The bedding on the Vanguard RC is quite sophisticated and I'm not changing it.

As far as the trigger pull is concerned, yes, I did go from 3 3/4 to 2 1/4 but I can't see that making my shooting technique change so much as to change groups from 1/2 inch to 2 1/2 inch.

Since I posted, I took my torque wrench to the range and was able to get groups down to 1 1/2 inch by lightening the torque to 10 front and 25 rear, similar to what I did on the other Vanguard. Still not satisfied with it, but at least I can hunt with it now.

One thing I didn't mention is on the .270, when I removed the stock to install the new trigger, the torque on the front screw was finger tight -- I'd estimate 5 inch pounds. So Weatherby employees aren't following there own guide lines.

Boy it would be great if there was something about the trigger that was causing this. I'll reinstall the factory trigger and test this out.