I have owned 2 vanguards a 80 s vintage vgx 243 which had gorgeous wood and a couple of years ago I had a synthetic 243. Both shot well but the older vgx was one of the best shooting rifles I have ever owned it would shoot dime sized groups at 100 yds. I should have stopped trading right there but noooo. I never killed nything but groundhogs with it though.
I would love to have had one of the vgl's with the green stocks in 308. A lgs had one for a while and I lusted after it but was poorer than Job's turkey at that time so no go for me.