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oldscot3 · December 6, 2017, 11:21 PM

IMO the stocks that come on both are not much good. I never was crazy about the tacky feel of the Hogue (Howa) stock and they don't have bedding pillars. Some Hogues do, but not on the Howas.

The basic Vanguard stock on the series 1 was cheap, cheap,cheap looking and feeling plastic, however, mine worked well enough to shoot good groups. I'm not sure what the baseline is now for the series 2 but probably the same. I put a B&C Medalist around my Vanguard for under $300.00 and now it looks, feels and shoots like a gun twice its price.

Howa or Vanguard either way I'd replace the stock and never be ashamed to put it next to rifles costing much more.

My Vanguard is a sporter weight 270, I put it in the Weatherby styled B&C. My Howa is a H bar, I put it in a heavy target styled B&C.

December 6, 2017, 11:21 PM	#12
oldscot3 Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2007 Location: texas Posts: 997	IMO the stocks that come on both are not much good. I never was crazy about the tacky feel of the Hogue (Howa) stock and they don't have bedding pillars. Some Hogues do, but not on the Howas. The basic Vanguard stock on the series 1 was cheap, cheap,cheap looking and feeling plastic, however, mine worked well enough to shoot good groups. I'm not sure what the baseline is now for the series 2 but probably the same. I put a B&C Medalist around my Vanguard for under $300.00 and now it looks, feels and shoots like a gun twice its price. Howa or Vanguard either way I'd replace the stock and never be ashamed to put it next to rifles costing much more. My Vanguard is a sporter weight 270, I put it in the Weatherby styled B&C. My Howa is a H bar, I put it in a heavy target styled B&C. Last edited by oldscot3; December 6, 2017 at 11:30 PM.