Hey y'all got my sights set on purchasing a Weatherby Vanguard.
It would be my first rifle to join a deer hunting party.
Anybody have experience wiyh it?
Thanks Kenny.
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Hey y'all got my sights set on purchasing a Weatherby Vanguard.
It would be my first rifle to join a deer hunting party.
Anybody have experience wiyh it?
Thanks Kenny.
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HuntingBC Champ
Great choice Kenny. I purchased a Weatherby Vanguard Synthetic in .270 last year. The gun is very accurate right out of the box, easy to take apart and to put back together. Weatherby offers some of the best quality rifles on the market and doesn’t cut corners on the economically priced models.
Go for it, you will not be disappointed.
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pornaholic
Weatherby site says "8 3/4lbs"
Savage Arms package with Acutrigger is 6.5lbs and just over $100 cheaper from WSS
Not trying to start anything, just giving you another option
hit the hundy
I'll second that.... I bought a Weatherby Vanguard Synthetic in 300 Win. Mag in 2006. For the price, you won't find a better rifle. The stainless models are barely higher priced than the blued, so I would recommend stainless..... I went with the blued barrel, and I'm kinda sorry I did.Originally Posted by huntwriter
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Very good precise, accurate rifle. Guaranteed to be .99MOA or less right out of the box. I just got back from the range after sighting in my 300 Weatherby Mag Lazermark. Very satisfied with the performance of the Lazermark and the Vanguard is reputed to be even better.
Cheers&Tighter Groups: Eaglesnester
pornaholic
Isn't the Lazermark a $2000 rifle?
Hunt Smarter
Vanguards are pretty decent. I find them a tad heavy, and their triggers can be pretty creepy. They seem to shoot well if you can overcome a bad trigger, and for the price they're good value.
"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004
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I bought mine in stainless 300wby mag. they are a bit heavier because of the barrel contour is less tapered than light sporters. Vanguard is a good start, I replaced the synthetic stock (cheap) and put a boyds thumbhole laminate stock on it. the trigger is heavy but with some tinkering you can get it down to a crisp 3.5-4lb. I give it 4 out of five stars, I wish I would have bought the sub-moa though.
HuntingBC Champ
One word... Tikka!
Comparable prices, more accurate without paying for the "handpicked" shooters in the MOA version. Also much lighter to carry.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause."
-Theodore Roosevelt France, 1910
Resident Hunter
I personally believe it to be one of the best values for the money.
I own one in 22-250 with a Bushnell 3200 and it is a shooter.
I believe the Tika to be a better firearm,as mentioned above,but definately more money.
Let you're budget decide.
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