Mule Deer,
You're right about the stock- it is precisely the reason I bought my Vanguard Sub-MOA, in .270 WSM. The option would have been to buy a run of the mill Vanguard, and then spend another $500 to over $600 to buy a McMillan or similar stock, have it bedded, etc., running the total cost of the Vanguard to around a grand.
I bought mine for a few bucks over $700, and feel it is a great value at that price.
The only other expenditure I have made, other than Talley LW's and a Leupold scope, was to buy a Timney trigger for $65. The trigger makes this rifle a terrific shooter, in addition it adds a three-position safety to the action.
The Sub-MOA guarantee was the real deal- the rifle was shot at the factory with 150 gr. Winchester Power Point ammo, and a .5" test target. It shoots .5 to .75", three shot, 100 yd. groups with this load, plus two handloads I've developed for it- 130 gr. and 150 gr. Nosler Partitions.
