so im looking at the savage 12fv and remington sps varmint, both in the .243 chambering im planing on putting a leupold 3-9 scope on the rifle i pick, so the question is which rifle is the better of the two? they both come w/ a 26" heavy barrel, and as i understand they are both great rifles.
Savage 12fv VS. Remington sps varmint
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2muchgun
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Both are shooters. Both have crappy tupperware stocks on them. Both have good triggers, although I don't like the feel of the accutriggers much, and I prefer the old Remmy triggers to the new. I've nothing against the Savage, but I like the Remington action better, personally, and the 700 is the easiest bolt gun out there to find aftermarket parts for. Here is a review...............
http://www.snipercentral.com/remspsv.htm
http://www.snipercentral.com/remspsv.htm
land308
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Flip a coin. I shot the sps varmint in 204 last week and it shot great. As usual the trigger on the remington felt like the safty was on from the factory. With a trigger job on the remington they are equal in my book. I like the accutrigger better than a remington w/o a good trigger job, but I like the factory stock a little better on the remington sps. I'm sure you will be happy with either one.
Dave Allen
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ok so it sounds to me that i just gotta go and find the 1 that feels best in my hands.
i agree 100% /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
ok so it sounds to me that i just gotta go and find the 1 that feels best in my hands.
i agree 100% /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
jlindholm70
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Buy the cheapest Savage you can find, and put a Boyds laminate thumbhole stock on it. You'll never want to shoot another rifle without a thumbhole.
remingtonguy
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well i just bought the sps varmint in 204 shot .5 inch groups at 100 yrds...
i would recomend getting a new stock cus they are both junk in my eyes... i will be getting a new stock as soon as i can afford one,,,
i would recomend getting a new stock cus they are both junk in my eyes... i will be getting a new stock as soon as i can afford one,,,
IDBob
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One consideration is you can switch out barrels on the Savage in about 15 minutes with a barrel vice, barrel nut wrench and a go headspace gauge for the new caliber barrel. It also means when and if you ever shoot out the barrel that came on the Savage you don't need a gunsmith to install a new barrel.
Some folks like the accu-trigger some don't, most like it and the varmint model accu-trigger can be set pretty light if you like light triggers.
I'm not a fan of plastic stocks or heavy barrels for a calling rifle. I've got a 243 Remington VLS heavy barrel and it sits in the safe til ground squirrel and rock chuck season comes along. It's just to heavy to pack to coyote sets.
You might want to take a look at the CZ's, they come with a beautiful single set trigger. My 204 CZ 527 Varmint weighs 7.2 pounds naked and the trigger is set for four ounces in the set mode and three pounds in the unset mode. The 243 comes in the model 550.
This is my Rem 700 VLS it has a laminated stock and is almost as accurate as my CZ 527 Varmint. I shoot 55 grain Nosler's at around 3950 fps across my chrono out of the 26 inch heavy barrel. Scoped, slinged and loaded with a 6 by 24 power scope this gun goes over 11 pounds and it's a bugger to carry to very many coyote sets.
At around 8.5 pounds decked out the little CZ Varmint with a 25.5 inch barrel can be carried with no problems and just plain outshoots everything else in the safe with nickle sized groups off the sitdown bipod. The longest coyote so far out of the seven this new gun has killed was at a measured 385 yards.
Some folks like the accu-trigger some don't, most like it and the varmint model accu-trigger can be set pretty light if you like light triggers.
I'm not a fan of plastic stocks or heavy barrels for a calling rifle. I've got a 243 Remington VLS heavy barrel and it sits in the safe til ground squirrel and rock chuck season comes along. It's just to heavy to pack to coyote sets.
You might want to take a look at the CZ's, they come with a beautiful single set trigger. My 204 CZ 527 Varmint weighs 7.2 pounds naked and the trigger is set for four ounces in the set mode and three pounds in the unset mode. The 243 comes in the model 550.
This is my Rem 700 VLS it has a laminated stock and is almost as accurate as my CZ 527 Varmint. I shoot 55 grain Nosler's at around 3950 fps across my chrono out of the 26 inch heavy barrel. Scoped, slinged and loaded with a 6 by 24 power scope this gun goes over 11 pounds and it's a bugger to carry to very many coyote sets.
At around 8.5 pounds decked out the little CZ Varmint with a 25.5 inch barrel can be carried with no problems and just plain outshoots everything else in the safe with nickle sized groups off the sitdown bipod. The longest coyote so far out of the seven this new gun has killed was at a measured 385 yards.
IdahoElkHunter
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I agree with Bob from Idaho. I have 2 CZ 527 varmits one in 17 rem and the other in 223. I have adjusted the set triggers to suit my taste, no gunsmith needed. To say the trigers are sweet is a big understatement. They both shoot 5 shot groups smaller than a dime. CZ firearms are shooters right out of the box.