Well, I finally ended the agony and just made a decision. I went with the Vanguard. Many of the older discussions on this site helped me out as well as your comments and PMs on this thread. Thanks very much for your help. For those who are curious, the reason I went with Vanguard over Tika was mostly for the quality of the build. Tika has fixed things like the bolt shroud and aluminum recoil lug, but Weatherby has not had to and that gave me confidence that it was a better built and safer product. I shouldered both rifles and thought both felt good. Price was not really a consideration because they are similar, both rifles have excellent accuarcy but Vanguard had a better and more durable build (in my opinion).
Thanks again.