rjd...GTK about the TC Veterans's $75 rebate...and Yes my VA card's pic even looks like me LOL.

When RAR's 1st came out I took a hard look at them, and came away with 2 primary negative thoughts that IMO makes them undersiable for me...something about their mag well feed system rattled like a Model T when you turned the T off, and I abosolutley hated the egg shaped forend that makes them impossible to keep from "rolling off" a flat surface, and has to be wedged into a softer sand bag kinda surface than my shooting bags are. That feature alone is what led me to look at a TC Venture to begin with. Picky picky picky I know, but I use my left hand to GRIP the forend as it lays in the flat of my palm, which helps me keep my left elbow in a straight line UNDER the forend/triger guard and tucked against my ribs (yeah theres some ribs there under that roll of the BH's good cooking) especially shooting off hand, or off a standing/braced object like a tree limb, fence post or shooting sticks. I like a more triangular forend shape, like the Venture's...or at least enough of a more flatter forend than a RAR has, so that I can wedge it into the v notch of my bench shooting bags & the gun won't roll if I remove my left hand from the forestock.

I have a bad habit of using the web of left hand thumb to wrap back under the butt and "cup" the toe of the rifle in soft web area...leaving the forend loose on the bags in smaller calibers. Tried that couple times with the old M70 26" 300Winnie tupperware, and even at 9 1/2lb all up I usually got reeal close to getting bit occasionaly, when I'd forget and crawl the stock some. Can't see the eyebrow scar anymore ...but it's there.
Ron

CB ...those Compass features sound like a lot of gun for the money...haven't found any of 'em around here in Dogwood City or at Academy in Tyler last week, or Academy on Forest Lane off Central in Dallas the week before. Was in Larry Cokers place in Jax'ville too, and nuthin there. Gonna be in Temple on the 7th of next month....

There is a Gander Mtn in Tyler, might try there or at Mac's or whatever Marc calls the store now just south of the square on Elm.

Any of 'em at Bud's or Whittakers?

I a week or so I'm gonna be busier than a one armed paperhanger in a hurricane & off line for week 10 days so I'd like to find something now if I can...or wait until after I get thru with the new eye doc in Temple.
Ron

Looks like Buds has some TC Compass models, one at 351, others at 330-something.

My BIL has a TC Venture 30-06, gun is accurate but heavy, trigger is heavy too

Like JG said Mossberg has gotten the message with their rile line

Eruooptics and Grab a Gun are closing out on Tikka T3's for a little over $400 . I would spend a little extra and get a whole lot more rifle . I just bought a 243 and may go back and buy another in 260.

I bought my Weatherby Vanguard new for $400. Was 8 years ago, not sure if they have gone up.

I was looking into the ruger ranch is 300 black out. Seems like a cheaper version of the micro 7

A customer brought in a TC Venture and wanted the trigger pull at 2 pounds... It would not adjust down that far. I wound up having to disassemble the trigger and clip one coil off of the spring inside.

That did it.

I have a Mossberg Patriot in 30-06. A nice gun for the money, but not nearly as nice as a TC Venture. The plastic insert in the stock is an issue. The way it is designed, you could crack a wooden stock if you tightened the action down too much. It 'spreads' at the top as you tighten the action down. I use lock-tite and moderate torque on the Patriot's action screws, and recommend that everyone else do the same.

Cattleman...the best Europtics prices I've seen on T3's is $498 & same at Whittakers in Lite's, but if I can buy a T3 at $100 bux less at Grab a Gun in Coppell, where I have to pay Texas State Sales Tax too... that's still worth chasing and burying the purchase with a credit card and a net never payoff.

The BH has been getting some new Zero Apr for 18 months card offers...might need to take out more than one LOLOL and a good way to get my voice raised surgically... being married to the same woman for 49 years is still no cure for terminal financial stupidity, just a sure knowledge of the total cost of the consequences.

we'll dig GaG's website out of the Fav's List right now and see what's what.

Gonna find time this AM to call TC and check rjd's Vet's Rebate deal too.

CB I think the TC website sez the Venture's trigger will only go 3-5lbs for an adjustment range...and GTK that a simple fix is possible.
Ron

Cattleman...just looked a Grab a Gun and did not find Tikka listed anywhere, I looked at Clearance, Bolt Action Rifles and General Guns and no Tikka or Beretta listed anywhere. GaG did still have 12-14 listings for TC Icons that have been soldout for 2+ years...so not sure I found all th places that a Tikka could be found either...and why I don't look at their website but once/twice a year, as I've never found it to be accurate inventory wise. .

Europtics has Tikka Hunter Grades in some of the more standard RH cal's like 243. 270.'06 300WMg still at $498, and some others at slightly higher in $50 or $100 increments...shure makes it tough to NOT jump on a Hunter Grade 7Rmg at $498...'cause we all know this won't last very long. Dinnit look at any of the other configurations, but I'm sure the SS & blued Lites will have some inventory at the $498 price still on hand for a day or two...IMO they'll all be Gone ByeBye by or before Labor Day...Snooze Ya Looze in the Dog Days of Summer.
Ron