Keep Weatherby or new rifle

[Erickson605]

Hey everyone not sure what to do I have a weatherby vanguard s2 in 308 that I don’t ever shoot and I’d like to get a 6mm creed for some longer range/windy days for coyote hunting I already have a 22-250. So I guess my question is would you keep that action and send it off to preferred barrel blanks for a new barrel or I was looking at a bergara hmr?
Should of said I am on a budget so it’d be to sell the weatherby to purchase the bergara or just spend what looks like 430 to have preferred put on a new barrel.

 

[db2000]

Vanguards are one of the best bang for the buck rifles out there. With hand loads 1/2 to 3/4 MOA. Definitely sub MOA w/ FGMM ammo.
I’d save the money. Can’t imagine a 6 CM is going to improve your kills inside 800 yards. Are you shooting yotes past that?

 

[Erickson605]

No just seems the wind can be a little tricky for myself at least and i don’t reload was looking at that precision hunter for the high bc basically just a gun for the windy days lol was just wondering if a gun already set up for 6 creed would be better or rebarreling that one

 

[MDof2]

The Weatherby Vanguard being a rebranded Howa 1500 action, you've got a lot of good options to easily rebarrel it in 6mm.
I'd keep it.

 

[Jscb1b]

Mcgowen does a howage barrel nut option.

 

[spife7980]

Mcgowen does a howage barrel nut option.

Mine just went back to them to have the counter bore cut corrected.
I’d recommend the criterion howage or pva said they were going to start it.

 

[Erickson605]

I was looking at sending in the barreled action to preferred barrels and them taking off old barrel and installing a new one?

 

[spife7980]

Oh, yeah. That’s an easy button option.