View attachment 786111 View attachment 786112 View attachment 786113 Some months back I bought a Cabela's exclusive, Savage M12FV, chambered in 6.5 Creedmore. After Savage's $100 rebate, my cost was $319.
I was interested in a hopeful longer range, and harder-hitting varmint rig than what I had in a .22-250 Rem.
The first thing that I noted is that it has recoil only very slightly less than a .308 Win. I followed a normal barrel break-in, firing one round, then cleaning with Bore Tech. I did this for 10 rounds, switched to firing 3-shot groups then cleaning, then 5-shot groups followed by cleaning.
I mounted up the Nightforce NXS 3.5-15 lastnight. This morning, I headed to the range with two boxes of Hornady, 140 grain, ELD Match ammo to test its accuracy potential for woodchuck application.
Accuracy was adequate, and consistent. Without doubt, it is an honest 0.25 MOA rifle. I had Range Officer Ron (a bench rest competetor) try it out as well. Ron fired one shot into the target, and adjusted 3-clicks down, the fired a 3-shot group (white and orange target). I then finished off the final 6 rounds into the 3" circle targets.
I will follow-up after I have worked-up some reloads. All-in-all, can accuracy get much better for a factory-stock, $319 varminter?!
Geno
I was interested in a hopeful longer range, and harder-hitting varmint rig than what I had in a .22-250 Rem.
The first thing that I noted is that it has recoil only very slightly less than a .308 Win. I followed a normal barrel break-in, firing one round, then cleaning with Bore Tech. I did this for 10 rounds, switched to firing 3-shot groups then cleaning, then 5-shot groups followed by cleaning.
I mounted up the Nightforce NXS 3.5-15 lastnight. This morning, I headed to the range with two boxes of Hornady, 140 grain, ELD Match ammo to test its accuracy potential for woodchuck application.
Accuracy was adequate, and consistent. Without doubt, it is an honest 0.25 MOA rifle. I had Range Officer Ron (a bench rest competetor) try it out as well. Ron fired one shot into the target, and adjusted 3-clicks down, the fired a 3-shot group (white and orange target). I then finished off the final 6 rounds into the 3" circle targets.
I will follow-up after I have worked-up some reloads. All-in-all, can accuracy get much better for a factory-stock, $319 varminter?!
Geno
. That’s awesome, you paid 4 times the rifle cost in scope and the rifle was worth it.
