99″ or better 3-shot group at 100 yards from a cold barrel when used with premium (non-Weatherby calibers) or Weatherby factory ammunition within Two-Years of Verified Purchase Date to Original Purchaser.Īll other Mark V® rifles with a 5 digit numeric number, B, C, H, M, P, S, AB, AS, BP, BW, PB, SB, SS, SW, WB, WS, as well as all other Vanguard® rifles with serial numbers beginning with V, VL, VS, or VX, are guaranteed to shoot a 1 1⁄2” or better 3-shot group at 100 yards from a cold barrel when used with premium (non-Weatherby calibers) or Weatherby® factory ammunition within Two-Years of Verified Purchase Date to Original Purchaser. Weatherby guarantees SUB-MOA accuracy within Two-Years of Verified Purchase Date to Original Purchaser.Īll Weatherby® Mark V® rifles with a serial number prefix of “WY, PM and PS” and Vanguard® Series 2 rifles with a serial number prefix of “VB” are guaranteed to shoot a. Not all prefixes are currently under Accuracy Guarantee. Weatherby FAQAll Weatherby Vanguard rifles with a serial number prefix of VB are guaranteed to shoot a. This highlights the Accuracy Guarantee of specific serial number prefixes. Weatherby calibers) or Weatherby factory ammunition.

At least we now know what we don't know.What accuracy corresponds to my rifles serial prefix? Indeed it doesn't tell you anything about the features of the rifle. So, if your rifle has a VS prefix, it doesn't mean Vanguard Synthetic. Some of the rifles could have had stocks changed at some point, who knows? I threw out the obviously altered models like one with a SAKO stock. This highlights the Accuracy Guarantee of specific serial number prefixes. None of the rifles were S2 models, or particularly old ones. The table lists the serial, then the stock (either syn for the plastic injection molded stock or bc for a carbelite one wal means walnut), then the caliber and metal finish. I decided to do a little investigating and found the following actual rifles.

How about VS? Doesn VS just come after VR? No. Does the prefix always tell you what model you have? Sometimes it does like with a Deluxe VX, etc. A newer member asked the question of what model Vanguard he had and quoted a VS serial number.

Weatherby serial number vs prefix