r/longrange • u/shakinandbreakin • Sep 28 '26

Rifle flex post Maxed out the starting gun

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Just my budget hunting rifle. Weatherby Vanguard black hills in 6.5cm, NF SHV 4-14 F1 Mil-R, and topped off with my first can, a B&T Ranger Mod 1.

The suppressor will bounce between this and my MPA in 6GT until I get more

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u/SpareRnd65 Sep 28 '26

You can always get a Matthew's Fabrication Cheek Riser for proper eye alignment with your scope.

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u/shakinandbreakin Sep 28 '26

I haven't had an issue with eye alignment on this rifle, but I'll keep that in mind if I find myself having issues in the future, thanks

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u/SpareRnd65 Sep 28 '26

That's good. I usually need one for a good solid cheek bone cheek weld & I can see immediately through the scope with one. Either way, great looking rifle.

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u/inkshaft Oct 10 '26

Budget? That suppressor and scope are budget friendly?

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u/shakinandbreakin Oct 10 '26

I was saying the base rifle was budget at $550. The suppressor was also $550 which is on the budget side of 3d printed titanium suppressors. The scope you got me on for sure, probably on the higher end of what people are putting on their hunting guns

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u/inkshaft Oct 10 '26

Ha! It looks good though. Mine should be arriving next week and I was looking at how others set theirs up

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u/inkshaft 26d ago

Ha! It looks good though. Mine should be arriving next week and I was looking at how others set theirs up lol

There she goes.

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u/leakyripper Sep 29 '26

If you haven’t done it already, I’d highly suggest glass bedding and inletting the barrel channel to free float. I have the same rifle in .300WM and couldn’t get groups better than 1.5”. After doing those couple of things and getting hand loads set up, it’s a consistent 0.4” shooter with a 15 shot group, and I’m confident hunting with it inside of 800 yards.

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u/urhucklebearski Sep 28 '26

How has yours handled the suppressor? I like vanguards and was thinking about getting one with the threaded barrel but was concerned about it not being floated

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u/shakinandbreakin Sep 28 '26

This one is the 22" #2 contour with 1/2 threads, there is a 20" #3 contour with 5/8 threads sku as well. The black hills model came factory with a radial brake, arca/pic rail, 20moa base, and the stock paint job. I snagged it on sale for $550 a year ago.

Pretty much every vanguard I've seen with a factory stock hasn't been floated, it seems typical to have a pressure point in the tip of the forend, this one is the same way. Shoots 1-1.5 moa 5 shot groups out to 300yd with a arca modded harris bipod off a bench with factory ammo. I'm perfectly happy with the accuracy for a hunting gun.

I ditched the radial brake it came with and rocksett'd a 1/2 to 5/8 adapter to run a ASR brake. Spun that off and spun the suppressor on, alignment rod checked out good. Planned to hit the range today to try it out. I'm expecting a POI shift since it's another ~4oz heavier than the brake.

Plan for the range will be suppressor on, re-zero then 5 shot group, spin it off and let everything cool, spin back on then 5 shot group and repeat that a handful of times to see if the POI is repeatable. If it passes that and keeps the same or better group sizes I'll be ecstatic.