Walmart Weatherby Vanguard Closeout Sale

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I just bought 3. A .308 Win, .270 Win and .243 Win. 249.00 each. There were two others but they were Gen 1. All are Deluxes. These Rifles in no way compare to a Mark V but they are a lot better than a Remington 700. They do have screw on barrels and are essentially a Howa 1500. Lots of aftermarket upgrades available.

At my Walmart, they had them all in the back room and I had to ask if they had any. I suspect you may have to do the same.

Darn good deal if you want a decent rifle cheap.
 
I bought two of the vanguards selects for 249+tax, a .270 and a 3006 for Christmas presents this year at our local Walmart. a very good deal to be sure.
 
I think I just insulted Swarovski by putting their X5 on a 249.00 rifle. Mounted it on the 270 Win.
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Went to my local Wally World to check on a .308, but alas they didn’t have any Weatherbys. Not that I need a .308 or any centerfire bolt gun. But at that price I had to check. Heck that’s cheaper than a 10/22!
 
Yikes! I'm going to have to make a visit just to see if anything is left near me! That is smokin' for a rifle of that quality! :eek:
 
I spoke with the clerk at one of the ones near me last week, he said that a local gun shop cleaned out I believe four or five of the local Walmart stores of them within an hour of being put on sale.

He said that the deluxe wood stock models went for about $350 and I know that they had two of those at that location.

Guessing as it used to be on 22 lr ammo, he had an inside track on what was happening when.

Haven't checked the shop yet to see what price he has on them, it's not one that I frequent.
 
I was pretty surprised to find that they had 5 in stock at the Fernely, NV Walmart Super Store. I heard about it on the Internet and I wasn't sure when they actually went on sale. The gun store that bought those had better state that they are not standard Vanguards but a model produced for Walmart and Walmart pricing or he could get himself in trouble. They have good bones and easily 1/2 off of list. You and do a lot to make them right and still stay in budget. I have to wait a week (3 gun per week rule)before I can go back in and get the other two if they're still around. I couldn't reserve them.
 
why would he get into trouble? they are weatherby vanguard select rifles. other outlets are selling the same vanguard select rifles for between 400-500 dollars, the same grade as Remington SPS rifle and savage rifles made at a price point for budge minded hunters
 
eastbank said:
why would he get into trouble? they are weatherby vanguard select rifles. other outlets are selling the same vanguard select rifles for between 400-500 dollars, the same grade as Remington SPS rifle and savage rifles made at a price point for budge minded hunters
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So what happens if he sells a gun and it gets sent in for Warranty work. What if Weatherby tells him it was sold by Walmart and then he finds out it was clearance item. Youd be surprised how often get rich quick schemes backfire.
 
So what happens if he sells a gun and it gets sent in for Warranty work. What if Weatherby tells him it was sold by Walmart and then he finds out it was clearance item. Youd be surprised how often get rich quick schemes backfire.
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Weatherby would know only that it was shipped to Walmart. They have no knowledge (neither would they care) about what price Walmart sells it for.
 
right on. I bought a marlin 1895 in 45-70 at Walmart about six months ago for 299.00 and sent in the marlin 50.00 rebate and received a check from marlin.
 
Doyle said:
Weatherby would know only that it was shipped to Walmart. They have no knowledge (neither would they care) about what price Walmart sells it for.
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While that may be true, the clearance prices are widely known now. If you want to be in business and stay in business you have to be upfront and honest with your customers or you wont be in business very long.
 
how many times have you ask a dealer who the wholesaler was he got his rifles from? I have bought a lot of new rifles over the last 55 years and never ask that or seen any one else ask. I assume the dealer shops for the best wholesale price to make his profit margin, i didn,t care where it came from as long as I thought I was getting a good deal compared to other shops. are you a little pissed you didn,t get there first?
 
The problem is that he did not buy them from a Wholesale dealer, he bought them from a retail dealer. Did he use his FFL to buy them or did he buy them for personal use? If he bought them as if they were for his personal use then he really needs to be careful because it might be viewed as a straw purchase. If he did buy it for personal use and then sells it as new that would be fraud because it would technically be a used rifle.

I'm not saying that your friend is in anyway trying to mislead his customer intentionally but that may be the end result so it would be best if he was up front with his customers.
 
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