vanguard rifles

[ann brezinski]

looking at a 300 weatherby vanguare rifle.its new.i understand its a 26 inch barrel .is it still made by Howa and does weatherby check them out before shipping them to thier dealers.

 

[340Wby-4-everything]

Yes they are Howa, don't know if Weatherby checks them or not, but Howas are known to be very good rifles. I've had a couple, have one now in .308 HB. Family and friends have them now as well. All theirs are 300s and all well below MOA shooters. Mine was just over a .5moa shooter, my uncle's is about the same, my cousin has one that is .25 moa (and less) and an ex girlfriend had one that was a sub .5 moa and would shoot 3 shot .5moa 200yd groups and would do that with 165 and 180 factory Wby pills at the same time. Good luck Ann. Enjoy and if it doesn't have a break, get one.

 

[ncwg2boatguy]

Those folks at Howa are doing something right, I haven't seen once yet that doesn't shoot Sub them away out the box.

 

[ncwg2boatguy]

And this is why you don't do talk to text. That was supposed to say" that doesn't shoot MOA right out of the box"

 

[Berrnard]

for the lower price tier, i dont think you can beat a vanguard/howa 1500

 

[bowhunter123456789]

I have a Howa 1500 in .308 heavy barrel, it shoots .5-.75 moa at 200 yds with hand loads. Bought the barreled action and put it in an MDT Oryx chassis , unbelievable accuracy.

 

[Buffalobwana]

I have 3. They are great guns. You can't beat that quality for the money.

 

[Flatbow]

One of my Boys shoot one in 7RM And it, like all the comments above shoot lights out.

 

[Buckys]

I owned one of their sub-MOA models (300wsm). Unfortunately, it did not shoot lights out but it shot pretty well ... most ammo that I tried was 1-1.25 MOA at 100 yds, a few options could do 0.75 and others 1.5.

I am not sensitive to recoil but that rifle - specifically the classic weatherby monte carlo stock - beat me up enough that I did not enjoy spending a day at the range rotating it through the lineup. Hence, I never invested in reloading for it.

I would definitely consider a 300wby Vanguard, but only with a straight stock.

 

[Rosebud]

Haven't owned or shot a long action Howa, but I've owned two mini actions. Both were scary accurate. Didn't like the stock, but that is easily fixed. But I sold both when I acquired a CZ527. Howa's are nice, but the mini actions weren't in the same league as CZ's.

 

[bultinkle]

the only vanguard I've owned was a nice rifle that shot well and the action was decently nice, fed, ejected, functioned well. Not as bind resistant as a tikka but not bad either.

Good rifles, hate the weatherby stock shape

 

[tysonmax]

I've got one in .300 Win Mag that shoot factory ammo under 1 MOA. Haven't felt the need to start loading for it because it's so dang consistent.

 

[Buttermilk]

My brother has one in 30-06. Shoots extremely good with handloads.

 

[skipglo]

looking at a 300 weatherby vanguare rifle.its new.i understand its a 26 inch barrel .is it still made by Howa and does weatherby check them out before shipping them to thier dealers.

Howa has been making the Vanguard's since 1994....they are terrific!