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Received an invite to hunt in Oct. so checked zero today on Icon .308 - last time shot it with handloads.

First one is at 100m can see bullets 1-8. Then went to 200m to see what come up is, can see bullets 9-10. Then let barrel cool, switched from Remington Corelokt 150gr to Federal Power Shok 150 gr, let it cool, and shot another 3 bullets at 200m. Scope is a 4-12x 40mm and was set to 12x. Was a little windy, right to left up to 100m, then left to right - wind kind of comes in the swirls out, range in a bit of bowl (may have affected 4&5 as had to reload mag, that or just a testament to my lack of shooting ability and indicative of just how good this rifle is).

Anyways, cheapest hunting ammo available, cold bore (clean for Rem, fouled for Fed), .55moa group at 200m (yes its onlly 3 shots but it is a hunting rifle, not a target rifle), and generally the people I go shooting with are all better shots than me so will credit the rifle, one happy rifle (total of 25 rounds through it). Also, virtually no kick, credit stock construction or the pad on it, either way, if it had a heavy barrel on it would shoot it all day.

Shot the T/C R55 .22 at a little flip up auto reset target at 100m in between - very accurate little .22 and those flip up targets are a lot of fun - see if can clean the target before buddy can hit it.
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30TC strikes again,I called in a nice 5x5 elk for my wife,one shot through the lungs and went 15 yard and fell over.I'm very impressed with the tc icon and the caliber,its very accurrate and has light recoil,my wife loves this gun anyone would be able to shoot it,also it shoots very flat with the 150grain bullets.I usually use big magnum rifles for elk 338 win,300wby,300win,300wsm,so I was very happy with the results of the two elk shot this year first a large 6x6 I took,and the nice 5x5 my wife took.
 
The only negative i can see is the weight, the action is very heavy, much heavier then alot of short action rifles, it's a nice solid feeling rifle, and i think it depends on how much carrying you are planning to do with it. I would not buy such a heavy .308 for a carry gun myself, now if I was into magnums the weight might offset the recoil factor. It's just that there an awful lot of nice trim .308s out there that shoot good and are much lighter.
 
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