The safety is a two-position lever on the right side. The pull on mine was two pounds, 12 ounces and nicely consistent, with zero creep or overtravel. Specs call for a pull between three and four pounds. It’s a non-adjustable bladed style, and judging by my sample, it doesn’t need to be adjustable-depending on your expectations. One of the big improvements to the Venture II over the original is the new Generation II trigger, and T/C really did a nice job with it. The rifle comes with two single-slot Weaver-style scope bases secured to the receiver with Torx screws. Round-end cuts on both sides and top of the receiver reduce weight and also give the rifle a racy look.
I had no trouble mounting a Leupold VX-3i 4.5-14x40mm, and even with today’s trend toward larger ocular lenses, you should find plenty of bolt clearance with this setup. The bolt handle is on the small side, both in terms of length and knob, and it’s slightly angled. The silver bolt release on the left side of the receiver actually looks nice-many don’t-and operates easily. A cut in the left side of the bolt’s body matches up with the bolt release projection, and it rides smoothly in its tube with no wobble. The bolt rides in a round receiver with a partially enclosed ejection port. Traction panels on the fore-end and wrist provide a secure grip.Īt the heart of the rifle is a three-lug “fat” bolt with sliding extractor that provides a short 60-degree throw. The Venture II features a partially enclosed ejection port, and two single-slot Weaver-type scope bases come installed. The Venture II is the higher priced of the two-$525 versus $405, suggested retail-and is being positioned as the company’s flagship bolt-action rifle. Thompson/Center intends to change that with the new II-series rifles, the Compass II and the Venture II. It certainly didn’t help that all three have been the subject of recalls, but the bottom line is the Compass and Venture didn’t offer enough features to compete well in a crowded marketplace.
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There followed a series of less-expensive bolt guns: the Venture (2009), the novel switch-barrel Dimension (2012, since discontinued) and the Compass (2016). But the Icon was relatively expensive-or at least it struggled against other rifles in its price range-and it languished, exiting the catalog in 2012. It was a handsome and accurate rifle, and I killed my biggest whitetail buck with one.
I liked its first effort, the Icon, that was introduced in 2007.
The company’s track record with its bolt-action rifles has not been as stellar, however. After all, it’s responsible for the famous Encore and Contender single-shot lines-the Transformers of the firearms world that can become rifles, handguns, muzzleloaders or shotguns with just a few parts swaps. Thompson/Center has long been known as an innovative firearms company.
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