True North Rifle

A lot of guys swear by the Vanguards. What are your priorities? Good looking? Well built? Who cares as long as it shoots? I think they are a good budget rifle but thats as far as it goes. I spent $1400 on Vanguard Back Country 2 and promptly returned it. What a hunk of junk. Loosey bolt with lots of lateral movement, flimsy safety, tooling marks all over the metal work. Sat slightly lopsided (canted) in the stock. Couldnt believe it. A diamond from afar, quickly lost its sparkle close up. I didnt care that it would shoot moa. If its going to hang out in the safe at a good distance go for it ;)

I think a Vanguard that shoots very well for 700 bucks ish would be a reasonable deal for an entry level rifle.
 
vancouverbc said:
Loosey bolt with lots of lateral movement,
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I had a similar experience when I handled one of the true norths (in 300WM iirc) in store last month, right around the time it was released. I think it was a combination of the loose-fitting bolt and the cerakoting, but the bolt kept sticking on closing and it didn't seem to matter what I did. The stock was nice and the gun looked great overall. But because of the sticky action it failed to impress me.
 
I like them, but am reminded that they are made in Japan. I think if we are going to flaunt a gun for Canadians, shouldn't it be made in Canada?
 
Well, I can tell you unequivocally that this Canadian has zero interest in this rifle!

Because.

It isn't offered left handed.
It's made in JApan.
It's friggen fugly, with garish contours and lines, which went out of style in the 1970's.
 
And here as a gunnut, I thought the traditional Canadian rifle these days was a savage axis in a Boyd's stock....... Who knew?


The vanguards are a decent platform....... If th stocks fit me, I may have decided to own one......
 
Have a Howa 1500 and a Weatherby S2, love'em...for their value for money vs. quality. However, the True North does nothing for me, especially for the asking prices, and the commercial attempt at nostalgia...bah! At the very least, have so bloody irons on the thing!
 
nomad 68 said:
Having said that, it should have a synthetic stock and back up irons imo.
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This. If you're going to go out of your way to get a cerakoted rifle, you want it to be as weather proof as possible. Having a synthetic stock would go a long way to making that a reality.
 
It seems even more disingenuous because less the cetakote it's the same as another 'custom design'. vanguard camilla. I definitely agree about synthetic stocks for practical reasons and good irons.
 
I like the stock...much better than the plastic version. I like that it's attached to raising funds for wounded warriors canada.
 
The Fierce rifles are made in Canada but every single one of them I've seen are built like a drunk man put it together and they're $5000. Seen them with trigger guards poorly fitted where it sticks out and a bolt that sound like a zipper.
 
I like the rifle. Don't like plastic stocks. Only problem is that it is not in left handed. If it had sights I would ne removing them as would 80% of people who buy now.

Neil
 
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