Upgrades for new Weatherby Vanguard Varmint Special???

[atomicjoe23]

I made the decision to buy that stock after firing 150 round of handloads in one day... my shoulder was hurting! 

What did/do you think of the stock???

Let us know because I may be considering it. . .

[jeepasaurusrex]

Haven't got it yet.. but will do!

[atomicjoe23]

Thanks. . .I REALLY liked the Howas/Knoxx Axiom in the prairie ghost camo and .243 and the 20" heavy barrel, but the price was too much and no one carried them locally. . .this way I get a rifle for half the price and I can still buy the stock and still have spent $300 less than I would have on the Axiom (if I buy the lightweight version of the stock with the aluminum forend and not the version with the polymer forend). . .of course I will have to camo it myself, but that's no biggy. . .so I may potentially be getting this stock also

[FrankDown]

I dont imagine youd need the recoil reducer on anything small.  The magnums could use it for some people.  Maybe also if you were shooting all day long bigger bore rifles.

[atomicjoe23]

I dont imagine youd need the recoil reducer on anything small.  The magnums could use it for some people.  Maybe also if you were shooting all day long bigger bore rifles.

True. . .I wouldn't necessarily "need" the recoil reducer, but one of the biggest things that I have heard people "brag" about with the .204 Ruger is that your sight picture doesn't move when you fire the rifle. . .now I don't know how much a .22-250 jumps when you shoot it, but I would imagine it's not a lot, but with the Axiom stock maybe my sight picture won't move and I can watch the hit along with the .204 Ruger shooters. . .

. . .also I generally just like the stock. . .it looks VERY good when it (and the rest of the rifle) are camo'd. . .and it definitely makes free floating the barrel a VERY easy affair. . .the action would be VERY solidly bedded as well. . .

. . .in theory it sounds like a winning combination to me. . .

[FrankDown]

Thats something I didnt think about too much.  I cant see crap but the top of the scope when I shoot.