folsoh said:
The Weatherby Vanguard Sub-Moa 30.06 is about $750 and is a sub-moa rifle with test fired target included its a beefed up vanguard.
The sub-MOA Vanguard is a Vanguard, plain and simple. It isn't beefed-up in any way. Used to be a day when one could pay Weatherby an additional $25.00 to get select wood, or a select target. I think Weatherby saw potential $$$ here. I suspect that the powers-that-be thought, "Why select targets at request for $25.00, when we can separate them out, and call them sub-MOAs and charge an additional $200.00?!
IMHO, all Weatherby rifles should carry a sub-MOA guarantee. In the contemporary market, that is about the norm.
I can't see the sense in buying a Sub MOA for the extra cost, when you can just review the targets and get the same. My Vanguard synthetic in .270 Win came with a 5/8" target. It shoots about the same. My Vanguard Varmint Special came with about a 1/4" target, and it shoots about the same.
However, as I have been given to understand, Weatherby no longer sends the targets in the box. In not doing so, they are quickly losing my admiration. Me being a 28-year Weatherby supporter/customer of many, many rifles, that is a powerful reflection.
Geno