I bought a 223 a week or so ago. I sent in for the rebate as well. Trying to talk myself into another one...
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I bought a 223 a week or so ago. I sent in for the rebate as well. Trying to talk myself into another one...
I thought about getting one in 223 as well but the SP101 327 Mag that they had was more important at the time.
I bought one in 22-250. $350 before rebate. Just cashed the rebate check. $250 tac driver that knocks the bull out of the target at 100 yards With a $200 Nikon scope! Very happy with it. Hard to find fault with the stock at that price.
How did you get the savage 12fv for 350. For that price I'll buy 2 more
No Cabela's in Calif, time for a drive. :(
I called to make sure they had one in.223 and they said they had two and would hold one. A made a four hour drive with a 9 and a six year old. Showed up and .223 Was sold out. Next best option was 22-250. The manager felt bad and knocked the price down to $350 from $419.
have one in 22-250
I have the Model 12 FVSS. I could nnot be happier with it. It is so accurate that it's scary. We glue 9MM Cases on a board primer down, set at 100 yards and play Tic Tac Toe
drove from Houston to Austin in Dec. to get one in 308. It was my first savage and this thing is accurate, I was planning to rebarrel but I'm going to keep this and just bought another one Wednesday in Houston with a 100 rebate. Original plan was to rebarrel the second gun to 6.5 and sell the 308 barrel unfired.
I am on that exact same plan. Cant decide on 6.5 creed vs x47
does anyone know what the torque specs is on the action screws ??
There is a torque value specified in the owners manual however, here is a link to describe how to tune the torque screws for maximum accuracy. Hope this answers your question. http://www.accurateshooter.com/techn...torque-tuning/
Since this thread got resurrected, figure I'd post the last 5-shot 100 yd group I shot with my 12FV in .22-250 I got at Cabelas for $380 last fall. Bone stock rifle shooting 55gr Nosler Ballistic Tip/34.5gr IMR4064/CCI primers/Hornady brass. Bought the rifle thinking I'd re-stock and probably re-barrel. No reason to do either.
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/o...50%20group.jpg
I just picked one up in 22-250. I went in to get one in 223 but they didn't have any in stock. Dies are ordered. Cant wait to see how it shoots, I couldn't rebarrel and restock my old savage for the price of the new one........
i got one in .308 a few weeks ago...thinking of getting another in either .22-250 or .308. shot my .308 for the first time this past weekend and was getting sub-moa with random shells that I had laying around.
Have the same 12fv what is your coal or do you measure from the ojive?
I measure from the ogive with a Hornady comparator @ 2.080. COAL is about 2.495 plus or minus a couple thousandths. I really didn't even do load development for the rifle. I used this load in a re-barreled Mauser I had. Tried it in the 12FV, and it shot .5 MOA groups so I just messed with bullet seating a little and called it good. Guess I could play with the action screw tuning since I got a Wheeler Fat Wrench for Christmas. I have the action screw torque at 30F and 20R right now.
If Cabelas has them on sale again. I will pick up another one or two - in whatever chambering they have...
Edit - Duh, I see the rebate now. Will look for one tomorrow
Thanks - I have some 22-250 reloaded at 1.99 ish at the ojive (55 grain Sierra BT) however am using 29g h322 MV is listed as 3339 fps - will try your recipe when I run out of h322 which will be very soon. thanks for the torque specs also have a fat wrench
The ad on Savage website states very clearly, buy any model 12….(emphasis mine)
http://www.savagearms.com/promotions/
Yep....saw that and agree with you entirely. Just curious why the 12 FV is not listed when you scroll down to the info below the $100 rebate coupon. Possibly because it appears to be a Cabela's exclusive?
See page 4 of the thread. Rebate apparently works.
Here is a picture of my 12FV 308 during load development, grid are one inch, same load different length using Hornady 168 HPBT at 100yrds
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...psi36birzw.jpg
Took the new 22-250 out for the first time today. Varget with 60 g V-Max touched first three rounds fired. Not the best load for it but it's what I had on hand. These guns have potential......
Any clue as to how long the rebate takes to process? Mine has been pending verification for half a month... My 308 seems to have a pretty short throat...
my .308 is short too. OAL using 180 grain hornady sst is 2.815
just got a 308 today and can someone suggest a decent base and rings so I can put some glass on this bad boy and burn powder
I have the vortex 30mm rings and i love them.. vpr-30mm .... only $60.. ive always ran warne bases and never had an issue
I put Warne bases on mine with Burris signature rings with the inserts.
Would that base be 20 moa ? Would it be ok to give a clue where one might order such items
Thee are lots of vendors out there who carry bases and rings . Midway USA, Midsouth shooters supply, Brownells , Cabelas and a whole lot more. As to a 20 moa base, it depends on what distance you are planning to shoot and your optic capability. Search topics on 20 moa bases. There is a wealth of information out there .
Just put an EGW 20 moa base on my 12FV. Fit perfectly. Then some Vortex rings and scope and it's a good little shooter.
