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Went out to the family farm this past weekend to sight in my new toy. I had already bore sighted before I went out. I was pleasantly surprised that my bore sight was only about an inch off at 100 yards. The first 3 shots were 2" left and about 1" high with a grouping of 1.5". I kept the 1" high (looking to shoot out to 200 yards) and brought my windage in. I reconfigured my sandbag rest and shot 5 more rounds and had a grouping just about 1". This was shooting Winchester 150 grain ammo. I moved to the 180 grain and my grouping was back to 1.5". The wind had picked up some but I was happy with what I had. I will continue to play with it if nothing else, just to get comfortable with it over the next year.

omegaman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:50 am Weatherby is a great choice. Which Vanguard model did you get?

The Back Country Tactical with 26" barrel.
Picked it up last night, mounted the scope and bore sighted it in. Going to the range tomorrow to actually sight it in.

I decided on a Weatherby Vanguard 300 Win Mag. Also picked up a Leupold 4.5-14 x 50 scope for it. Will be out sighting it in hopefully this weekend.
Already had a Henry 45-70 that is going with me as well as my S & W 500 (may even put magnum shells in it)
Thanks for all of the suggestions.

C-dub wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:11 pm Do you already have a rifle in either of those calibers?

No. I hunt with a .270.
Want to get something soon to start getting used to all of the little nuances it may have.
My dad had a 340 weatherby mag that I was to inherit but my little brother sold it for his own gain before dad passed. Grrr.
This will probably be a one time only hunt strictly due to cost, so I want to get something that I can use locally for whitetail dear as well

I scored a hunting trip to Alaska for next year. Primarily for moose but possibly bear too.
I need to pick up a new rifle but what caliber. I was thinking 30.06 or 308.
My buddy that hunts there every year shoots 30.06 and he said don’t spend my money on one of the large magnum guns because irregardless, shot placement is key.
Thoughts?