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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 302460" data-attributes="member: 412">I've owned about a dozen Wby Vanguard/1500 Howa/Interarms/etc from 223 up to 300Win.Accuracy hasn't ever been an issue, they've all shot well.  Mid-80's-mid-90's models had better adjustable triggers than later models have.  I haven't owned one new enough for their newer 2-stage adjustable trigger.  IMO, the only ever downside was weight.  I like their extractor better than a Rem 700 and I like their integral recoil lug vs. a lug sandwiched between the action/bbl.$900 is IMO a LOT of $$ for what looks like a rifle with an injection-molded stock.  Rather than spiral flutes and cera-coat, I'd rather spend the $$ on SS metal and an actual fiberglass synthetic stock (vs. plastic/injection molded).Personally, I don't prefer that much power in a big-game rifle scope.  For Deer/elk/pronghorn (Big game) rifles, I've swapped most of my 4.5-14 Leupold scopes for 2.5-10 NXS or 3-10 SHV scopes from Nightforce.  I took a deer in WY last fall @ 560yds with a 270Win/2.5-10x42 NXS/140gn TSX and didn't feel the least bit hampered by 10x @ the top.More important that what rifle/scope you choose will be actually practicing w/said combo enough to:A.  Have absolute faith that your drop/windage chart is accurateB.  Shooting enough to know how to "cheat" your chart in order to give yourself the widest margin for error.Explaining A/B:My deer in WY last fall was a bit uphill.  Rather than trying to figure out to dial for 560 minus the slope (which didn't register on the LRF), I dialed for 550yds (which was on my chart) and then "cheated" my hold into the bottom 1/3 of the chest.  That gave me a ~1.5MOA "window of forgiveness" in which to make a clean kill.Similarly, there was a light breeze 3-5MPH from L to R.  The deer was standing w/his butt into the wind.  Rather than trying to guess the exact wind, I cheated my reticle to the last rib/back of the lungs.  If I get no drift, it's going to kill him.  If I get any drift at all, it'll be even more lethal.  If I've totally blown the wind-call and get a bunch of drift, it's a clean miss, not a gut-shot.  Had the deer been facing the other way, I'd have waited for him to turn his rear into the wind, or possibly not taken the shot.  I knew that "back of the lungs" hold gave me a ~2 MOA window of forgiveness.The "cheats" were nearly as important as the initial chart.</blockquote>

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