SmallCaliberCentral

I have the chance to buy a Thompson Center Venture Preditor camo rifle in 204 Ruger. It seems like a real good rifle. Does anybody out there have one and how do you like it ? Are they as accurate and handle as good as I hear ? And what about that 1:10 rifleing, can you handle 45 & 50 gr bullets ?

I just picked mine up today. I'll be testing 32gr, 40gr, and 39gr bullets this weekend hopefully. I will let you know how it goes.

Getting ready to pick mine up as well. $435!! Why not!!?!

The 10-twist should take you into the 50 grain realm with ease. Standard is a 12-twist.

so how did it shoot?

mine was ok but the 3-9x scope that came with it just isn't powerful enough for me to confidently hold on target at 100yds. eventually i'll put a 4.5-14x Nikon scope on it but it will resting in the safe for a while. i have an AR in 204 that is getting my attention.

Darkker

that looks like an excellent price, how were you able to get it so cheap?

wirelessguy2005 wrote:Darkker

that looks like an excellent price, how were you able to get it so cheap?

http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/default.aspx
Several local's do bid-ness with Davidson's. Griggs Dept. Store is my go to gun haus. Normally they charge $10 FFL, but due to my relationship with them it is usually $5.

Fill in the info and search, when you see the one you want, click "instant quote". They will tell you who, and how much.

How is the trigger on the Venture? any idea what the pull weight is?

Ended-up not buying it. Trigger was fine in stock form; not great, not terrible.
Just decided to spend my money on components and upgrades to what I had.

The 1:10 twist should shoot the heavy bullets well as well as the 39 grain Blitzkings. I would try some 55 grain bullets as they have a great BC. You should be able to get an additional barrel for about $200 I believe. They are in our system but we have not received any additional barrels for them at work yet.

"Extra barrels" for the Venture???

Darkker wrote:"Extra barrels" for the Venture???

Am I missing something. Venture, extra barrels,. Or are you talking about the other new gun that has several barrel combo's ? Bill K

That's my question, Not sure where he works, but I assume he is talking about the Dimension, NOT the Venture.... Which is what the thread is about

I am so sorry, I was thinking of the new Dimension rifle that T/C just came out with. It is a change barrel system. I did not mean to cause any confusion.