Thanks, I just get worried when I have to mail stuff like that... I've put on a weaver 20moa rail for $25 off amazon and some very low rings. I had to cut the overhanging part off the front of the rail to get it to clear my scope, but it seems to work well so far. I'm playing with some varget and 175gr SMKs with promising results.
I'm in California. Was going to buy a 12 LRPV when someone told me about this DEAL! I've never even owned a centerfire rifle. I called Cabela's last night and they guy said they could sell me one after my FFL here sends over some paperwork so this AM I made it all happen and I am the new owner of a 12FV in .223. It will arrive in So Cal on Friday and will be in jail for 10 days. In that time I'll be working on ammunition, scope, and some bags. Me and my adult son checked out a "Varmint" shoot at a local club and it looks like a hoot. They are shooing small metallic silhouette type targets on a rail (gotta knock em off) at 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards. Some pretty nice looking "bench rest" type rifles! Long story short that looked like so much fun I'm getting this rifle to start out.
Sure glad I found this forum!
Michael
Give this ammo a try, I think you'll find that for an off-the-shelf, cheap brand, it is astonishingly accurate in 223. I got a shipment from Ammunition supply Co. today.
It's American Eagle Tipped Varmint, 50 gr. P/N AE223GTV. Typically sells for about ten bucks a box of 20 in stores, but on line I've found it as cheap as $5.88 a box of 20. Brass is re-loadable too, if you're planning on getting into hand loading.
My FV will shoot this quite easily at 500 yds. I've gone as far as 750 yds but it's pretty much out of breath at that range :puke:
Hey Tex, do you have a recommendation for 308. I reload but have not been set up in several years and need to build a supply of good plinking ammo.
Back to the bases and rings comments, does a one piece, such as EGW, allow enough room to easily top feed the cartridges? I was thinking a two piece would make it much easier. Also, as to the Warne or Burris Signature Zee rings, will a medium be too high with a weaver style base in either Warne or Burris? Warne has low and medium, but Burris Sig Zee only comes in medium. A 40mm optic in a one inch tube will be used. I don't want to order mediums if the lows will work better.
The one piece rail will not interfere too much, in my opinion, but I do think it will cause your scope to be too high with medium rings. Can't say for sure.
Personally, I would recommend trying DNZ Game Reaper one piece mount with integrated rings. THe lows will likely be just right, if you don't use Butler Creek Caps.
But it's so hard to say for sure.
I have the 1 piece weaver rail w burris signature zees. Love it!
Hey Texas10, was that a "flat back" or "round back" that you ordered? My 12FV is on the way and I just picked up a Weaver T36 and am looking at that Picatinny rail. Just need to know if its flat or round back there. And the .223 is a short action is that right? This is my first centerfire, so lots to learn.Quote:
Just put an EGW 20 moa base on my 12FV. Fit perfectly. Then some Vortex rings and scope and it's a good little shooter.
Thanks,
Michael
The 12FV is a round back and is indeed a short action.
Thank you WV1951 !!!! I just ordered my Picatinny 20 MOA rail...
I have the 20moa weaver. Burris rings are medium. Barely clears scope
Greetings all! I found this thread after googling "Savage model 12 FV bottom metal" and joined after reading several other posts. I'm glad to see the thread was resurrected too.
I brought home a model 12FV in .223 from Cabellas yesterday. I had an extra 20MOA 1 piece Millett rail left over from my other Savage (model 10 FCP-K) that fit perfectly so I used it to mount an old Leupold 24x I picked up a couple of gun shows ago on it. I took it out to the range this morning and ran some junk ammo through it to get the scope dialed in (what a fiasco - that old Leupold is strange) before switching to a single box of Australian Outback .223 (factory loaded 69gr SMK bullets) I picked up when I bought the rifle. Average 4 shot group size from the last 5 groups was .75".
Now to a comment and question. Loading the internal mag was very hard. After 80 rounds my thumb was sore. I shoot a lot of large bore rifles without issue but these little suckers hurt! The rifle shoots so well with factory ammo that I think it's worth changing out the bottom metal to utilize a detachable mag and putting a decent stock on it. The factory stock is OK except for the grip angle so I'll probably opt for something from Boyds with more of a straight grip.
I found that PTG has a bottom metal and mag combo. It's a little pricey but not out of the running. Earlier in the thread factory replacement components were discussed. Where can I find the information to get the part numbers needed to switch to factory components? Also are there better/different options? (Leaving the internal mag alone is not an option).
That's odd. I just shot mine today for the first time, and thought the loading was easier than I had anticipated. Have to keep them a bit forward. The straight feed is not as easy as a staggered(my old Remmy 700), but had no complaints. They chambered quite nice, as well.
I had two pretty consistent issues with mag loading. First was the force needed to push the cartridge down into the mag, second was that the last cartridge(4th) would almost always slip over to the far side of the mag well requiring me to roll the rifle over to the right to free the cartridge to fall back out to try again.
I haven't taken the rifle apart to check it out yet, had to leave for work when I got home today. Maybe something's out of adjustment.