I helped a buddy mount two new scopes on two of his rifles. Both Wby Vanguards (Howa). One a Backcountry model with a B&C stock and one a pretty wood/blued traditional model.
He was asking me a bunch of basic questions. One being, “what does it mean for a barrel to be free floating?” So I took a dollar bill out of my wallet and grabbed his rifle to demonstrate. I figured the one with the B&C stock would be fully floated. Nope. There was a pressure point at the tip of the forend. So I went to the wood stocked one. Same, at the same spot.
So is this a factory feature of all Vanguards? I didn’t take stocks off to examine further. Do they legitimately shoot better with this pressure point? I’ve heard of rifles that do, but personally, I’ve never seen it and fully floated barrels have always been more accurate in my experience. Is there something unique about Weatherby Vanguards?
Last edited by SDHNTR; 02/07/23.
