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Choose a caliber and action suitable to your intended hunting style and then try out every gun you can in as many stores as you can. Buy the one that fits you the best. You will thank me when your shooting is faster, more accurate and more instinctive.

Alternative: buy what you want and have it fitted for a few extra hundred.
 
Nothing wrong with the Vanguard you can't go wrong there but as jaydog said try a few out and go with what fits and feels best. Now as for scopes leopould is a fine scope but have you looked at the new redfeilds? their made by leopould and have a lifetime warrenty and their fit and finish ain't bad either i'd personally go with the 4-12x40 accurange model just my .02cents
 
I think both your potential choices are very good. The scope fits a magnification range that works for close in work or as far as almost anyone should shoot at big game. Fit has been mentioned and is important but small modifications aren't real expensive if you are a little handy, I have to adjust every stock I use since I am vertically challenged and need a stock shorter than almost any factory one. You may find another rifle with different pistol grip dimensions that may feel better than the Weatherby so look around as shopping for a new gun should involve fondling, I mean trying as many rifles as the counter guy will let you. Happy shooting.
 
I think your choices will work excellent for many years of productive hunting.
Cheers and happy hunting.
 
IMO you picked a great calibre. ballistic retical not needed. sight in for 200 yrds. 2" high at 100yrds. you are good to go out to 300 with no compinsation. for a new shooter/hunter 300yrds is a fair stretch. anything past that you have time to use target turrets. thats just me.
 
I would go 3-9x40 on the scope just because they are more common and are usually cheaper or on sale. When it comes to the ballistic reticle just save your money and buy better rings. Weatherby Vanguard is great and will be my next gun.
 
good choice of glass and calibre. i would use talley one piece rings. check out a few different rifles.i'm not a fan of the weatherby stocks. if looking for detachable mag tikka or browning, floorplate win feather weight or rem. lots of choices. do you know any one with a few different rifles to try?
 
After many hours of readings, and trying different brands in the store, I decide for a Savage Axis Stainless Steel in .308, and the Redfield 2-7x 33.
Vanguard was not a very good fit for me, and the ones that I rely liked and fit almost perfect were way out of my price range(Browning, Tika).
I have already done the mod for the trigger, and now is around 3 pounds weigh, and also I put a LimbSaver recoil pad.
What next? There is any special procedure for cleaning and break-in a new rifle?
 
I'd say leave the ballistic reticle out. When I have an animal in the crosshairs, it tends to make me think too much, with all the junk in the sight picture. Unless you are planning on doing some real long rang hunting 400yrds +, where you might have little more time to plan your shot, the simplicity of a duplex reticle cannot be beat.

30-06 is a great calibre for your first gun, or any gun for that matter. In terms of rifle, weatherby is a good one. If you can, you should also check out the other ususal suspects, winchester, remington, savage, tikka. Find the one which fits best and pick the one you like best- for whatever reason. I would guess it won't be your last rifle.
 
there susspoedly is a break in procedure only i have yet to think it makes a difference.

its shot once clean barrel shot once clean barrel ... til you reach five then clean every five so one and so forth.

i clean and shot til about 40 but when sighting in i shot and leave dirty.

basically when accuracy is unacceptable try cleaning it
 
rottboy said :

"Greetings Man, Also have a Savage Axis in .308 (blued/camo) which I bought to be my back-up when I leave tmrw for my hunt. It proved to be so accurate at 200 mtrs. decided to take it along as my primary harvest tool for this trip. Like you, I did the trigger job and I got it down to 3.25 lbs. Decent, but just didn't like the numb feeling trigger break. Invested in a Rifle Basix trigger and its now down to 2.0 lbs. which makes me forget the numbness of the break.
Have been wanting to install a Limbsaver. Could you let me know what exact model you got and was it a perfect fit????
Almost bought a Redfield but was a bit pricey and settled for a used CGN Bushnell Elite 3200.
Must tell you that I really like my Axis and it continues to amaze me.
For break-in, I only did the cleaning procedure for the first 10 rnds. and have not had any accuracy issues since. BTW, everything will smooth out the more you fire. Cheers - rttby "

I used a slip-on Linbsaver medium size code:10547.
It fits perfect after I cut off the original pad.
 
As a hunter I found that lighter recoil rifles better
suited me. However I live in ont and do not have the
same game as bc. I prefer a 6.5.
 
excellent choice. I have that rigl myself...except with a Burris ballistic reticle. The advantage is not so much pinpoint accuracy, but it is a very good guide as to your holdover and windage. For beginners it is a very good guide.

I have been shooting and hunting for a number of years and I find it to be a great one stop shop. No adjustment in the field (windage/elevation) most guesswork removed = dead game animal.
 
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