Author Topic: Weatherby Vanguard vs Remington 700 SPS (Read 19697 times)

rgalanti21 · « **on:** March 26, 2011, 11:54:49 PM »

What are your experiences with both and which would you say is better in the .30 caliber range?

tjgerm · « **Reply #1 on:** March 27, 2011, 12:11:48 AM »

Both are probably going to be as accurate as you are. Personally though I wouldn't buy either not a big fan of push feed action. Any rifle you buy these days is going to be as accurate as you want reguadless of brand just as long as it is a good brand. But reliability of a controlled feed is what I suggest ie; Winchester, Ruger, Kimber, CZ. My suggestion Ruger (most bang for your buck).If your into remington they made a controlled feed a few years back known as the model 798. And if I were to by a Weatherby it would have to be the MarkVIII. But it's not controlled feed so I woudn't buy one(maybe used if it was a real good deal). Just my 2 cents.Note if you buy a weatherby in a weatherby actiom ammo price is generally expensive but then again all ammo is expensive these days.

AWS · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2011, 06:55:16 AM »

Either one of them are well made strong actions, there are a few more after market accesories avail for theRem. As far as push feed versus controlled round feed as long as the push feed has been around and how reliable they are I would not even put it into the equation. One thought on CRF they very rare in the target comunity.

AWS

demontang · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2011, 08:19:22 AM »

From my dealings with weatherby and remington I would go weatherby and never look back. The stock on the sps is junk and they are very heavy. both will shoot sub moa with reloads and nothing else and some will do it with factory ammo too. I like the triggers in the weatherby more and trust the safty on the weatherby a lot more. Ive had three remingtons go bang with the safty on and not even get hit.

C-Money · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2011, 08:32:03 AM »

Another vote for the Weatherby Vangaurd. You wont be sorry. I have not been impressed with Remingtons rifle quality for quite a few years now.

birdwacker · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2011, 08:43:34 AM »

the new vanguard 2 is coming out this year and is a sub moa gun. Remington quality has gone down hill lately.

huntandjeep · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2011, 09:15:53 AM »

get a weatherby you wont be sorry

high country · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2011, 12:45:23 PM »

For a bare bones rifle that flat works webbys are great. If you want a light gun or a custom configuration REM will likely be the choice. Both make good rifles.

rtspring · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2011, 01:24:16 PM »

I have the REM 700 SPS in 300 RUM,

I would not trade it for anything. To each is his own... Don't care about MOA and all the B.S. about putting 3 bullets in a 1/2 circle.
It has killed every animal I ever shot at, and never gave me any issues. I have owned mine for 7 years....

bunch a REMINGTON haters on here......

demontang · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2011, 03:16:18 PM »

Don't hate remington I won't shoot anything but a 870. The Sps is different then the high dollar rem rifles from what I've seen.

MDGrand · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2011, 07:33:10 PM »

Well, to be clear, the Vauguard is actually a Howa.. made for Weatherby. They are comming out with a new version.. you can check it out here:

http://www.weatherby.com/vanguardseries2/

The *KEY*differences between the Remington 700 and the Vanguard is "guaranteed accuracy" from Weatherby.

I have both a Rem 700 XCR II and the Vanguard Sub MOA.. best 'out of the box" rifle?... Vanguard.

NW-GSP · « **Reply #11 on:** March 29, 2011, 03:04:12 PM »

Quote from: rtspring on March 27, 2011, 01:24:16 PM

I have the REM 700 SPS in 300 RUM,

I would not trade it for anything. To each is his own... Don't care about MOA and all the B.S. about putting 3 bullets in a 1/2 circle.
It has killed every animal I ever shot at, and never gave me any issues. I have owned mine for 7 years....

bunch a REMINGTON haters on here......

I agree, remington has not been able to get any rifle in normal working order to fire with the safety on

jeepasaurusrex · « **Reply #12 on:** March 29, 2011, 03:29:02 PM »

I shoot a Howa 1500 (same as the Weatherby) and my Dad has a 700 SPS. Both are .270

My Howa will shoot very tight groups and the best we have got with the SPS is around 1½" @100yds. Plus, Dad has had some clambering issues with his SPS. Overall, I am not impressed with the SPS.

Bob33 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 29, 2011, 03:37:06 PM »

Quote from: rtspring on March 27, 2011, 01:24:16 PM

Don't care about MOA and all the B.S. about putting 3 bullets in a 1/2 circle.
It has killed every animal I ever shot at, and never gave me any issues. I have owned mine for 7 years....

That's called "MOE" (Minute Of Elk) and it tends to work pretty well. I never develop a taste for those paper targets.

Bofire · « **Reply #14 on:** March 29, 2011, 04:52:47 PM »

:)I don't care for either. if I was limited to them I'd go Remington.
Carl

BallisticsNut · « **Reply #15 on:** March 29, 2011, 05:06:16 PM »

Picked up a Vanguard earlier this month in a .243. So far, gotta say its well worth the money. Not really happy with the bolt action so much but it sure shoots nice. Went to the range this morning and shot 4 out of 5 rounds inside 1.1" at 200 yards. Very happy.

birdwacker · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2011, 06:32:40 AM »

In that price range I would take a look at the TC Venture.

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