Vanguard Safety Notice

[philw]

saw this on an Aussie Forum

http://www.weatherby.com/vanguardsafety

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE


VANGUARD® BY WEATHERBY RIFLE

Weatherby, Inc. of Paso Robles, California, is performing a safety upgrade on all Vanguard® by Weatherby brand rifles manufactured between the years 1970 to 1993.

The affected rifles bear serial numbers from one of the following series on the receiver: 00001 through 03810; V00001 through V80966; VX00001 through VX44065; VS00001 through VS23699; VL00001 through VL46984; W0001 through W0099; NV0001 through NV0099. The safety upgrade will replace the bolt sleeve to prevent misassembly of the bolt, which might occur on the affected rifles. Such misassembly might result into a hazardous condition in which the rifle can be accidentally discharged without the bolt being fully engaged, causing severe injury.

WARNING: If you own a Vanguard® by Weatherby rifle with a serial number from one of the serial number series referred to above: USE OF YOUR RIFLE MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT AND SEVERE INJURY. STOP USING YOUR RIFLE IMMEDIATELY and click on this link http://www.weatherby.com/vanguardsafety/registration to receive a Bolt Return Kit. Only the bolt sleeve is being upgraded. Your bolt will be returned to you after the upgrade. If you do not have web access, call Weatherby at 1-800-227-2018 to receive a Bolt Return Kit.


CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION


NO OTHER WEATHERBY RIFLES ARE AFFECTED. CHECK YOUR SERIAL NUMBER.


The affected rifles were originally sold through licensed gun dealers nationwide, and some of them may have been resold by the original owners through retail gun dealers, trade shows or privately. If you have sold, traded or given away an affected Vanguard® by Weatherby rifle, it is important for you to forward this Safety Notice to the current owner.

Weatherby apologizes for any inconvenience to its customers resulting from this safety upgrade program, but it is important that owners of affected rifles take advantage of this free upgrade program and do not use an affected rifle before it has been upgraded. All work will be done at the factory at no charge. Return the bolt only, not the entire rifle. Please do not return your Vanguard® by Weatherby bolt to the factory before contacting us at either http://www.weatherby.com/vanguardsafety/registration or 1-800-227-2018 for your Bolt Return Kit.

[fightingquaker13]

Lets see, a partially assembled bolt firing a hot Weatherby magnum round? Yeah, that could be bracing. Stil, it can't be that much of an issue if we are hearing about it 17 years after the fact. If folks were blowing themselves up left, right and center, I'm sure we would have heard about it.
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[tombogan03884]

Lets see, a partially assembled bolt firing a hot Weatherby magnum round? Yeah, that could be bracing. Stil, it can't be that much of an issue if we are hearing about it 17 years after the fact. If folks were blowing themselves up left, right and center, I'm sure we would have heard about it.
FQ13

It's not the sort of rifle that most people would allow to accumulate much dirt. I would bet that rough conditions, dirt mud that sort of thing, make it far more likely. That was why the Canadian Ross, straight pull bolt action got such a bad rap.
Before WWI they used it to kick every ones but in competition, but it could be fired without the bolt being fully locked forward, dirty conditions in the trenches led to them not always locking and cost several Canadian soldiers their lives before they were pulled from service.
As I understand it the Swiss K-31, also a straight pull design, will not fire unless the bolt is fully locked.

[philw]

FQ

think it to cover there arse  as they know about the issue now so there lawyers would of said re-call time


don't blame them though how quick people are to get to there lawyers involved

[fightingquaker13]

FQ

think it to cover there arse  as they know about the issue now so there lawyers would of said re-call time


don't blame them though how quick people are to get to there lawyers involved

Agreed Phil. Weatherby is a good company, though too flashy or my tastes. I was happy to trade my Mark-V for a plain Ruger, but that's just me. Still, its the right, and cheap thing to do to send people new bolts. They are doing the right thing. I just wouldn't be shaking in my boots if I owned a 25 year old recall gun and it hadn't killed me yet. I'd get the new part, but it probably was a lot less dangerous than half the things I did on spring Break in school.
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