T/C Venture 223 Remington

I have had multiple TC rifles(venture,dimension, Icons) NON out of the box had a trigger pull UNDER the minimum pull weight adjustment (3#).
 
Good luck with those rifles. I have a 7mm08 that’s a safe Queen. 1 out of 7 trigger pulls and it might fire. I’ve taken the bolt apart umpteen times and can find nothing wrong. It strikes the primer but doesn’t go boom. I’ve tried umpteen different ammo manufacturers as well.
Contacted them after reading it’s a “known issue” and they basically asked if I had the receipt? When I explained how I got the gun they said there’s nothing they can do. I told them I’d pay to have it fixed if they could guarantee that it would fire every time and they said they couldn’t make that guarantee. So it sits in the safe…
 
I keep reading about accuracy but I've yet to see a one inch group at 100yds. I bought it for a light weight coyote rifle but if it doesn't shoot any better than it has it will probably go down the road and I'll find something else. My other 223 shoots bugholes but its to heavy to pack around.
 
William Suter said:
Well, been to the range a few times with the Venture. Several different bullets and powder combinations and different primers. Truthfully, I'm not impressed at all. Sure its minute of coyote as long as he isn't to far away. Seems there is always a flyer in a five shot group/pattern. (Hard to call them groups.) I haven't given up as I have heavier bullets and lighter as well. If I could keep all rounds inside an inch at 100yds I could almost live with that but its struggling to get there. I did get the trigger better. Its not the greatest but its better. Guess I'll go through all my light bullets and work my way up. Just hate wasting primers on loads that suck.
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Was it produce when Smith & Wesson owned them? Does it have Smith & Wesson stamped on the barrel? I have a Ventures in 22-250 and 270 Win. I also have an Icon in 243. They are all more accurate than you would believe. Lol. My buddy has a Venture in 308 that was produced when they were owned by Smith & Wesson and that thing is completely unimpressive. Kinda like you are describing with your 223.
 
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Doesn't have Smith and Wesson on the barrel but on the right side of the action is has Mfg by S&W on it. I haven't given up on it yet but I'm getting really close. Might trade it for a cheap AR at the local pawn shop. How much worse could it get? LOL
 
Christmas afternoon and nothing to do. Misting rain and chilly but grabbed the Venture and the ammo I had loaded to test. Lucky for me we have an All Weather Building. I can set inside in a heated building and shoot out to 300yds.( I did all my testing at 100yds.) I had 40 rounds, 8 different powder charges and 2 different bullet weights, 40 grain BlitzKings and 55 grain mystery bullets. The mystery bullets are soft point flat base and I have a bunch of them. Out of the 40 rounds I had one group of each weight bullet that I consider good enough to hunt with. The part that has me puzzled is in all eight groups there's a flyer. I'm using a 3x9 scope and my target today was heavy brown wrapping paper with sharpie circles on it. The cross hairs in my scope were hiding the small circle so that might be part of the flyer issue or maybe a warm barrel. IDK but the flyers are there. Not bad enough to make me miss, just aggravating. But with either bullet the accuracy is finally under an inch. Lots better than what I have been seeing.
 
William Suter said:
Doesn't have Smith and Wesson on the barrel but on the right side of the action is has Mfg by S&W on it. I haven't given up on it yet but I'm getting really close. Might trade it for a cheap AR at the local pawn shop. How much worse could it get? LOL
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Yep......that's what I meant. The Venture is one of the most accurate out-of-the-box rifles I have ever owned, but I don't trust the ones manufactured after S&W took over. Greg Ritz bought the company back and I am expecting good things from them again.
 
Well..........I'm not one to give up easily so I loaded up another batch of bullets. This time a Rem 7 1/2 primer and CFE 223 powder and a 53 grain Sierra Match bullet. Results keep getting better and my load of 28.5 grains put 4 of 5 shots in about a half inch. Fifth shot opened up the group to an inch but I can live with that. I may keep bumping the charge and see if I can get that stray bullet into the group. 28.5 is book max but I got no pressure signs and it did produce my best group.

I haven't even had the rifle out of the stock. I'm trying to make it shoot the way it was delivered. I hate the plastic stock and wonder if a better stock might help but I wanted to keep it "as is" as long as possible. I may end up bedding the action and get a new trigger spring for it. The factory trigger sucks.
 
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