Thompson/Center Icon

     Notes: Introduced in early 2007, the Icon is Thompson/Center’s first centerfire bolt-action repeater.  The entire rifle is designed for accuracy, from the precision barrel and action to the grain of the stock.  Many new manufacturing processes were used for the production of the Icon, including vastly-improved barrel reaming, the use of an improved form of 5R rifling, a muzzle crowned at a 60-degree chamfer, and a solid-topped receiver with an integral MIL-STD-1913 rail.  The bolt handle is of a butterknife design, something quite uncommon in this day and age, but quite easy to grasp and cycle. The bolt is surrounded by a skeletonized shroud, and the bolt itself is machined out of bar-stock steel.  The stock is of fine-grained, dense walnut, with 20 dpi checkering on the pistol grip wrist and fore-end, and offers an almost straight-line profile; in addition, the butt has a Sims recoil pad.  The trigger unit is removable in one piece, and secured in such a way to make it quite solid when mounted; it is also adjustable for weight of pull, takeup, and overtravel.  The trigger also incorporates elements that prevent over-adjusting to the point where damage to the trigger unit would occur.  The 24-inch barrel is free-floating and aluminum block-bedded (with the bedding blocks epoxied into the stock); there is virtually no flex to the bedding, and virtually no vibration of the barrel during shots.  The primary safety is traditional, but there is also a bolt release that allows the bolt to be cycled without rounds actually being chambered.  The Icon appears to be an exceptional rifle in virtually all aspects.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: The Icon does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Icon

.22-250 Remington

3.4 kg

3

$945

Icon

.243 Winchester

3.46 kg

3

$1101

Icon

7mm Remington Magnum

4 kg

3

$1554

Icon

.270 Winchester

4.02 kg

3

$1573

Icon

.30 TC

3.58 kg

3

$1480

Icon

7.62mm NATO

3.59 kg

3

$1532

Icon

.30-06 Springfield

4.16 kg

3

$1828

Icon

.300 Winchester Magnum

4.3 kg

3

$2422

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Icon (.22-250)

BA

3

2-Nil

7

2

Nil

76

Icon (.243)

BA

3

2-Nil

7

3

Nil

78

Icon (7mm)

BA

4

1-2-3

7

4

Nil

90

Icon (.270)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

74

Icon (.30)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

93

Icon (7.62mm)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

94

Icon (.30-06)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

84

Icon (.300)

BA

5

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

96

 

Thompson/Center Venture

     Notes: The next of T/Cs entry into the bolt-action market, the Venture is not only meant to be (IRL) a more budget-minded rifle, it also continues T/Cs designing of a rifle with several possible barrel lengths and especially, possible chamberings.  Despite the budget-minded thoughts, the various models of the Venture have 5R rifled match-quality barrels with target crowns, a trigger adjustable for pull length and weight, a synthetic stock with a rubber recoil pad, Hogue grip panels on the fore-end and pistol grip wrist, a Melonite coated bolt, Nitride treatment for the rest of the external surfaces under blueing, and a guaranteed MOA accuracy. There are no iron sights; instead, the rifle is both grooved and drilled for scope mounts. The Venture Weather Shield Variant has a coating to increase weatherproofing and toughness of the interior and external metal parts, a stainless steel heavyweight barrel, and a treatment for the synthetic parts to match the metal’s weatherproofing and toughness.

     Barrels are 22 or 24 inches.  Actual length of a particular Venture depends upon the chambering and barrel length; the LOP is identical in all cases.  And now we go to the stats…

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Venture (22” Barrel)

.204 Ruger

3.18 kg

3

$812

Venture (22” Barrel)

5.56mm NATO

3.21 kg

3

$886

Venture (22” Barrel)

.22-250 Remington

3.23 kg

3

$932

Venture (24” Barrel)

.25-06 Remington

3.44 kg

3

$1379

Venture (22” Barrel)

.243 Winchester

3.32 kg

3

$1088

Venture (24” Barrel)

.270 Winchester

3.54 kg

3

$1569

Venture (22” Barrel)

.270 Winchester Short Magnum

3.44 kg

3

$1338

Venture (24” Barrel)

.280 Remington

3.57 kg

3

$1628

Venture (22” Barrel)

7mm-08 Remington

3.46 kg

3

$1357

Venture (24” Barrel)

7mm Remington Magnum

3.57 kg

3

$1608

Venture (22” Barrel)

.30 TC

3.5 kg

3

$1466

Venture (22” Barrel)

7.62mm NATO

3.52 kg

3

$1519

Venture (24” Barrel)

.30-06 Springfield

3.65 kg

3

$1821

Venture (22” Barrel)

.300 Winchester Short Magnum

3.55 kg

3

$1572

Venture (24” Barrel)

.300 Winchester Magnum

3.84 kg

3

$2406

Venture (22” Barrel)

.338 Winchester Magnum

3.87 kg

3

$2564

Venture Weather Shield (22” Barrel)

.22-250 Remington

3.26 kg

3

$938

Venture Weather Shield (24” Barrel)

.270 Winchester

3.58 kg

3

$1575

Venture Weather Shield (22” Barrel)

7mm-08 Remington

3.49 kg

3

$1363

Venture Weather Shield (24” Barrel)

7mm Remington Magnum

3.61 kg

3

$1614

Venture Weather Shield (22” Barrel)

7.62mm NATO

3.56 kg

3

$1525

Venture Weather Shield (24” Barrel)

.30-06 Springfield

3.69 kg

3

$1827

Venture Weather Shield (24” Barrel)

.300 Winchester Magnum

3.88 kg

3

$2424

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Venture (.204)

BA

3

1-Nil

6

2

Nil

65

Venture (5.56mm)

BA

3

1-Nil

6

3

Nil

73

Venture (.22-250)

BA

3

1-Nil

6

3

Nil

68

Venture (.25-06)

BA

4

1-2-3

7

4

Nil

83

Venture (.243)

BA

3

2-Nil

7

3

Nil

69

Venture (.270)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

73

Venture (.270 WSM)

BA

4

1-2-3

7

4

Nil

93

Venture (.280)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

75

Venture (7mm-08)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

81

Venture (7mm Mag)

BA

4

1-2-3

7

4

Nil

91

Venture (.30)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

83

Venture (7.62mm)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

83

Venture (.30-06)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

83

Venture (.300 WSM)

BA

5

1-2-3

7

4

Nil

100

Venture (.300 WM)

BA

5

1-2-3

8

4

Nil

94

Venture (.338 WM)

BA

6

1-3-Nil

7

5

Nil

95

Venture Weather Shield (.22-250)

BA

3

1-Nil

6

3

Nil

71

Venture Weather Shield (.270)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

76

Venture Weather Shield (7mm-08)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

84

Venture Weather Shield (7mm Mag)

BA

4

1-2-3

7

4

Nil

94

Venture Weather Shield (7.62mm)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

86

Venture Weather Shield (.30-06)

BA

4

2-3-Nil

8

4

Nil

86

Venture Weather Shield (.300 WM)

BA

5

1-2-3

8

4

Nil

98

 

Thunderbolt Special

     Notes: This hunting rifle started out as a custom modification of the Remington Model 700 BDL.  The designer used a new round for it; this round is an 8mm Remington Magnum brass necked down to accept a 115-grain .257 caliber cartridge.  The combination of a small round and large brass makes for a round with excellent penetrative power and great damage despite its small caliber.  The stock is a new synthetic stock made by H-S Precision. 

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Thunderbolt Special

.257 STW

5.67 kg

5 Internal

$1470

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Thunderbolt Special

BA

4

1-2-3

8

4

Nil

80