Understandably_Incoherent
10-27-2019, 12:10 PM
!! BIG PICTURE WARNING!! - I haven't figured out how to resize these yet...
I picked up a 12FV in 6.5 Creedmoor a while back and have been working on it as a project rifle for a while now. I swapped it into a Boyd's AT-ONE stock, pillar bedded with some aluminum pillars from Pete's Pillars, and then full bedded the action with gray MarineTex. I put a Blackhawk 20MOA rail on the top and mounted a Sig Tango4 6-24x50 in Warne Mountain Tech low rings. I went ahead and adjusted the accutrigger as light as it would go. I also swapped out the factory bolt handle with a BA style one and did a little work on the firing mechanism - cleaning, polishing, and re-lubing as well as backing the cocking piece off a bit (as described here and in the Lambeth instructions). She's a pretty sweet setup now, especially considering that I'm only in for about $1500 all told plus a little sweat and time.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_JwS4IkAMOGJuo05tm3wc9UD4shxYcFR4SMUPiF7DXcXXzASXh 0qfj-0cBR2qjmXr6zWneMrMpaqrMXv3pkAQghh0GrZNb2Pm3TrkiYKv HBqGOmvSyjTmyGW2vSZTLzSpmyfGwV1fw=w2400
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gy63RJ5PymuWGn1Htt6AR1_o8zX02yRuRb150IubMxqvH-MQxNTrxZtU8l4braZuqO3txxuIz3K75mA2AVxn5bqxpS1vDVW1 FW3HWUSgseuoPE92QrQnQpeBVslU06AWkUJlwoaoSA=w2400
I think I've finally got it where I want it, so I took it to the range to see how it performs. Sent a few downrange to let things settle down and get zero'd at 100 meters and then moved out to 195 yards for final zero. By this time I had about 20 round down the tube so I switched to some Remington 140gr BTHP ammo that I picked up for initial sight-in and started. I was firing from the prone with the bipod and a rear bag. I was still adjusting the scope, but the last 3 groups I shot turned out like this...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/F-iB_ChWIFcT-Dv44JGRWMKUTIYaGSB2jkJb5vnP8mauSUxBGrYmNZ7U_Ghrv65 UR6duV0RMYrhV0hZ2r0P9IjMbgI_F02q1BllBjjjR4NTfs0fBA 6EbpRvfmjIRAMDVFRYDf_D6wA=w2400
I'm very impressed with this performance with factory ammo. Now I've got to start working up some handloads for it and see if it gets even better. These 12FV rifles are a great platform for making custom builds. Given the price/performance ratio of this rifle, I can see why these are so popular.
I picked up a 12FV in 6.5 Creedmoor a while back and have been working on it as a project rifle for a while now. I swapped it into a Boyd's AT-ONE stock, pillar bedded with some aluminum pillars from Pete's Pillars, and then full bedded the action with gray MarineTex. I put a Blackhawk 20MOA rail on the top and mounted a Sig Tango4 6-24x50 in Warne Mountain Tech low rings. I went ahead and adjusted the accutrigger as light as it would go. I also swapped out the factory bolt handle with a BA style one and did a little work on the firing mechanism - cleaning, polishing, and re-lubing as well as backing the cocking piece off a bit (as described here and in the Lambeth instructions). She's a pretty sweet setup now, especially considering that I'm only in for about $1500 all told plus a little sweat and time.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_JwS4IkAMOGJuo05tm3wc9UD4shxYcFR4SMUPiF7DXcXXzASXh 0qfj-0cBR2qjmXr6zWneMrMpaqrMXv3pkAQghh0GrZNb2Pm3TrkiYKv HBqGOmvSyjTmyGW2vSZTLzSpmyfGwV1fw=w2400
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gy63RJ5PymuWGn1Htt6AR1_o8zX02yRuRb150IubMxqvH-MQxNTrxZtU8l4braZuqO3txxuIz3K75mA2AVxn5bqxpS1vDVW1 FW3HWUSgseuoPE92QrQnQpeBVslU06AWkUJlwoaoSA=w2400
I think I've finally got it where I want it, so I took it to the range to see how it performs. Sent a few downrange to let things settle down and get zero'd at 100 meters and then moved out to 195 yards for final zero. By this time I had about 20 round down the tube so I switched to some Remington 140gr BTHP ammo that I picked up for initial sight-in and started. I was firing from the prone with the bipod and a rear bag. I was still adjusting the scope, but the last 3 groups I shot turned out like this...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/F-iB_ChWIFcT-Dv44JGRWMKUTIYaGSB2jkJb5vnP8mauSUxBGrYmNZ7U_Ghrv65 UR6duV0RMYrhV0hZ2r0P9IjMbgI_F02q1BllBjjjR4NTfs0fBA 6EbpRvfmjIRAMDVFRYDf_D6wA=w2400
I'm very impressed with this performance with factory ammo. Now I've got to start working up some handloads for it and see if it gets even better. These 12FV rifles are a great platform for making custom builds. Given the price/performance ratio of this rifle, I can see why these are so popular.