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Dolphin
Optics Master Joined: October/05/2006 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
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Posted: May/23/2008 at 13:33 |
Finally have taken pictures of my Weatherby Vanguard from the custom shop with a Black/Gray laminate stock and ss barrel and action with a gun metal gray Leupold VX-III 4.5x14 40mm rifle scope with suprise, Warne base and Warne QD rings, done in black. Here are the pictures. Hope you like them.
Edited by Dolphin - May/23/2008 at 13:37 |
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Dogger
Optics Jedi Master Joined: January/02/2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Status: Offline Points: 8904 |
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THAT is a very nice looking rig, making me jealous Dolphin! Bet she shoots as good as she looks. |
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God save the Empire!
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Charlie-bolted
Optics GrassHopper Joined: February/26/2008 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 49 |
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cool gun, what cal? is there a brown tint at the grip and mid-fore end (makes for a more realistic feel)? or is it just me? either way very nice, marrying of the components is very good. good hunting.
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some days we just get stuck and bogged down, Some days all u can do is smile and wait for someone to kindly remove your butt from the hole you find it wedged into.
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RifleDude
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VERY sharp looking rig there, Dolphin!
How does she shoot?
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Ted
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Kickboxer
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"a ting uh beauty" (Mick, scene from Rocky III).
That is SHARP. Wow. |
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Sgt. D
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: February/20/2008 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 4525 |
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Very nice rig Dolphin!
Where did you get the stock? It looks like a Richard's. I've used their stocks often and have always been pleased. Did the custom shop do the checkering? Looks like it will go 8+lbs. easy, what cal. is it? Edited by Sgt. D - May/23/2008 at 14:32 |
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Take care of Soldiers, Show em how its done and do it with em, Run to the Fight & and hold your ground! I die my men go home! If you're a NCO and this ain't you. GET OUT! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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Roy Finn
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Very nice looking rig there, Dolphin. Wish the pics were a little bigger, say 750 X 650ish or so. Good luck with er
Roy
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cheaptrick
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Very nice, D.
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pyro6999
Optics Retard OT TITAN Joined: December/22/2006 Location: North Dakota Status: Offline Points: 22034 |
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dude that things sick ridiculous! i like it man sharp.
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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rkingston
Optics Apprentice Joined: February/29/2008 Location: Junction, Tx. Status: Offline Points: 97 |
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Nice looking gun. I sure would like to hear the details on that stock. I have a 25 year old Vanguard I bought when I was a kid and the stock is still almost perfect on it. I'm about half scared to hunt with it. But if I had that laminant .....................................
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martin3175
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: January/19/2005 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 3773 |
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Stock came with it --right ?? I've only seen a few like that . Hendershots( Hendershots.net ) out in Hancock , MD carries them every now and then. They are really good looking guns ... Congrats !!
If someone is looking for laminate stock for a Vanguard -- try boyds( http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/default.htm ) or accurate innovations ( http://www.accurateinnovations.com/). Boyds make them for the Howa, that manufactures the Vanguards for Weatherby. Legacy Sports ( Howa ) also lists them on their website. Edited by martin3175 - May/25/2008 at 08:43 |
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bricat
Optics Master Joined: April/24/2007 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 1881 |
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That baby looks like she's ready to launch!!!
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Jeff H.
Optics Apprentice Joined: April/28/2008 Location: Columbus, OH Status: Offline Points: 194 |
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very nice!
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Dolphin
Optics Master Joined: October/05/2006 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
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I apologize for the pics. I had my aperture setting at around 22 and should have had it at the fastest setting to limit the depth of field. Its a 257 Wby. magnum and the stock came from the Wby. custom shop. They don't even list it on there website. The checkering was done by them. I assume they purchased the stock from another vendor, as it looks very much like the special addition Remington in the same caliber. Yes, there is some brown in the pistol grip, really blends well. And yes, I wish I could post higher resolution pics, as they were taken with a Nikon D80 at 10 megapixals. By the time you upload to photobucket and tranfer to OT, you lose a lot. The original pics show absolute detail to the max. Oh well. I will try to post some pics of my 673 guide, 6.5 Rem. mag. and 700 BDL 375 RUM. One more thing, I have loaded 20 cartridges with Wby. brass, 117 grain Sierra gamekings with 66.7 grain of H4850 powder and Magtech 250 large rifle magnum primers. Overall chamber length was 3.30 inches and cartridges loaded ar 3.28 inches, but using the measuring bullet to reference off of a comparator gauge to make the final OAL. Bottom line, I have not shot it yet. Will keep you posted and provide pics of the targets, that is if stellar. Provided target from the factory was a slightly less than 1 inch 3 shot group at 100 yards.
Edited by Dolphin - May/25/2008 at 15:24 |
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bugsNbows
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Very nice indeed. I've always liked decent laminated stocks. Great caliber too. Congrats!
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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
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helo18
Optics Jedi Knight Joined: December/02/2006 Location: Montana Status: Offline Points: 5620 |
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Gorgeous rifle, Dolphin. Love the colors. First time I have seen a gun metal scope on a rifle. Looks great!
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Dolphin
Optics Master Joined: October/05/2006 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
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Once I saw the scope, I knew it had to go on this rifle.
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8shots
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Very nice rifle. Looking forward to the range results. Those laminated stocks can look good, and you have a very nice stock. Enjoy it!
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pyro6999
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i want one just like it, and i mean just like it, im scared to know what it cost though
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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