Re: Weatherby Vanguard?
The best thing you can do is send it off to sombody that builds on Vanguards and Howas (same thing)the must torque those bastards on with a 4 foot cheater bar after a good bit of Rock Set.
Ive pulled the barrel off of 3 , the first one i ended up with a few hrs of metal work to the action due to it moving in the vice , yea that right i had to lock the action in a vise because the round barrel would not lock down tight enough. the next two to used a parting tool and made a reliefe cut very close to the action and it was MUCH easier to break loose but still harder than say a Rem or Win.
if i were gonna build on a Vanguard id send it to Mark Gorden at "Short Action Customs" , some other gmiths here may build on them but i dont know of any. Im sure Chad Dixon could to it after playing with a mouse and keyboard for a bit