My new rifle project is finished and sighted in

Weatherby Vanguard 22-250 I bought cheap ($400) that was new.I put in aTimney trigger ,set it at 2 pounds, used a Score High pillar bed system after I opened barrel channel and final skim coated the bedding points. CTK mono pod and S type Harris bench bipod and a Turner biothane sling. I sighted it in for Winchester 55 grain soft points because I have several hundred rounds of it.I am planning loading Barnes 53 grain triple shocks for California. The scope is a Bushnell 5-15 Tactical Elite which I got for half price ($350) when they discontinued the model.It is a brilliant scope close to night force optically.I chose DeadNutz Gamereaper mount because that system has never failed me and is light .
I took it to the range today and after a 50 yard, fire one and clean routine , sighted it in at 200 yards and got 3/4" groups (all 3 shot grouups under an inch with the best two 3/4", perfect conditions 3685 FPS with a strap on chrono ), not bad with Factory ammo . I will be carrying this rifle in my TruckVault, to see what needs shooting in rural Oregon, maybe local Calif Blacktail which I had great success with a .224 Weatherby for decades before I sold it.

The truck vault I installed

someguy2800 said:

That doesn’t look terribly hard to pry open but definitely better than just laying under the back seat like my shotgun always was in high school.

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It actually would be very hard to pry open, it is Govt. Security rated! I hate to give away the easy way to get in to thieves BUT a good Li Ion 18-24V cutoff wheel is very hard to defend against. Of course you got noise and the sparks and if you break a blade ...
And the Alarm and I have the Satelite to my cell system

It does have a scope coat AND it is padded in truckvault. My hunting trip rifles are in their own cases for specific outings. I just wanted something that will pinpoint hit targets to say 400 yards with out being in it thousands $ . Also 9 pounds or less as this one is with a good carry or shooting sling and lastly a PC friendly gun I don't have to carry magazines for as I crisscross Ca/ Oregon borders.

cdb1 said:

I have more Vanguards than any other model of rifle. All are very accurate. One of these days I’m going to bed a stock and I admit it intimidates the hell out of me.

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the Score High pillar bed system I bought at midway for less than $50 and requires a 9/16" spade bit and I used some JB Weld (it didn't take much) around the bedding contact points (front of recoil lug shoulder and rear tang area of stock) after I fit pillars . I also relieved the barrel channel with 120 paper on a 3/4" dowel as my stock had a pressure point near the front . I don't know what improvement it made as I never fired rifle before. I tried adjusting the stock trigger , but the pull was still 4+ pounds , I didn't mind the 2 stage pull but the weight was creepy . The Timney cost $105 off Ebay. The Dead Nutz Game Reaper was around $75 and as I said these one piece mount ring combos have worked for me flawlessly all over globe for 10 years. The Bushnell Scope at $350 on sale was a score, true but it has great optics and turrets . There are other options but I wanted at least 14x and down less than 6x and focusing . So the all up price of the rig is around $1000 . The pricey piece IMHO was the rear monopod $165 ! But I will be using it on other rigs too no doubt. .22-250 with 55 grain range https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1...in-hollow-point-flat-base-lead-free-box-of-50 bullets kills deer that are less than 150 pounds VERY well with all well placed shots .