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Savage Firearms!!!
I have been hearing for a couple of years now how well Savage
Firearms shoot. I recently had an opportunity to try one and
am sorry that it isnt mine. A friend from work asked me to
help him find a varmint gun for shooting ground hogs and such.
His primary concern was accuracy and he wanted to be able
to shoot factory ammunition. I gathered some evidence from
the various chat-boards on the web to share with him on the
success that others were reporting. We looked on the Savage
website and decided on the model 12FV. I personally would
love to have the 12BVSS-S, but he opted for going with the
cheaper of the two.
I had Jerry Malin from Malins gun order one for him. In
less than a week, it was in and ready to be picked up. The
first thing that I did was to check the trigger pull. I had
heard how bad these things are, but never had actually tried
one. Well it was terrible, creepy, and very heavy pull weight.
Jerry offered to smith on the trigger and I encouraged John
to get it done right away. The gun was left with Jerry to
work on the trigger, and was picked up a few days later. With
the factory trigger, Jerry was able to safely reach a 3lb
pull and it was a big improvement. There are good aftermarket
triggers available for the Savages, but they werent in the
budget.
I mounted a Tasco Worldclass Target 6-24 power scope in Burris
Signature Zee rings on weaver bases. I worked up some loads
to try using Winchester 748 powder and 50 grain Hornady V-maxes
in Federal cases with Federal match primers. After sighting
the rifle in at 50 yards, I moved the target to 100 yards
to shoot a group and get the scope sighted in for an inch
high at 100 yards. Below is a picture of the first group that
I shot at 100 yards. With the flier it measures .76".
The four in the group are very tight. This was with the first
powder and bullet tried.
John had now had the opportunity to shoot the rifle and get
comfortable with it. He shot some 3 and 4 shot groups while
we made minor scope adjustments and just about every one of
his groups were less than an inch, while one of his 3 shot
groups was .5". John was not very confident with his
shooting ability before he shot the groups. I think that it
is safe to say that there are two more Savage believers.
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