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Smith & Wesson Rifle

Northern Rancher said:
Just pictures in a gun magazine-did you buy one? The new T/C Icon looks like a nice rifle too.
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S&W and Thompson are one and same. In fact, the barrel on the I-Bolt is made at the S&W owned Thompson factory.

Was offered one to test for accuracy but had reservations because they are not offered in a 6mm caliber yet. It's only offered in 25-06, 270, and 30-06 as of now. Plus, I can't imagine an externally adjustable Timney trigger even being worthy of a test.

I told the distributor that I would not do it unless the outcome of an accuracy test was published whether it be good or bad. Can't see putting a week of work in some data that might go in the can.

He said he would get back to me on that one. :???:

I don't look to hear from him again. There are too many gun mag writers out there that will say anything the factory wants for a free gun.
 
How true, Mike.

NR, are you sure you checked the right gun? This one behind the seat of the truck looks just like the one Ty showed me. Gee, one of my boys must have carted it out when we were watchin' Ty's rodeo footage. :wink: Don't no how it would have gotten there otherwise????? :P
 
From the reviews I read the Icon looks to be a better rifle-there were some issues with the S/W model-mind you the three calibres it's offered will kill ANY big game animal in North America dead as stone.
 
Northern Rancher said:
From the reviews I read the Icon looks to be a better rifle-there were some issues with the S/W model-mind you the three calibres it's offered will kill ANY big game animal in North America dead as stone.
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It's not an issue of what caliber will kill what. I just don't enjoy sitting at a bench and running 100's or 1000's of rounds through the barrel with these little light hunting guns in these calibers.

The Icon may LOOK better on the outside but I still have my reserves on the Thompson/S&W barrels. I have borescoped a few and on the inside they look pretty shabbily made.

The guns may be fine with a good air-gauged barrel installed though. We also have to remember that a factory built gun will be chambered with a lot of slop built in it so that it will fit all of the "over the counter" ammo available. Frequently making it a real inconsistant shooter.

The barrel w/chamber are the most important components of a rifle.

The rest is mostly eyewash.

One thing that the Icon does is guarantee 1 MOA accuracy..............

I'm guessing that a bunch will be shipped back for this reason.

We'll see.
 
light Hunting guns-that's funny stuff right there. I'm sure if T/C makes their rifles like their muzzle loaders they'll shoot more than accurate for 99% of hunters out there-most guys can't shoot to the capabilities of their guns and ammo to begin with.
 
Northern Rancher said:
light Hunting guns-that's funny stuff right there. I'm sure if T/C makes their rifles like their muzzle loaders they'll shoot more than accurate for 99% of hunters out there-most guys can't shoot to the capabilities of their guns and ammo to begin with.
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So you are saying that gunmakers should preclude accuracy when building guns because the general public cannot shoot them anyway?

Try this sometimes...............................

Because a deer hunter (for example) is at the distinct disadvantage of shooting a cold bullet out of a cold barrel, put up a target and shoot one shot per day at a target using a good solid bench with rest and use the same aimpoint for each daily shot.

Be sure and leave your gun in the truck overnight for it to attain the ambient outdoor temperature, simulating a hunting adventure.

You'll be surprised at the size of the group. Very surprised.

A gun that will shoot a very tight group on repeated shots will always get a better group when shooting those once per day shots than one that shoots sloppy.

I did this once with a neighbors factory .243 and only hit a 6" target 2 mornings out of 5.......................

This was a 2 MOA gun too. :lol:

Those "Light" hunting guns can be very fickle.
 
Northern Rancher said:
Ohh you experts give me chills-I have had the honour of guiding alot of you shootists from south of the 49th-pretty entertaining stuff to say the least.
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There are no expert shootists.

Only those with varying degrees of ignorance.

Try the scenario I proposed. You'll learn more about your rifle than you ever thought.

Guess you are one of those guys who never misses?
 

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