Cabela's Savage 12FV THREAD FEST

[NicfromAlabama]

DrThunder,

I received two of those messages over the course of my wait when I purchased my 22-250 for the 12FV sale earlier in the year. I purchased it on February 16, 2017 and it was ready for pick up on April 3, 2017. (47 days)

We have not approached that length of wait time for this sale yet. I have one .308 still on backorder. The order was placed on 09/13/2017. It is still showing In Process.

A Creedmoor I ordered five days after the .308 (placed on 09/18/2017) arrived at Cabela's 4 days later. Even the Cabela's clerk was baffled by that one.

I would like to receive the .308 in time for the rebate deadline, which is still a ways off. I think everyone will have them by then.........basing it on my wait for the 22-250 earlier this year.

[upinthehills]

Glad to see a little more activity on this thread! Like so many people, I've been thinking I need more Cabela's 12FV rifles.

I own the .308 and put a Boyd's pro varmint stock and 12x42 SWFA scope on it. I'm happy with those parts, but do have some nit picking I could do. I like the scope, I think it is well made. It can be just a bit irritating using it on multi colored targets though, it may be the 10 power is a better choice if that is going to bother you. At my local club matches the targets are black and white and that works well. If you buy color splatter targets like "Dirty Bird" etc. the bullseye focus is slightly different than the black parts of the target. I think for more than 10x power on those targets you start to need the HD glass.

I'm on back order for a .223 now. I'm a beginner shooter and many of my shoots are very accurate some are not. A 10 shot group can have a big hole and 2 or 3 that are an inch or two off. So I'll try to figure out if I am developing a flinch.

Due to lack of organization on my part, I bought 6 $50 gift certificates the day after I ordered the rifle which was 9/10. Went to use one yesterday for some Lapua cases and powder and was unpleasantly surprised that all my gift certificates had already been redeemed or whatever you call it. Not a great feeling to have $300 stolen. Cabela's was very sympathetic and helpful. After telling me when they were redeemed and my checking my emails it turned out they were redeemed before I bought them! So it didn't seem to be my fault!

I bought those cards from Giftcard Zen and after filling out the problem form on their website, they replaced the money on the cards within about an hour, great service from them. Cabela's also was very helpful, one casher, 2 customer service reps and the store manager all went out of their way to do what ever possible to help me out. They photographed the cards and promised to follow up. In the end the Giftcard Zen people made this right.

So the big question now is - should I cancel my order and then re-backorder after using the cards or order another 12FV or just use these cards normally for reloading supplies as the need arises? It seems like they have a large order on the way so perhaps it wouldn't really change the delivery date much. I do have another local club match 1st weekend of Nov....

[micky_blue]

Just checked thank to you guys and my order shows shipped too.

[DrThunder88]

Mine is still listed as "In process" on the Cabelas site.

[foxx]

^^^That's because I have "dibs" on everything that hits the Dundee store! You ain't getting nothin'! :)

[Negan]

I am looking at scopes and this one is in my price range at the moment. It will be going on the 12 FV Creedmoor. Thoughts? Thanks!

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Burris-Fullfield-E-mm-Riflescope/1519078.uts?slotId=5

[DrThunder88]

^^^That's because I have "dibs" on everything that hits the Dundee store! You ain't getting nothin'! :)

What? And you're closer to Saginaw? Quit hogging all the Cabelas!

[foxx]

^^^Yeah. Trust me, Saginaw knows me. :)

And they take good care of me. Great service. Good people.
Maybe they are great people, I don't know them that well. :)

[big honkin jeep]

I am looking at scopes and this one is in my price range at the moment. It will be going on the 12 FV Creedmoor. Thoughts? Thanks!

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Burris-Fullfield-E-mm-Riflescope/1519078.uts?slotId=5

I really like the E1s and have bought several over the last couple of years on sale or with rebates. In my opinion there's not a better scope out there for the money. The ballistic plex should work very well with the 6.5 out to 500-600 eliminating the need to dial all over the place. They are excellent hunting scopes and I drilled a running pig in the moonlight at over 100 yards with my 3-9x50. You might want to see if a 4.5-14x is in the budget just because of the size and weight of the rig you're putting it on. It would give you a little more magnification to see your holes in the paper. I saw they also had the M-tac on sale as well. I also have one of those and the light gathering ability, resolution, clarity is great, but I find the crosshairs to be too thick on that particular model as they pretty much cover the bullseye/previous bullet hole.
If a really decent quality budget setup is your goal sale priced Burris E1 would fill it out nicely. You could do a heck of a lot worse.

