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Broken Vanguard help
« on: August 04, 2009, 12:20:13 PM »
Well i don't know how it happened, i was away, but the pin/pivot spot for the bolt stop was broken off, so the bolt just comes out whenever you operate the action. I don't know where i could find a new pin. i can find the bolt stop but no pins.
its a .300Wby 20" barrel
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 01:57:35 AM »
It's not a pin, but a screw. Just call up Weatherby, I've had good luck getting small parts directly from them.
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2009, 03:21:42 PM »
300 WBY with a 20" barrel?  Man I'll bet that thing BARKS!  DP
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2009, 01:36:56 PM »
call weatherby eh? alright i can try that. don't know how it happened, just came home on leave and the bolt came out when i opened the action. most everyone is afraid to shoot it.

Yeah 20" barrel, it came that way. got it for like $140+ a Yugo M48. it had rust on the barrel so my guess was the previous owner left it somewhere it should not have been, and had to cut the barrel down. its re-crowned and shoots under 1 1/2" when i'm not being a wimp about being kicked in the eye by the scope
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2009, 10:33:35 AM »
Yes call Weatherby - it is a Weatherby rifle and they are located in the US - Weatherby at (805) 227-2600 - don't understand the attitude issue.
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2009, 03:19:14 PM »
attitude issue?
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2009, 03:18:30 AM »
Quote from: lostsniper308 on August 08, 2009, 01:36:56 PM
call weatherby eh? alright i can try that. don't know how it happened, just came home on leave and the bolt came out when i opened the action. most everyone is afraid to shoot it.

Yeah 20" barrel, it came that way. got it for like $140+ a Yugo M48. it had rust on the barrel so my guess was the previous owner left it somewhere it should not have been, and had to cut the barrel down. its re-crowned and shoots under 1 1/2" when i'm not being a wimp about being kicked in the eye by the scope

Okay, I'm confused....  Is the poster's gun a VANGAURD or a Yugo M-48 that got chambered to .300 Weatherby?  If the latter, I think its obvious that calling Weatherby won't do much good.  If a Yougo M-48 then I would think that just about any bolt stop screw for an M-98 Mauser would work.

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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2009, 04:04:10 PM »
No no its a Weatherby Vanguard .300WBY Mag. I paid $140 plus trading in a Yugo M48
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2009, 12:50:58 AM »
Quote from: lostsniper308 on August 11, 2009, 04:04:10 PM
No no its a Weatherby Vanguard .300WBY Mag. I paid $140 plus trading in a Yugo M48

Pretty much like orginally written.  I reckon I better learn how to read......

.300 WBY Mag out of a 20" tube must be very interesting to shoot when the sun is low on the horizon.  I had a Ruger No. 1 B in .300 WBY and the muzzle flash with some factory loads was dazzling.  I can only imagine what it would have been like with 6 inches lopped off the barrel !

Hope you get your rifle up and running.....

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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2009, 03:17:06 AM »
yeah, i think the short barrel robs it of some power, but the muzzle blast makes up for it :). i like my M44 Mosin-nagant for its short barrel.
I do get hit by the scope a bit too much, so i need to have it threaded for a brake i think.
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2009, 06:11:49 AM »
what kind of scope is on it now? you might be able to get one with more eye relief
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Re: Broken Vanguard help
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2009, 03:09:01 AM »
right now it has a bushnell trophy 3-9x40
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