Customer Reviews for Thompson Center Venture .308 Win Bolt Action Rifle

Buy buy buy..great bolt action..

Bought this gun in 300 win mag a few weeks ago and so impressed that I bought another one in 308. Great rifle!

Very pleased with the accuracy of the T/C Venture. I have only shot hand loaded ammo, which I'm still in the process of perfecting. I normally shoot 5 shot groups which have produced ok results. I've only loaded SGK 150g bullets so far. Best 5 shot so far is 3 in one hole with overall 1.75'' total group. No 5 shot groups over 3" using, Varget,4064,4320 powders. Decent rifle for under $500. I did make some modifications to trigger, I.E. took some creep out & did some an unauthorized mod to trigger spring. The spring was adjusted as light as possible when shipped, but still a little too stiff for me. The bolt was very hard to open after firing, due to the 3 lug design and having to cock again after being fired. This is apparently characteristic, but seems to be getting better the more I use it. If you're not willing to deal with that one issue, buy something else. Other than that gun feels really good, not heavy at all, I think this is gonna make a good all weather hunter.

Nice rifle and very accurate. Bud's is the best place to buy all your firearms.

Buds shipped quickly..rifle is made very well.like the weathershield metal..and most important priced well.Trigger feels great.breaks good....very pleased soo far

Great Deal on a great Rifle! Thompson Center never disappoints!!!

Received my new Venture yesterday, So put a Burris scope on last night and headed to the range today. The rifle is well built and well balanced. I swabbed the barrel before I went to the range as the directions instructed. I fired my first two rounds at 25 yards and they were almost inside each other. After dialing in the scope at 100 yards I fired my last 3 rounds, which were inside the bullseye and were inside the 1" as guaranteed. I shot these with a rest over a couple jackets and nothing more, so to maintain my last 4 rounds inside 1" I was definitely very satisfied! I look forward to using this gun for years to come!

Simply wonderful. Bought this the day after my worthless, crappy, cheap, terrible Remington 770 in 300wm had the handle break off the bolt, and I babied that gun. Took I think 8 or 9 days for Buds to ship it, Buds never seems to have great shipping times but the price you pay at Buds is worth the wait. The picture on Buds site makes the weathershield look like a dull white, but it is more of a matte darkish grey. Magazine holds 3 rounds and is a great design that is easy to insert and remove. Trigger is wonderful! It came set on the lowest pull weight so I didn't do any adjusting, it has very minimal creep a crisp let off and almost no overtravel. Put a Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 on it and loaded up some brass I scrounged up at the range to get the scope on paper then loaded brand new Winchester brass with Varget, Remington Large Rifle Primers, and 150gr Hornady SP. I tested loads as little as 40.5gr of Varget up to 42.5gr in .5gr increments before I realized the higher the charge I was using the less accurate it was getting. My groups with 42.5gr of Varget were about 2 MOA, my load of 40.5gr of Varget got a .855" 100 yard 3 shot group off shooting sticks. This is a tack driver, I can't wait to tune my load to the nearest .1 grain and use a bench to probably get close to 1/2 moa groups. Cleaning is easy with the 5r rifling and easy bolt removal. October Antlerless Deer season starts tomorrow and I am ready to draw some blood with this great gun. And if you don't know if the .308 has too much recoil, it is a kitten. Not much kick at all, my .300wm was way worse, I could shoot the .308 all day. Buy this gun! Whenever I need/want a new rifle I plan on getting another TC, the value is incredible! Stay safe and happy shooting.