FrankenMauser
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Could you give some details as to what failed. I have three Vanguards and would like to have some idea as to what I should be watching for. Thanks in advance for the info.
All of them suffered from bolts locking up. The problems varied from pieces of debris (from the bolt) in the works, to bolts shrouds binding, to a firing pin that managed to miraculously increase its protrusion enough to pierce every primer.
In addition, one of them suffered from a trigger failure (broken part - not my rifle, don't know exactly what it was).
In nearly all of the incidents, the result was a rifle that could not be made to eject the fired case in its chamber.
In the worst case: The trigger was pulled. The firing pin (striker) moved forward. ...And the rifle did not fire. The bolt shroud was binding on the striker, and would not let it travel any farther. The rifle was likely to fire, should the striker be freed. ...But the bolt would not move. The case could not be ejected. The bolt could not be opened. The striker could not be re-cocked. The rifle could not be rendered safe. It had to be transported (muzzle carefully controlled) with a live round in the chamber, to a gunsmith, so it could be shipped back to Weatherby later (3rd trip, and second bolt for that rifle).
That being said... the man that has had the majority of these issues still loves the rifles, and has his eye on another Vanguard.