Thanks for the suggestions. I have to get off here and go to Guard drill, I won’t be able to respond to posts until next week. Everyone have a great weekend.
If you were in elk country you could probably do some serious swapping with that thing.
It certainly is a beautiful rifle, but if you're not going to use it for hunting, is prohibitively expensive for shooting.
I would list it on gunbroker no reserve no minimum.
Great gun. Keep it in case you need to face down a Sasquatch. :-)
Send it to me.
Trade it for a blue-helmet buster maybe?
NOt sure there is such a thing as “too dead”...
But that being said - I know some folks here in Arkansas (I don’t think our Whitetail are any more bullet-resistant than yours) who use similar large-bore calibers for deer hunting.
It’s a neat gun, though the “Vanguard” line is not the real “high-end” of Weatherby rifles. I think it is actually made (at least the action is) by Howa rifles - not a bad name either.
I see two options - one is to keep it (might want to check the cost and availability of ammo for that thing - most of the Weatherby Magnum chamberings are VERY expensive). You can use it for deer hunting, no problem. Just don’t shoot a deer in the shoulder - the front end will be nasty and wasted.
The other option (the one I would probably take) - sell it or trade it for something a bit more practical.
I won this monster over the holidays, Vanguard 300 Weatherby Mag. I live in north MS and the largest thing we have to hunt is white tail deer. This is overkill. I don't know much about it but kinda like it for my small collection. I don't think I will ever get the chance to hunt with it. Would you suggest keep it, trade it or sell it?
Move?
Flip it for something sensible, like a .308 VEPR. :-).
Seriously? Perusing Weatherby's website, it looks like a Vanguard Sporter, which has an MSRP of $895. Scope, unknown. You should be able to sell or trade, and get something interesting. Unfortunately, modern "personal defense rifles" are going for insane prices, these days.