Weatherby Vanguard Skull

Is this the vanguard of the zombie invasion? There’s a new Weatherby Vanguard S2 on sale in Australia, the Skull, which features a stock decked out in the Pro Veil Reaper skull pattern. “Eye catching to say the least,” says distributor NIOA.

Underneath the sinister styling, the rifle is everything that we’ve quickly come to respect about the Series 2 Vanguard, including its sub-MOA guarantee of accuracy, excellent adjustable trigger and three-position safety, all at a highly competitive price.

Calibres range from .223 Rem to .338 Win. For details, see the NIOA website.

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Measure headspace for accurate Shooting

Letters to this department reveal that one of the more serious problems that handloaders have to contend with is case separations. I’ve often detailed how to set the full-length sizing die and devoted a chapter to describing headspace in the 9th edition of my Practical Reloading Manual. But how is headspace actually determined?