With that said its funny to see what the author considers ‘cons’ in some instances; here are the ones that bothered me…

Action Features
Con: You have to replace complete bolt assembly to go from one family of cartridges to another (e.g. from .308 Win to Magnum). This is much more expensive than swapping a bolt head on a Savage.

NOTE: At least you have different calibers i.e. families, which do use the same bolt; can you show another gun that does the same thing or better? Fact remains with other guns changing caliber requires proper headspacing, and often a more complicated process – meaning you have to do it in your shop or have a gunsmith do it for you; the Dimension allows users to do this in the field, with ease and in a couple of minutes. Plus the number of calibers which you can change to is limited with other rifles when compared to this rifle – the Dimension is easy to use so I’m not sure how this a ‘con’. The rifle does what its advertised to do and keeps 1 moa out of the box (tho I have seen many reviews showing its actually a sub moa in the hands of good shooter).

Barrel Fitting
Con: Bolt recesses are machined into barrel extension section, so barrels must be supplied by T/C. We were told that both bolts and barrels “absolutely have to come from Thompson/Center”.

NOTE: Seriously? If a company develops a new system that require proprietary parts how is that a con? The REASON the bolt recesses are machined into barrel extension section is to allow the receiver to be made out of lightweight material, hence lightening the rifle, and to handle the pressure of the round. If you did not do this you get a heavier rifle and you probably would not be able to change calibers so easily. Now if you can show a rifle that swaps as easily with any and all barrels on the market (I think you can get one from the Unicorn Store on the corner of Happy and Magic street but they are currently out of stock) then please let us know because I would love to throw in any ole barrel and make it work (headspacing be damned!). BTW it should also be like a transformer so I don’t have to do any work, it just changes caliber on its own.

With that said, the rest of the article is fine. Sometimes I just question how people define pros and cons. Too many ‘authors’ claim cons that have nothing to do with said system they are writing about.

Again its my 2 cents so take it for what its worth.

SAR

My complaint, though, is action length. They should have stayed short. I can’t see toting a .300 mag length action when I want to shoot .223.

Editor: Actually the Dimension action is very different from a m10/110 Savage Action — not even counting the obvious (completely different trigger/sear). Savage has a 2-lug floating bolt that locks up in the action. T/C dimension has a three-lug non-floating head that locks up in a barrel extension that fits between the rifled barrel and the receiver. The barrel attachment system on the Dimension is more similar to an AR15 than to a Savage which has the nut threaded directly on the barrel.