Weatherby's Vanguard Series two hinterland Part 2

Weatherby's Vanguard Series two hinterland Part 2

After last half one, a Burris 4.5-14X42mm C4 scope was put in on the topic rifle. Hmm... that reads like Dragnet dialogue. "The subject was then scan his rights and brought to the city district..." wherever was I? OH, yeah...

Weatherby mill hundreds, a hundred thirty grain and two hundred grain, area unit rated at three,600+ Federal Protective Service and three,000+ severally, once unemployed from a 26" barrel rifle. i would hazard a guess that Roy Weatherby had different things in mind for the three hundred Weatherby wine bottle than geographical region tree stands and fifty yard shots at hunting cervid.

The three hundred Weatherby could be a full length wine bottle, a similar length as its 375 H&H parent. The Vanguard Series two hinterland accommodates a cartridge more or less zero.060" longer than most SAAMI cartridge overall length, as determined by the inside dimensions of the rifle's magazine box. Bolt stroke is more or less 1/2" longer than most and barrel's freebore is zero.361".

The Back Country will faithfully cycle most length three hundred Weatherby wine bottle cartridges. As verified with AN overall length gauge, the freebore will safely accommodate any bullet nose cone style while not leade contact well on the far side any useful mountain pass. this suggests bigger latitude in bullet choice for the handloader, while not the degree of bullet shank incursion related to the three hundred WSM and three hundred Winchester Magnums.

The light-weight choice is that the Barnes a hundred thirty grain TTSX. not like nearly each different bullet of an analogous weight, this bullet is meant for bovid, cervid and sheep looking instead of for varmint looking. it'll impediment at high speed, close to or so much, and expand properly.

Our middleweight choice is that the Barnes 168 grain TTSX. It sports a distinct nose cone and improved B.C. as compared to their a hundred sixty five grain TTSX. The a hundred sixty five grain features a shorter tangent nose cone to figure inside the range of the three hundred WSM and three hundred Winchester wine bottle mountain pass.

The light heavyweight choice is that the Nosler Partition a hundred and eighty grain. it's a comparatively short lead core bullet which will tell ME if I left an excessive amount of speed on the table by going with the solid copper bullets with bigger bore friction and slightly diminished internet case capability. The H jackets area unit robust and a minimum of the shank invariably stays along although the nose gets blown away. I might have elect the Swift A Frame, however the Nosler has higher B.C.

The heavyweight choice is that the North Fork two hundred grain SS (Semi Spitzer). it's a little of a hybrid with a solid copper shank and a jacketed lead core nose. i feel they're the toughest bullet on the list with deep penetration, controlled growth and extremely high weight retention. the opposite factor they are doing well is track straight through soft tissue.

A while back we have a tendency to did intensive testing of bullet path in flight medium with .308", .375" and .458" bullets of this kind, additionally as solids created for dangerous game looking and deep penetration. it absolutely was wonderful what number solids exited AN 8" diameter tube when but 6" - 8" of penetration. This specific bullet, and solely a few of others, caterpillar-tracked ran right down the middle and swollen well before coming back to a stop. that says lots concerning the appropriateness of the bullet's kind.

The handloading method was uneventful . Once fired, full length resized Weatherby (Norma) brass was used once recording speed or shooting for accuracy. Barnes recommends crimping the a hundred thirty five grain attributable to its short shank. I failed to crimp any of those for this method, however, i'd have crimped all of them if they were going looking. hundreds listed aren't light-weight. 0.5 a grain on the AA MagPro and RS wine bottle is that the distinction between traditional and a tattooed case head.

Performance and conclusions...

With the exception of the 168 grain load, the light-weight Vanguard Series two hinterland with 24" barrel, came inside one hundred - a hundred twenty five Federal Protective Service of the 26" barrel Weatherby mill ammunition specs, a distinction that's barely noticeable on a mechanical phenomenon curve. As for the Vanguard Series two Back Country's side, it weights a full two pounds but AN Accumark Mark V and it's tag is $700 smaller.

Personally, this is often my favorite Vanguard. The new stock and therefore the Cerakote end look particular and that they each add an honest deal of sturdiness to the rifle and build it helpful in harsh environments. The three hundred Weatherby wine bottle is... stout. it's lots of bark during a light-weight rifle, but the Weatherby stock geometry does lots to attenuate felt recoil and a few of the lighter bullet loads, like the a hundred thirty grain, recoil more like a 30-06 Springfield with 165 or 180 grain bullets. Long vary shooting is an element of this firearm's nature as is close-in bear looking. it's lots of gun.