The FV is made for Cabelas and has a center feed blind magazine. The FCV is detachable magazine, center feed sold by virtually everyone else, but usually with about a $300 price bump.

I bought a model 12FV in 223 from Cabelas last spring on sale and with a rebate from Savage. Pretty good deal for a model 12 that shoots WAY under MOA. It comes with a plastic stock that is adequate for a light recoil rifle like the 223 however, I put a laminated stock underneath it from E.A.Brown co. and bedded it, and it shoots even better, especially with a bi-pod.