Weatherby Vanguard Badlands 6.5-300 Wby Mag 26in Approach Camo Rifle

Description

The 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum is one of the fastest 6.5mm cartridges you can buy over the counter, pushing 140 grain bullets well past 3,300 fps, and this Vanguard Badlands gives that cartridge the full 26 inch barrel it needs to stretch its legs. The cold hammer forged #2 contour tube wears a 1:8 twist to stabilize long, high-BC bullets, and the muzzle comes threaded so you can spin on a brake to tame the magnum push. Weatherby backs the whole package with their sub-MOA guarantee: a three shot group of .99 inches or better at 100 yards from a cold barrel with Weatherby factory or premium ammo.

What Makes the Vanguard Badlands Tick

Under the camo, this is the proven Howa-built Vanguard action, and it comes loaded with the details that made that platform a favorite. The two-stage match trigger breaks clean and adjusts down to 2.5 pounds, the one-piece fluted bolt cycles smooth without binding, and the fully enclosed bolt sleeve plus three gas ports add a real margin of safety with hot magnum loads. A three-position safety lets you cycle the action with the safety still engaged, and the hinged floorplate makes unloading the 3+1 internal magazine quick and painless. The receiver is drilled and tapped, so mounting glass is straightforward, and with a chambering like this you will want good glass on top.

Built for the Backcountry in Badlands Approach Camo

The Badlands was the first production rifle to wear Badlands Approach camo, a neutral, adaptive pattern that blends across changing terrain and light instead of locking you into one biome. The polymer Monte Carlo stock has a raised comb for solid cheek weld behind a scope, textured grip panels, a right side palm swell, and Weatherby's recoil pad to knock the edge off. All the metalwork gets Burnt Bronze Cerakote, a ceramic finish that laughs at rain, sweat, and truck-bed abuse. At 7.5 pounds bare, it carries reasonably for a full-length magnum. For hunters who want flat trajectories, wind-cheating bullets, and serious reach on elk, mule deer, and open-country game, this rig is purpose-built for the job.