Low budget Minded Hunting Rifle Options
- Thread starter Dsmer4ever
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Where did you get this BS from??
I have 5 Vanguards, and there is no problem shooting MOA or less with every one of them.
Weatherby does NOT open their headspace to allow for high pressure ammo.
However, the Mark V Weatherbys generally have more freebore, if that is what you are talking about.
This does NOT apply to the Vanguard, which is made by Howa of Japan.
Only the Actual Weatherby Magnum ammo is expensive...you can buy Vanguards in many standard chamberings.
So much erroneous info floating around out there.
Buy a Vanguard with confidence. They are one of the best deals out there for the dollar spent.
Regards, Dave.
See, THAT'S what I need. Now I know why everyone has $4-5K in custom hunting rigs. I really wish someone had told me this before. I could have been saving ammo using one round to take an elk and two white tails.
Really? Where to start with the wrong is this post?
Vanguards (esp., the 2s) shoot VERY well. I have been quite impressed. My next rifle will be a vanguard 2, just trying to devide chambering. I shoot a buddies .22-250 and hit clays at 300yds, EASILY AND CONSISTENTLY.
How is Federal Blue Box .308 ammo any more expensive shooting it from a Vanguard?
Head spacing to reduce pressure??!! Better take another look at your terminology before you spout your "facts", you are looking for free-bore, or how far away the rifling starts from the chamber, also known as throat.
Maybe your buddies need a lesson, I have 6 hunting companions who have them in one chambering or another and ALL shoot quite well for them and they all shoot VERY well for me. Accepted kill zone on a deer is 10" (I prefer 8") 2" @ 100 is 6" @ 300. How is that a miss? I have barely sported Nagants and .303s that are iron sighted and could shoot deer at 300yds using that 10" circle(again, I don't, but that is me).
Please, ensure your advice is as accurate as your $4K custom rig before to start spewing it here to people actually looking for assistance. There are many people here who have been doing this for DECADES and recognize pure BS when they see it, you damaged your credibility.
Oh, and, DANG!, Eagle Eye beat me to this, but needed the addition to my post count.....
Nothing wrong with reinforcing the facts!! I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that post from Tikkam65!
Regards, Dave.
My Vanguard S2 .300win shoots 3 holes in the same 1inch square at 100 yards with Winchester Power Max. Sorry about your buddies misfortune, but there isn't anything wrong with the rifle, at least not mine. Picked mine up at Prophet river for $529, an no that's not a sale price.
For on a budget consider an H&R Handi rifle.
They average in store around $299.
A CGN site sponsor Prophet River is where I got my new one in .243 with iron sights, camo stock.
Great folks to deal with:
http://store.prophetriver.com/harrington-richardson-243-win-mod-sb2-sc4-handi/
If needed they also have scope bases for them.
They average in store around $299.
A CGN site sponsor Prophet River is where I got my new one in .243 with iron sights, camo stock.
Great folks to deal with:
http://store.prophetriver.com/harrington-richardson-243-win-mod-sb2-sc4-handi/
If needed they also have scope bases for them.
Your buddy doesn't know how to shoot. I have yet to meet the Vanguard that won't shoot under 1.5 inches at 100. Most of the ones I've seen will do an inch or better with the right ammo. Best deal out there for under $800 IMO.
No offence intended, I just hate to see a good rifle getting trashed.
I agree with that + i will tell you i have a S2 in 257 Wtby Mag and with the Wtby 87 gr factory load it is MOA up to 300 metres, (furthest i tried it), 529.00 i paid @ Prophet, it dont get better than that for that kind of money... JP.
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When I moved North I decided that I didn't want to drag my M70 Super Grade around on ATVs or tossed in a boggan. So I bought a beater - Stevens 200 in 30-06. One could say it was the ultimate truck gun. It's ridiculously accurate (sub 1" with handloaded 180gr Partitions every day and often under 1/2" when things go well) and I never have to worry about it getting beat up or a scratch on the stock. The trigger is good (adjusted to pretty reasonable weight and crispness but not as good as an aftermarket trigger) and the stock was hit with black rattle-can because I didn't like the grey stock and I was bored. I put Talley Lightweights on it and topped it with a 3-9x Burris Signature that I had on hand. So far I've only used it on a moose and a muskox but it works well and I can't recommend it more highly.
Now that I'm moving back down South I'll probably send it down the road and use one of the rifles that I didn't bring North with me. Doesn't change the fact that the platform is solid, accurate, lightweight and you won't cry yourself to sleep if it gets scratched.
Now that I'm moving back down South I'll probably send it down the road and use one of the rifles that I didn't bring North with me. Doesn't change the fact that the platform is solid, accurate, lightweight and you won't cry yourself to sleep if it gets scratched.
I got my 257 S1 from WSS on blowout, wood stocked for $420 when the S2 came out. Accidentally walked in 5 minutes after the sale tags went on and sprained my wallet. You don't even wanna know what they were selling the synthetics for. And yeah, it'll shoot MOA as long as you keep the copper fouling out and don't get it too hot. Man that load cooks, I swear you could light a cigarette off the barrel.
Got a Stevens in 223 for my coyote gun and I'll agree with you on all counts. I buffed all the sharp edges on the stock with a Dremel and put in a Rifle Basix trigger because of my hatred for the stock one. Great beater gun, it gets scratched and full of snow and I don't give a ####!
