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At the Walmart I went to the guy who works Sporting Goods was very skeptical when I told him Vanguards were on sale. He scanned it and saw I was right. It was a 243 and as I started the paperwork I asked if there were anymore in the back. He looked on the computer and told me there were no more. The Ass't Manager happened by and he said I'll go get the box for that. Well he comes back with two Vanguard boxes and I can tell one is full. I ask the Asst Manager "is that another one"? He said it was. I said I want that one too and at that the Sporting Goods worker got a pissed off look on his face. I think he was protecting that 30-06 for himself or something. Sucks for him.

Agreed!!

As a side note I did some calling around Friday night and found a store about an hour away that had a 243 and a 308 in the wood stock ($349 each). I was there at 8 yesterday morning and bought both. They are very very nice rifles. My 243 looks just like the one posted above. The 308 isn't as dark as the 243 on the upper end of the stock but it's just as pretty of a rifle.

I made some serious scores over the last few days... Thanks once again to the OP!

A few are starting to show up on Gunbroker.

I just got back from Wallymart. Went to the gun counter looked around a bit looked up and saw the "You must be 21" sign and remembered why I don't buy guns or gun related stuff from Walmart.

I did go home with a Ozark Trail cooler though.

Thanks Idaho! Glad you got a shooter!

The wood stocked .243 I got was a display model as well..............it has two slight dings in the finish and I tried to see if they would discount me even further because of it, no such luck. Not a big deal anyhow.
The same time I purchased the wood .243, I also bought the only synthetic stocked .308 they had.
This little .243 shoots excellent thus far. I went out and "broke it in" with 25 rounds I had loaded up for an old Rem model 7 that I had. It shot under MOA consistently with 95gr SST and 40.5gr IMR 4350..........Very promising, and after I shot the rifle (my first time shooting a Vanguard), I knew I was going to buy some more.

So, the next day............

I also drove 45 miles to another Walmart to "shop grain" on these rifles.
I ended up buying a nice straight grained .270 (with quite a bit of distinct figure) from the store 45 miles away. They had another wood .243, but the wood was too plain for my tastes.

I ended up going back to my local Walmart yesterday for some other items........................I went back to sporting goods and asked the clerk (the same helpful young man that helped me previously), if they had any .270 wood stocked rifles in the back. I gave him the SKU number and he entered it into his hand held machine...................sure enough, he said they had one in the back.

I said, well, If it has nice wood, then I'll take it. He said, I'll go get it and you can have a look.

This one was in the box, bolt never inserted, etc. He pulled it out of the plastic sleeve and I said........yep, that's a nice one.......I'll take it for sure.

I also said, if you have a synthetic .243 in the back, i'll take that as well. He went back and grabbed me the last one in stock, and I bought it as well.

So, point is...............ask what they have in the back.

Kind of funny, I went from never owning a Weatherby rifle...........to buying 5 of these Vanguards........2 wood stocked .270's, 1 wood stocked .243, 1 synthetic 308, and 1 synthetic .243. in a 3 day period.

Life is good.

Thanks again to Paul for the heads up!!

Lol, Sig line material right there!

Exactly!! As I said earlier in this thread

Same thing used to happen during the 22 LR ammo crunch. One ass hole up our closest store was hookin up his lardass fireman buddy, that was running a small gun shop on the side. Then tripling the price. fireman guy was bringing biscuits and coffee to the clerk.

Obviously its time to move on to the sale on Bayer Aspirin and hemorrhoid medications at your local Walgreen. There's nothing more to see here.

If it didn't happen for some special people, it obviously never happened for anyone. We're all obviously having some kind of delusional experience. And please be careful not to post here too many times on this thread. That just causes some people to need extra hemorrhoid medications so the local Walgreen store might be bought out before you get there.

Just went back to Walmart and the rifle I mentioned is a Savage Axis heavy barrel with brown camo stock. Price was $398

I look at it this way......Just as I have the right to shop anywhere I want, Walmart has the right to set their policies as to how they conduct business. Personally, their 21 and over policy doesn't bother me in the least. I have no trespassing signs up on my land, and do so in order to cover my azz and keep people out that I don't want on my property.......and as I've told a number of people, not only is it my right to do so, it's my business and mine alone why I don't want certain people setting foot on my land. Walmart is no different, it's their business.

They're already showing up in the Classifieds here.

G23

Anybody have any SKU's for these guns?

You are absolutely correct, it is their business, it is also my business.

It is social justice grandstanding at best.

I picked up a Weatherby in 308 for $249 locally. They had several left in 243,270 and 30-06. They also had the Leupold BX2 arcadia 8x42 Binos for $99

Follow the links below..........also, type in your zip code to search your area's inventory. It will also show you prices and in stock status. Keep in mind when it says "quantity 0........limited stock"..........it means they have one rifle in stock. If there are none, it will say "out of stock". Hope that helps.

Deluxe sporter .243 Wood Stock
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=133616099

Deluxe sporter .30-06 wood stock
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=158056931

Deluxe sporter .270 wood stock
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=190622017

Deluxe sporter .308 wood stock
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=176891294


Synthetic stock .243
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=181838810

Synthetic stock .308
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=132357459

Synthetic stock .270
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=119757452

Synthetic stock .30-06
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=141822482

Picked up 3 of the savage 243 youth for my present and future grandchildren.

Only one born yet is a boy so will have to paint the muddy girl stock in 4 years when I give it to him.

I was skeptical, not at the campfire but rather that any Walmart around here would have them at that price. My buddy and I went and got a haircut, grabbed our coffee and went to the local Walmart straight up to the gun counter. There were 2 empty Vanguard boxes standing in front of 4 synthetic and 1 wood-stocked Vanguard which gave me hope. I asked the gal to show me the .308 and the.243 since I wasn’t interested in a 30-06 nor .270 because I’m trying to keep my hunting arsenal standardized on the .308 or it’s offspring. My children have their model 7’s in .243 and I hunt most everything anymore with my Sako in .308 and with the TSX or TTSX I don’t feel undergunned in the least....but I digress as usual. I asked the Walmart lady what the price was and she told me it was marked down from $498 to $349. I explained that it was my understanding that there was a nationwide mark down even more. I got the same raised eyebrow and the look like I was the crazy one from a dentally challenged, lightly edumacated Walmart cashier. She scanned all the tags and one came back at $249. She scanned the other 3 synthetic ones and they were $249 as well. The wood one was $498.

I bought the.308. Not sure but I may shorten from 24” to 20 or 21” but the trigger is crazy nice. It’ll be the only hunting rifle I’ve owned in the last 30 years that doesn’t need any work. Overall I’m impressed. If I don’t swap the stock the I’ll free float the barrel.

Thanks for the heads up. I’m thinking of going back and getting the .243. 🙄

Haven't read the thread, but is there any possibility of a .223 Vanguard at that price?

On that brickseek

Several in my area say "limited availability" but quantity Zero (0)


also, some will say "sold out" quantity (0)


shouldnt limited mean at least 1 or 2 ...??