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Hello, my name is Jerry, and I am a rifle whore! This is my story....................
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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 174134" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>Jerry,</p><p>Thanks for an interesting and comprehensive review of the new Icon. You will be pleased to know that TC has a great little plastic insert that facilitates single loading. A long narrow adapter simply slips into the top of the magazine and enables loading one cartridge at a time. Believe they will be available shortly and will not be expensive at all. Plus the new round knob bolt handles will soon be available, I used one extensively and they seem to give better leverage. Plus I prefer their looks, but that is a personal preference.</p><p></p><p>You will find that the uplift and closing of the bolt is quite stiff when new, after about 200 rounds the movement will get significantly smoother. Just simple break-in. Also the barrel may need a fair bit of cleaning initially, again to get through a break-in period where there is some smoothing and burnishing taking place. I have 500 rounds though my .308 and it is still a bit rough as far as copper fouling goes, but it certainly shoots accurately.</p><p></p><p>I got to shoot some new stuff a while ago, including the first and only prototype composite stock for a custom shop offering. The stock weighs 22 ounces and is tougher than you can believe. There are some other goodies coming that will widen the scope of available models.</p><p></p><p>What is amazing is the fact we switched barreled actions back and forth between stocks and accuracy stayed a constant. Did not seem to matter which stock and barreled action went together, they shot very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 174134, member: 25"] Jerry, Thanks for an interesting and comprehensive review of the new Icon. You will be pleased to know that TC has a great little plastic insert that facilitates single loading. A long narrow adapter simply slips into the top of the magazine and enables loading one cartridge at a time. Believe they will be available shortly and will not be expensive at all. Plus the new round knob bolt handles will soon be available, I used one extensively and they seem to give better leverage. Plus I prefer their looks, but that is a personal preference. You will find that the uplift and closing of the bolt is quite stiff when new, after about 200 rounds the movement will get significantly smoother. Just simple break-in. Also the barrel may need a fair bit of cleaning initially, again to get through a break-in period where there is some smoothing and burnishing taking place. I have 500 rounds though my .308 and it is still a bit rough as far as copper fouling goes, but it certainly shoots accurately. I got to shoot some new stuff a while ago, including the first and only prototype composite stock for a custom shop offering. The stock weighs 22 ounces and is tougher than you can believe. There are some other goodies coming that will widen the scope of available models. What is amazing is the fact we switched barreled actions back and forth between stocks and accuracy stayed a constant. Did not seem to matter which stock and barreled action went together, they shot very well. [/QUOTE]
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