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The Ever-Evolving ICON

 The Warlord: Thompson/Center’s first-ever bolt action has now reached a peak of accuracy and tactical sophistication.

Only four years have passed since the unveiling of Thompson/Center’s first bolt action, the Icon. After a century and a quarter of development, there is very little genuinely new about a turnbolt action. Certainly, this applies to the Icon, but T/C was able to utilize its expertise in close-tolerance machining to create a rigid, accuracy-enhancing action, and T/C was able to tap into, if not 125 years of development, at least recent developments in determining the features shooters were looking for..

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BEST IN CLASS

Rodriguez says Thompson/Center’s
new Venture bolt-action is not just
another price-point gun.

Thompson/Center’s first bolt-action rifle—the Icon—was a resounding success. It met T/C’s very demanding standards for
quality and accuracy. Its sales figures prove that American 
shooters recognize the Icon’s value despite the fact that the cost 
of producing the Icon to T/C’s high standards moved the price point up a bit from the firm’s original target price. It’s still a rather affordable rifle at a bit more than a grand, but T/C’s latest bolt-action rifle—called the Venture—was designed from the ground up to deliver the level of quality for which T/C is known at an MSRP of just under $500, a price most American hunters can afford...

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An Icon of Precision by Greg Rodriguez

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An Inside Look at the T/C Icon

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Rules for a Happy Landing When Hunters Fly

Imagine that you and your buddies have been planning a hunting and fishing trip to Alaska all year.  You imagine the tents pitched by the lake and sitting by the fire in the cool evenings after a day of hunting moose and fishing for Pacific salmon in the Tikchik Lakes...

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