Howa / Weatherby Guns

[bowhunt]

Does anyone have an opinion on a Howa rifle, or the Weatherby Vanguard? I am interested in buying one for my son. Thanks in advance for you opinion.

 

[BigPig]

Good guns for the price. Nothing fancy but they shoot as good as any other factory rifle.

 

[WAmuleyHunter]

all my father and i have are weatherby's. Awesome guns. i dont have a vanguard so i cant say for sure but all i know is you get what you pay for. my first gun though was remington 700 mountain light 243. and that killed a couple of deer for me. check into that. good luck

 

[nk]

vanguard is a fine rifle. i had 7mm for a couple of years. sold it to upgrade to 300 or a 7mmum. great gun for a first gun. wish i had one for my first.
nk

 

[Cooter]

The Vamguard is definitely not in the same league as the MK V. The Vanguard has a 5 locking lugs as opposed to the 9 lugs for the MK V. Granted, you're generally paying about 375 bucks for a vanguard from Wally World and you get what you pay for. It's not particularly a good looking gun and the composite stock on a vanguard is a little rough and very inexpensive looking. If you compare the overall price and quality of the gun for the price of the rifle, you really can't go wrong. Bottom line: For an inexpensive rifle, you can't really go wrong with the vanguard. It's gonna be cheaper than the Ruger by a few bucks, which isn't a bad choice either.
If you have a Wal-mart close by, Weatherby made some sort of deal with them and put together a Vanguard model with a walnut stock in 300 wthby mag for about 369 bucks, at least that is what I saw it for a couple of days ago. I think they're offering it in a couple of standard calibers and one or two other wthby mag calibers as well. Hope this helps some. Good luck......

Cooter

 

[bowhunt]

Thanks Guys for all the feedback.
I think I will go ahead and purchase one for him. I will let you know what I think when I sight it in.
Thanks again!