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Weatherby Vanguard Camilla 7mm 08 Rifle - NIB


Description:
Do you want your wife or girlfriend to enjoy hunting?  Then here is the rifle just for her.  She doesn't use your golf clubs to golf, does she?  So get her a gun fitted for her in a great caliber with knock-down power and light recoil.

Weatherby’s new rifle for women is accurate, elegant, and fun to shoot.  It’s not surprising to me that many of the women I know shoot Weatherby rifles. Their excellent quality and accuracy aside, Weatherby rifles are often built with Monte-Carlo-style stocks, which tend to fit women better than traditional straight stocks on many American rifles. Because women tend to have proportionally longer necks than men, female shooters tend to prefer a higher comb, especially on scoped rifles, since it allows for faster target acquisition. 

Perhaps it was only natural, then, that Weatherby would decide to take the next step and build a rifle specifically to serve the rapidly increasing numbers of female hunters and shooters in the field today. The new Vanguard Camilla Rifle—“designed by women, built by Weatherby”—incorporates a high comb, along with many other features that make this rifle amazingly comfortable to shoot. The buttstock is angled away from the body, which is a better fit for the female anatomy, and nestles easily into the shoulder. The slim pistol grip has a shorter grip-to-trigger reach, ideal for slightly smaller hands, and the 13-inch length of pull (LOP) and slender fore-end reduce overall weight and length without compromising feel and balance. I found that the combination makes this a super-fast-handling rifle that is also easy to carry.

Weatherby’s new Vanguard Camilla rifle.
At 5’7”, I can easily handle a rifle with a standard LOP, so the Camilla feels slightly on the short side for me. However, it came quickly and easily to my cheek and I had no trouble mounting and shooting it accurately from standing, kneeling, and sitting positions. That’s partly because the high comb and reverse-angled buttstock fit my anatomy so well. I asked a more petite friend to shoot the rifle, and she also commented favorably on the fit, so it seems Weatherby has hit a sweet spot with the stock design that will work for a wide range of body types.

With its 20-inch barrel, the Camilla weighs 6.25 pounds without scope. Like other rifles in Weatherby’s Vanguard line, it has a match-quality, two-stage trigger, a three-position safety, a hinged floor plate, and comes with a sub-MOA accuracy guarantee when premium ammo is used. 

Practicalities aside, this is a lovely rifle. The satin-finish Turkish A-grade walnut with fleur-de-lis checkering and rosewood fore-end and grip caps is simply elegant. The barrel and action have a matte, bead-blasted, blued finish. I mounted a Burris Veracity 2-10×42 scope on my test model, a .308. I sighted in the rifle with Winchester 150-grain Power Point loads and shot consistent 1-inch groups at 100 yards; the groups shrank to just under an inch when I switched to Hornady’s 150-grain BTSP.
Camilla, in case you’re wondering, was company founder Roy Weatherby’s wife, and the new rifle’s name is an appropriate nod to the origins of the company, which is still family-owned and run. Along with the rifle, Weatherby has launched an initiative called Women of Weatherby, which provides web-based resources and a community platform for female hunters to gather and share their experiences. Kudos to Weatherby for recognizing and filling a crucial niche in the fast-growing world of women hunters with a thoughtfully designed rifle that is accurate, elegant, and fun to shoot.

Overview
The Vanguard Camilla Rifle—“designed by women, built by Weatherby”—incorporates a high comb, along with several other features that make it superbly comfortable to shoot. It is aptly named after the first lady of Weatherby.

FINISH
Barrel/Receiver/Trigger Guard – Matte, bead blasted, blued finish
Stock – Satin finish, Turkish A-grade walnut with rosewood forend and grip caps

Specs
Cal 7MM-08 REM
Weight 6.25lbs.
Length 39.5“
Capacity 5+1
Barrel Contour #1
Barrel Length 20"
Twist Rate 1:9.5“
LOP 13“
Drop Comb .875“
Monte Carlo .75
Drop Heel 2.25“

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Price: $899.00

Rifle Caliber: 7mm-08 Remington
Manufacturer: Weatherby
Model: Vanguard Camillia
Serial Number: VB195245
Barrel Length: 20
Bore Info: Twist Rate 1:9.5“
Chambers: 5+1
Condition: NIB
Metal Condition: NIB
Wood Condition: NIB
Bore Condition: NIB
Barrel Type: Contour #1
Action: Bolt
Triggers: Single
Stock: Walnut
Stock Drop: Monte Carlo .75
Stock Comb:  .875“
Stock Heel: 2.25
Butt Pad: Factory
LOP: 13
Finish: Satin
Weight: 6.25Lbs
Manufacture Date: 2020
Grips: checkered Pistol
Optic: FactoryDrilled & Tapped