Weatherby wins accuracy battle.

[OkieHenry]

February 2008 Gun Tests the consumer resource for the serious shooter.
.270 Bolt Actions: Weatherby Vanguard Wins Accuracy Battle

Three popular hunting rifles by Remington, Savage, and Weatherby, all less than $750, were put to accuracy and handling tests to find what we would call a “good shooter.”


Hunting rifles fall into an interesting category among the firearms crowd, with more shooters having more opinions about the long guns than any other smoke pole. The likes and dislikes range from composite versus wood; short barrel versus long barrel; and don't even try to argue about the perfect caliber.
We selected three top-selling models for a test of good hunting tools and settled on what the late Jack O'Connor considered the perfect caliber for North American game. In his classic The Rifle Book, he states: "Hunters using the .270 discovered that with it they could hit game at longer ranges than with anything else, and
Being able to produce the best three-shot group at 100 yards with factory ammo was the key separator in our test of hunting rifles, with the $673 Weatherby Vanguard, top, coming in as the most accurate .270 in our trio, despite a 3.75-pound trigger pull. It really liked Remington’s Express Core-Lokt SP 150-grain rounds, shooting 0.8-inch groups. We considered its five-round magazine and Accubrake recoil reducer to be bonuses. Below the Weatherby is the Remington Model 700 SPS, $620, and the $731 Savage Model 114 Classic, bottom, both of which managed best three-shot groups of 1.6 inches.
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[two-70]

i can agree with you on the weatherby vanguard 270, i just bought one with the tan/black spider webbing stock the test target that came with the gun had a 3 shot group all in one hole and when i took and shot the gun it proved it with the 115 grain remington managed recoill ammo

[OkieHenry]

My Vanguard was produced before the started stamping the MOA's it holds a 1/2 group at 150yds. I put a Boyd's 99% inleted walnut and rosewood stock on it, and scoped it with a Nikon Buckmasters 3X9X40. I love it, the best rife I've ever owned.

[spareman1234]

i own a vanguard in a .223rem and i shot .5moa at 100metres using federal power shok ammo. i love that gun i fitted it with a nikko stirling platnum nighteater on it and it hasnt let me down once

[Midas]

I have no doubts in my mind that the Weatherby Vanguards are very accurate rifles, I have owned a few of them, as well as several Howa Model 1500's, and to me, they are hard to beat for the money.