had shot well..only had it for 16 shots. For a hunting rifle one of the nicest feeling rifles I have ever picked..pretty close/par to a Sako.
 
Redlich said:
Why are they hard to single load? is it because of a small ejection port, or something else?
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Thinkin so..all I know is that it was a #####..may have to do with the magazine aswell,,not sure. I only had mine for a short time because of this reason.
 
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