Sorry if this response is off the Cabellas 12FV topic, hopefully not... now back to your 12FV thread.

[Connor8100]

This is the third time I’ve tried to post to this thread, got my fingers crossed. Just a heads up, my rebates were rejected at this time because the pics of the stickers of the UPC info was blocked by the cabelas tracking stickers. Called Savage who instructed me to contact cabelas customer service to obtain the info needed to resubmit rebates. Cabelas customer service has been difficult to contact concerning my issue. I obtained a phone number for the corporate level and will be contacting them monday. I will try to answer any questions that may arise from this post to help others avoid this issue. Chris

[foxx]

^^^^I know what you're talking about. I noticed a lot of them are like that. And those stickers are very sticky and the paper is weak. I can't remove them either without destroying the underlying sticker.

[NicfromAlabama]

This is the third time I’ve tried to post to this thread, got my fingers crossed. Just a heads up, my rebates were rejected at this time because the pics of the stickers of the UPC info was blocked by the cabelas tracking stickers. Called Savage who instructed me to contact cabelas customer service to obtain the info needed to resubmit rebates. Cabelas customer service has been difficult to contact concerning my issue. I obtained a phone number for the corporate level and will be contacting them monday. I will try to answer any questions that may arise from this post to help others avoid this issue. Chris

I've been too lazy to mail in my rebate. I was probably going to get around to it this weekend. That is good information to know. I was not aware that the rebate could be submitted online, which is what I will do.


^^^^I know what you're talking about. I noticed a lot of them are like that. And those stickers are very sticky and the paper is weak. I can't remove them either without destroying the underlying sticker.

The Cabela's sticker can be removed if you have a hair dryer. I just removed the one placed over the Savage UPC sticker on my box. Start at a corner using high heat. Get it really hot and a corner lifted. It helped me to use a hobby knife to get a corner started. Once that happens, just keep heating an gently pull. A pair of tweezers to pull with may help as the heat is hard on the fingers. You really can't get it too hot with a hair dryer, but you might have to be careful with a heat gun.

[foxx]

^^^Hairdryer.... excellent thank you

[celltech]

Hot damn...my rebate for the last 12FV I bought was just approved. Entered online 9/4 and approved 10/4. I am still awaiting the delivery of another 12FV so I can enter it into the system as well.

Makes me feel better knowing that the first one was approved!!! Just have to wait and not get all wound up over $100 sitting out there...

[Connor8100]

Thank you for the hair dryer tip, will give it a try. Chris

[Mozella]

Got the long awaited Email from Cabela's this morning and my heart leapt thinking it was notifying me of the pick up date for my two Savage 12 FV'.s I felt like a kid on Christmas morning.

Alas, it was just a notice saying my guns are on back order, there is a significant delay, and they have no idea when they will be able to fill the back order. Duh....... I knew all that already. It's been a month or so since I ordered.

I felt like a Secret Service agent being assigned to Hillary Clinton's detail. Man, what a punch in the gut.

[russellc]

I just got rejected for the second time. I called, they said I sent the UPC sticker, but forgot the receipt. I didnt think so, but sent it all again, as that is how they advised to do it. Guess I will call them monday. Has anyone actually received their rebate from outdoor vista?

Russellc

[russellc]

Hot damn...my rebate for the last 12FV I bought was just approved. Entered online 9/4 and approved 10/4. I am still awaiting the delivery of another 12FV so I can enter it into the system as well.

Makes me feel better knowing that the first one was approved!!! Just have to wait and not get all wound up over $100 sitting out there...

Great, I was hoping to be in the same boat, one gun in hand one on backorder...but keep getting kicked. Did you mail it or do it online?

Russellc

[celltech]

Great, I was hoping to be in the same boat, one gun in hand one on backorder...but keep getting kicked. Did you mail it or do it online?

Russellc

Online...took pics of the required documents and UPC code with my phone and attached them to the submission.

[NicfromAlabama]

OK, just to clarify, I have a question about the documents required for the rebate. For those of you that have submitted your paperwork and been approved, what exactly did you send? I know you need the Savage UPC label off the box.

My uncertainty is what do they need as a receipt? I have the 2-page printout given to me at Cabela's. The first page has the details of the purchase. The second page is the coupon talking about the rebate. Also, I have a printed cash register receipt, that really doesn't specify much. So, what part of that do they want? I'm doing it online and figured I could just scan all of it and give it to them, even if they don't need it all.