Originally Posted by
Texas10
The 12FV is way cheaper, bughole accurate too, but it is nevertheless a bottom basement gun, nothing like the BVSS or BTCSS. My BVSS in 223 has about 4000 rounds through it and is still more accuract than I am capable of. It's a 9 twist and not fond of anything heavier than 69 grain, but will shoot up to 75gr HPBT with the right load of Varget, just not bughole accurate. Some here are able to shoot even heavier/longer bullets with a their 9 twist, probably due to slight variations in actual twist rates of production barrels. Mine might actually be a 9 1/4 or 9 1/2 twist which would explain it's disdane for heavier bullets.
For off the shelf ammo, I find American Eagle 50 gr tipped varmint to be extremely accurate and consistent, and most of all cheap.
BTW, any model 12 has a $100 rebate right now, so an FV can be had for less than $300 after rebate, depending upon what market you live in. That leaves a lot of coin on the table for aftermarket stocks, optics, rings and bases.