My out of the box model 12 shoots 5 shot groups at around 1 inch using factory Remington 32 grain ammo. I'd be ecstatic if I was shooting .3" groups! I haven't had a chance to try other factory ammo to see if it likes anything else better. When the temperatures falls a bit I'll go back out to t...

Interesting - Please post a report when you get a chance to try them out!

I see we shoot the same brass...

I shot a big coyote and a racoon in the face\ head area and the bullet blew up and did'nt kill them. I had to shoot the coon again in the ribs and the coyote got away. :mad: They were both snap shots at moveing animals, so not really where I wanted to hit them. But it's a little to lightly construc...

If you haven't already - give all of your brass a light inside chamfer. It will help eliminate the hard edge scraping off the coating.

I believe the rifle was billed as a 4+1, which I took to mean that the magazine held 4 rounds + one in the chamber, but I was able to load 5 rounds in the magazine easily. Of all the rifles I own, this has become my favorite - it is extremely well built - a bit on the heavy side, so I don't see myse...

Picked up my Savage Model 12 in .204 yesterday and wasted no time in setting the scope and bore sighting it. I've been using Vortex binoculars now for about a year and really like them, so I thought I'd give the Vortex Viper scope a try - it's the 6.5 - 20 x 44 with the BDC reticle sitting on top of...

LOL - No, they don't suck. It's just that 40 grains is on the upper edge of stability using a .204 1 in 12 twist barrel, some rifles shoot them fine, others don't like them at all - even identical rifles from the same manufacturer are hit and miss. Trying to work up loads for your own particular rif...