July 2010 Product Review:
Ever since Thompson Center Arms introduced the ICON rifle, I've been intrigued by their claims. After all, it's not every year that a manufacturer introduces a completely new rifle design; typically, we just see minor variations of existing designs. However, with the ICON, the guys at TC claim they started with a clean sheet of paper, trying to incorporate everything we currently know about rifle reliability and accuracy, which could be squeezed into a price point available to the average gun owner. That's quite a claim, and as much as I wanted to check it out, they never convinced me to take the plunge personally, until the day I decided I needed a new 243 Winchester. Read more...
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