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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 1126335" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>To the original poster....Mag dude..... I owned a 257 weatherby in the vanguard a while back. I liked the rifle a lot but cam to relize the 257 did not have any good bullets for long range. Now for as how it preformed was great for a factory rifle. It shot .7 to .75 inch 100yrd groups with the factory weatherby 115 ballistic tip ammo. It shot .75 with the 120 grain ammo all factory weatherby ammo. Only down fall was the cost of the ammo. I tried reloading it and the 257 seemed to be a little picky and I never could get the velocity that the factory stuff produced. I did get it down to .5 inches with some hand loads that were slowed down. The working of the action was always smooth and it seem to be a very straight forward gun. It was the Sub MOA version stainless. I have also seen the black standard weatherby rifles shoot sub MOA as well with load work up. This was in a 300 win and a 300 weatherby. I tool a antelope with mine at 498 yards one shot kill. I tool another at 250 the day before same one shot kill. If its what you can afford to start off with and get into reloading or hunting its a ok gun that should do the job for average distances and average hunting. If your looking at long range stuff then you could have the action trued later when funds allow and restock, and rebarrel. But by then you may want to go with something different. I know here in Utah its had to find a smith that will even look at a savage. if it isn't Remington then they don't like it in there shop. I was told that by 2 the rest just said we really don't service savages. One went as fare to tell me it like a disease to other rifles in his shop. That being said I do own a Remington Sendero and a savage. The savage is stock the Remington has had some beading and trigger work done along with a break. Both are a pleasure to shoot. I also might pick up another one of those 7mm rem mag rigs in the newer style vanguard since I have the reloading stuff already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 1126335, member: 10429"] To the original poster....Mag dude..... I owned a 257 weatherby in the vanguard a while back. I liked the rifle a lot but cam to relize the 257 did not have any good bullets for long range. Now for as how it preformed was great for a factory rifle. It shot .7 to .75 inch 100yrd groups with the factory weatherby 115 ballistic tip ammo. It shot .75 with the 120 grain ammo all factory weatherby ammo. Only down fall was the cost of the ammo. I tried reloading it and the 257 seemed to be a little picky and I never could get the velocity that the factory stuff produced. I did get it down to .5 inches with some hand loads that were slowed down. The working of the action was always smooth and it seem to be a very straight forward gun. It was the Sub MOA version stainless. I have also seen the black standard weatherby rifles shoot sub MOA as well with load work up. This was in a 300 win and a 300 weatherby. I tool a antelope with mine at 498 yards one shot kill. I tool another at 250 the day before same one shot kill. If its what you can afford to start off with and get into reloading or hunting its a ok gun that should do the job for average distances and average hunting. If your looking at long range stuff then you could have the action trued later when funds allow and restock, and rebarrel. But by then you may want to go with something different. I know here in Utah its had to find a smith that will even look at a savage. if it isn't Remington then they don't like it in there shop. I was told that by 2 the rest just said we really don't service savages. One went as fare to tell me it like a disease to other rifles in his shop. That being said I do own a Remington Sendero and a savage. The savage is stock the Remington has had some beading and trigger work done along with a break. Both are a pleasure to shoot. I also might pick up another one of those 7mm rem mag rigs in the newer style vanguard since I have the reloading stuff already. [/QUOTE]
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