I just had a chance to shoot the new Bone collectorer that everyone thinks doesn't have enough extra features to justify the price. Certain features do justify the price. I work for a dist of many arms yet I love BP. If you truely look over this rifle there are many extra features I like and would have never considered till I relly looked it over. I have had 3 omega's all nice shooters w/the exception of my X7. Out of the box the Triumph grouped better than any rifle in my safe.
Leupold 2.5-8X36
leupold base and DD rings
hornady 67272- 250 gr blk sabots with the hard red tips(now discontinued, replaced w/ the low drag and flex tip)
90 grains of black horn powder
Winchester 209 primer
90 yards
I was stunned. When I have time to test more I will try some different loads w/RS and Triple 7 to see if a crud ring happens.
shills
Congrats on the new gun. Did you get the camo version or the Black model. Please post us some pics. I have been looking at the Bone collector in camo. I don't need another one but if they shoot as good as everyone says I may just have to bite the bullet and get one.
The Triumph is one of the most accurate guns out of the box, mine shoots groups as good as my 270 or my 223 varmint rifle. With the loads the gun likes best it may need a higher power scope to be able to get the best possible group. I have one target I saved just to look at once in a while that has a better group center to center than I ever got with my .270 and it shoots under an inch. Lee
I will have to scan the target @ work. My current scanner isn't compatible with vista. I'm just an average shooter because I haven't had the range time this past few yrs and even then I still would say I'm average.
Yes mine is a camo version. I didn't care for the gray model.
Normally I'm a 3-9X40 guy but in this case I purchased/traded for 2ea 2.5-8X36 Leupold's several yrs back and have them on a Ithaca DSII M37 and this rifle. They are more compact and the weight is lighter. The BC is much lighter than my Omega and has slightly better balance and the new style forearm really is sweet to hold and a great bencher too. For any weather shield na sayers I have seen the tests verses SS and in this case Carbon steel is lighter and harder. Any one who has dealt with SS knows it galls and I love SS BUT a CS barrel w/ bluing it gonna get beat up. While I try to care for my arms I do use them. The barrels compared to SS and those CS w/ weather shield had better lasting quality's but as I have read, it is a coating but bonded @ a surface @ a molecular level. How tough, we all will see in time. Hey it is a life time guarantee and if not abused and it fails well it will be replaced.
Like I said just out of the box with the first load tried I was very impressed. The trigger was sweet compared to my first production yr omega. That was a nice shooter too and was a gift to my son in law. I had that trigger touched up by a gunsmith but all other have been real crisp triggers for hunting.
If it continues to shoot this good I will be beyond tickled. I think both the omega and the triumph have major design and philosophy differences and I like the new BC better only because of the new improvements which I pointed out long ago in some older posts. If it feels like part of you and you shoot better then no question you are gonna hunt and shoot better. IMHO
SHills
TC Triumph Bone Collector
