edcwhitewolf92
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What are your favorite long range precision rifles? I really liked the upper tier tikka, but it looks like there are a lot more coming onto the market lately.
Because I own them all also, I concur. The Howa 1500 is also different from the Vanguard in that the Vanguard is built to Weatherby specs. The Series 2 Vanguards even more so but to the average person the only immediately recognizable difference will be the traditional fluting on the bolt. Both rifles shoot well as does the new 700.I have to disagree with ilmonster in that the Howa /Vanguard is clone of the MDL 700. I have owned both.
The Vanguard is more similar to a Sako FinnBear than a MDL 700.
Weatherby used the Sako design for the first generation of production, but with Howa changed it enough to avoid patent infringement. This design is not drilled bar stock, with a washered recoil lug. It is machined from a forged billet with an integral recoil lug. The bolt on the M700 is fused alloyed and not a solid piece. The bolt on the Howa/Vanguard is machined from a solid billet handle and all.
I'm not really bashing the drilled pipe designs, they are capable of superior accuracy, almost every rifle on the market is of this design.
The exceptions are MDL70 WIn, MDl 77 Ruger, Mdl 98. All CRF designs, but the Weatherby MKV, and Vanguard are the only push feed designs that I can think of that aren't round bottomed. Maybe that why I own them.
Just saying they are very different. Not necessarily superior.
I have to agree. I have this same rifle. I also have that rifle in .243 & .260. All 3 are silly accurate. I reload for all 3. Some of the most accurate rifles I have shot.I don't know if it qualifies by your standards but I bought a 6.5mm Creedmoor Savage Model 12 Long Range Precision with a 26 inch barrel and a Precision Target Accu-trigger that came from the factory set at 10 oz. It cost me $1,095 NIB.
It is my most accurate rifle and has averaged 0.363 for over 500 5-round groups.
The top 25 loads average 0.284.
My $2,500 Les Baer Super Varmint .223 averages 0.408 for 388 5-round groups at 100 yards although the top 25 loads average 0.277.