451 Detonics
Member
A Savage 12 BVSS. This is an older gun but with a very low round count according to the previous owner. Looking at it I can't see where it was used much at all. There was virtually no copper fouling in the bore and the bolt is "polished' by wear in the places I would expect it to be so I believe the low round count of under 100 rounds. I bought just as you see in the pics with scope and bipod on it at a very decent price. Down side it is an older version meaning no Accu-Trigger. Rather than doing a trigger job on this one myself i have decided to drop in an SSS trigger. They are adjustable down to 2 ounces but I will likely set this one at about 1 pound.
As for the change in the line-up I am going to let this rifle replace my 22 CHeetah as my main varmint rifle. The barrel on the CHeetah is burning out a bit and groups have opened up to over 1/2 inch. I no longer take trips west for coyotes and simply don't hunt varmints like I did when I was younger. This Savage will do for the occasional 'yote or chuck here in Indiana.
The CHeetah, btw, will be re-barreled but in a much different caliber, either the .338 Whisper or the .375 Whisper...want to talk to JD first. It will be turned into one of his Incognito rifles...a fully suppressed rifle that looks like a bull barrel...no clue what it is till the trigger is pulled.
I took the Savage out today and fired 6 rounds just to see if it would group. First round out of a very clean, cold barrel was about 4 inches right and an inch low, next 5 went into about 3/4 of an inch just right of the POA. This was with the cheapest Remington ammo Wal-Mart had and an 8 pound trigger. I expect it to do better with the BVAC ammo I have on order and the new trigger will help me out as well. I will start loading for it later. The really thrown out cold bore shot puzzles me some, it is by far the widest from the POA I have seen. I will do some testing to see if this will be common to this rifle.
Now a look at the newest rifle on the team....
As for the change in the line-up I am going to let this rifle replace my 22 CHeetah as my main varmint rifle. The barrel on the CHeetah is burning out a bit and groups have opened up to over 1/2 inch. I no longer take trips west for coyotes and simply don't hunt varmints like I did when I was younger. This Savage will do for the occasional 'yote or chuck here in Indiana.
The CHeetah, btw, will be re-barreled but in a much different caliber, either the .338 Whisper or the .375 Whisper...want to talk to JD first. It will be turned into one of his Incognito rifles...a fully suppressed rifle that looks like a bull barrel...no clue what it is till the trigger is pulled.
I took the Savage out today and fired 6 rounds just to see if it would group. First round out of a very clean, cold barrel was about 4 inches right and an inch low, next 5 went into about 3/4 of an inch just right of the POA. This was with the cheapest Remington ammo Wal-Mart had and an 8 pound trigger. I expect it to do better with the BVAC ammo I have on order and the new trigger will help me out as well. I will start loading for it later. The really thrown out cold bore shot puzzles me some, it is by far the widest from the POA I have seen. I will do some testing to see if this will be common to this rifle.
Now a look at the newest rifle on the team....
