Cabela's Savage 12FV THREAD FEST

[foxx]

^^^Who the heck knows? But $420 with $100 rebate is pretty dang good, if you ask me.

I doubt we'll ever see $320 with $100 rebate again.

If you really want those, I'd get them now. Just sayin'.

[OLEJOE]

They usually have one around Father’s Day but this rebate ends 12/31/2017. Savage may have another rebate but who knows if and when that will be. Watch it daily between now and New Years.
Mine was $350 with tax before the rebate. I thought I would have a good deal if something happened and I didn’t get the rebate.

[TheGuana]

I bought mine online. What date of purchase did you use. Date of online or when I picked it up?

Thanks

[OLEJOE]

Use the date it was actually purchased. Ordered. I did mine online. Just scan every piece of paper you got during the transaction and the UPC sticker from the end of the carton. If Cabelas put a sticker on top of the UPC sticker, you can heat it with a blow dryer and it will pull right off. Then cut the carton to remove the UPC and scan it.

[chop house]

I bought mine online. What date of purchase did you use. Date of online or when I picked it up?

Thanks

i used the date they charged my cc - which is i assume the date they shipped to the store. i rejected one mdl 12 purchased this way due to technical concerns, and even though the 4473 wasn't done, cabelas considered the sale had taken place. so, the pickup date is not the one to use, i reasoned. the request sailed through.

like joe says, scan everything and submit it... they know the drill

[rbertalotto]

CDNN has the 12FV Varmint in 223 Rem for $389.99 ($100 rebate makes it $289.99)

And they have the same rifle with a DBM for $100 more

https://www.cdnnsports.com/firearms.html#category_2=FIREARMS%2FHUNTING%20RIFL ES&manufacturer=SAVAGE
https://www.cdnnsports.com/firearms.html#category_2=FIREARMS%2FHUNTING%20RIFL ES&manufacturer=SAVAGE

[celltech]

I keep telling my wife that guns are cheap as dirt...it's the ammo, stocks and glass that raise the price up ;-) Right now it's a race to the bottom and only those with deep pockets will survive. Get 'em while you can...

[russellc]

The scopes and accessories are bad enough but it is buying gun safes that is really getting my budget!

Russellc

[Chavist93]

Chavit, can you share with us the specs on the stock and which scope you have? It looks very similar to the Cabela's Instinct 6.5-20x I recently picked up.

Stock is a bell and carlson medalist tactical. The scope is the cabelas instinct that was on clearance a short time ago. Basically a meopta meostar htr with cabelas branding.

[DrThunder88]

CDNN has the 12FV Varmint in 223 Rem for $389.99 ($100 rebate makes it $289.99)

And they have the same rifle with a DBM for $100 more

https://www.cdnnsports.com/firearms.html#category_2=FIREARMS%2FHUNTING%20RIFL ES&manufacturer=SAVAGE
https://www.cdnnsports.com/firearms.html#category_2=FIREARMS%2FHUNTING%20RIFL ES&manufacturer=SAVAGE

That seems a little odd. The 12FV is or at least has been a Cabelas exclusive. I've seen them sold by both Bass Pro and another vendor (CTD maybe) for twice what Cabelas would typically have as a sale price. This led me to believe these other vendors would buy them from Cabelas at retail price and then mark them up 100%, which is typical for retail. I wonder if CDNN caught a deal on some unsold guns or if the 12FV is being released to other vendors.

[NicfromAlabama]

Hey, for those that have submitted their rebate and have been approved, did anyone NOT include the register receipt, but yet was still approved? I picked up my 2 rifles yesterday and was handed my paperwork and did not thoroughly look at it. They gave me the cash register printouts, two of them. I thought one would be for each rifle, but it is not. Both are for only one rifle. I have the large two-page invoices for each rifle, but just missing the register receipt for one. So, I did not know if I should try to submit my rebate for the one without the register receipt, or plan a trip back to Cabela's and see if I could get that from them.

[ktmracer358]

I never submitted the register receipt and still got approved.

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[RustyShackle]

The invoice pieces are actually what you need per my last discussion with the rebate folks.

[NicfromAlabama]

OK, thanks for the info. I will just submit the two page invoice and photo of the box sticker with UPC Code/serial # for each one then. I have already submitted the rebate for two other rifles. My very first rebate went through fine, and I already have the Visa card. I have another one that has been labeled Non-compliant for some reason. I tried to call the 800 number a couple of times yesterday and today, but had no luck getting through.

[chop house]

i have more than one of these rifles, and i gotta say... if it ain't one thing it's another. was going to comment earlier on the fit/finish of this 6.5 i picked up about a month ago: much better than last springs deliveries. BUT this rifle has problems with the bolt head and the bolt body cocking cam.
the surface around the firing pin hole is gouged out... which leaves a bizarre impression on the primer. and, there are waffle tool marks on the bolt body cam surface causing the cocking pin to drag and grab when opening the bolt. plus, the trigger pull is way lighter (as delivered) than the lightest i can get the aforementioned rifles. i have to get the action out of the stock and see what is happening. hopefully it is just assembled with the target spring... i have yet to do all the usual safety checks.

on the plus side, it was headspaced at 0.002 over FC virgin brass, was fairly tight necked at 0.002 over loaded round dimensions, and a quick group was a little over an inch at 200 yards.

[OLEJOE]

Yeah it’s kinda like playing poker. Sometimes you get a good one and sometimes not. That may be the reason for the low price. I did a little polishing on the cocking cut out on the bolt on mine and it’s very smooth now. My trigger pull will only go down to about 2.5 lbs. but it shoots great.

[penna shooter]

Had mine checked and went down to about 2lbs pull.....Nice crisp positive break on the accutrigger....Love this rifle (22-250rem)....Fun to shoot

[chop house]

Had mine checked and went down to about 2lbs pull.....Nice crisp positive break on the accutrigger....Love this rifle (22-250rem)....Fun to shoot

just measured two of mine... this latest delivery the adjustment range is 26 to 48 oz. (1-1/2 to 3 lbs) that seems to match the varmint trigger mentioned below.
the older one from last spring (no pun intended) adjustment range is now 44 to 76 oz. but it seems in the past i was able to get it to 36 oz. hmmm.

this is from a hater on another blog:

actually there is 3 versions of it. the so called target, the varmint, and the standard. usually you cant get the varmint or target trigger down as far as savage claims without encountering problems with the sear dropping. heck actually you cant normally get an unaltered varmint trigger under 2# even though savage claims 1.5#.

[Texas10]

There are indeed three versions of accutrigger springs, but you can't put a "Target" trigger spring on a your 12FV because it's an entirely different trigger. However, you CAN buy a used "Target Accutrigger" (on this site, for instance) and put it on your 12FV. I have done this to two of my 12FV actions.

The 12FV trigger comes standard with the lighter "Varmint" spring, sometimes sold as a "target" spring on some websites, but as stated above, it's not really a "target" spring.

There are some tricks such as changing out springs that you can do to the trigger to lighten it up which I will not detail here, but a brief internet search will get you there if interested.

As far as half minute accuracy right out of the box, well....that's why we buy Savages, isn't it?

[celltech]

To set my various 12FVs triggers as light as possible causes the little tail part of the spring to come out of the holder, so I trim off a full coil so the stocks don't trip it. I also trim 2 1/2 coils off the safety blade spring so it's just barely pushing on it.