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<blockquote data-quote="WyomingLawDog" data-source="post: 1013209" data-attributes="member: 85583"><p>Ok, So I am learning more about my 300 Weatherby. It is a Vanguard, did not know there was 2 different types. But I just looked my rifle up which is a plain model, black synthetic stock, 24 in blued barrel which I am reading is too short to get full performance of the 300 Weatherby case for powder burn as with a 24 barrel is not much over a 300 win mag but with a longer barrel you get the benefits of the larger case in the 300 Weatherby, so maybe I should price longer barrels. I read the difference between the two different model. Mine is only a 2 lug compared to a 9 lug in a Mark V, don't know much about that except mine goes to a 90 degree angle to open the bolt compared to a 54 degrees in a Mark V, so cambering a new round takes longer. But it does not say that the Mark V is any more accurate than the Vanguard, Weatherby guarantees a 1.5 MOA at 100 yards in both models. So I understand 3 shots to be within 1.5 inches at 100 yards on factory ammo but says it generally shoots smaller groups than that right out of the box. So now with that being said does this change the game any? Shooting my Remington Core Lock 180 grain factory rounds, sighted in at 100 yards on a bench in a weighted gun sled, I was shooting 3 rounds within 1 inch of each other easy without letting barrel cool all the way down, I sight in all my guns on this sled so I know if I miss it is me and not the gun. I use a range finder for the distance which I am also looking to buy a good 1,500 plus yard one and my current range finder is only a 800 yard one. Don't know what FFP or SFP means. I kinda know what a Mil dot is but don't know anything about it and don't know how to calculate MOA either. I heard to it referred to setting or adjusting your dope and they had a card taped to their butt stock with dope adjustments for different yardage by clicks, I am guessing that is the same as MOA? Have no clue how to adjust for wind or even calculate the wind to adjust for it. Yes I am very old school and did everything by hold over and Kentucky Windage which I know will not work for long range shooting, so I am trying to learn what I need to do and buy the rite stuff. Thanks for your help again. Last Christmas, my father in-law/wife bought me a reloading press, have not taken it out of the box yet, guess I better learn how to start reloading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WyomingLawDog, post: 1013209, member: 85583"] Ok, So I am learning more about my 300 Weatherby. It is a Vanguard, did not know there was 2 different types. But I just looked my rifle up which is a plain model, black synthetic stock, 24 in blued barrel which I am reading is too short to get full performance of the 300 Weatherby case for powder burn as with a 24 barrel is not much over a 300 win mag but with a longer barrel you get the benefits of the larger case in the 300 Weatherby, so maybe I should price longer barrels. I read the difference between the two different model. Mine is only a 2 lug compared to a 9 lug in a Mark V, don't know much about that except mine goes to a 90 degree angle to open the bolt compared to a 54 degrees in a Mark V, so cambering a new round takes longer. But it does not say that the Mark V is any more accurate than the Vanguard, Weatherby guarantees a 1.5 MOA at 100 yards in both models. So I understand 3 shots to be within 1.5 inches at 100 yards on factory ammo but says it generally shoots smaller groups than that right out of the box. So now with that being said does this change the game any? Shooting my Remington Core Lock 180 grain factory rounds, sighted in at 100 yards on a bench in a weighted gun sled, I was shooting 3 rounds within 1 inch of each other easy without letting barrel cool all the way down, I sight in all my guns on this sled so I know if I miss it is me and not the gun. I use a range finder for the distance which I am also looking to buy a good 1,500 plus yard one and my current range finder is only a 800 yard one. Don't know what FFP or SFP means. I kinda know what a Mil dot is but don't know anything about it and don't know how to calculate MOA either. I heard to it referred to setting or adjusting your dope and they had a card taped to their butt stock with dope adjustments for different yardage by clicks, I am guessing that is the same as MOA? Have no clue how to adjust for wind or even calculate the wind to adjust for it. Yes I am very old school and did everything by hold over and Kentucky Windage which I know will not work for long range shooting, so I am trying to learn what I need to do and buy the rite stuff. Thanks for your help again. Last Christmas, my father in-law/wife bought me a reloading press, have not taken it out of the box yet, guess I better learn how to start reloading. [/QUOTE]
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