So I saved for a long while to buy a new rifle to shoot mid-range events with. I bought a Savage 12FV, with the intent of buying an after-market tactical stock, and all the other extras (bipod, base, rings, etc.
The rifle comes. I go to "drop" it into a new Bell and Carlson Medalist Tactical stock. The take down screw holes don't line up!
I called Bell and Carlson, and they said they don't make a stock for this rifle (contrary to their website).
I emailed Stocky's, where I bought the stock. They replied:
**ALL SAVAGES ABSOLUTELY MUST BE MEASURED. Savage is
notorious for design changes that require stock
modification(s) so be prepared to do so. This is
especially true of screw spacing and Accu-triggers,
not to mention the new center-feed magazine that
screws into the stock and not into the action like
every other rifle in the world. It costs a
manufacturer about $100K to set-up for a new inlet so
don't expect new versions to pop-up every time Savage
decides to change something for a few months. Be sure
to remember that when deciding on which gun to buy
also!
Thanks, Don
M.B.I., Inc.
331 Cornell Drive
Lake Worth, FL 33460
www.StockysStocks.com
I am so pissed right now I can't see straight.
Basically, no one makes an after-market stock for this
rifle as yet. I am stuck with the Tupperware stock it
came in. Damn! It's like begging for a new
bicycle for xmas when you were a kid, diving into and unwrapping it on xmas morn, only to discover with horror it's a girl's model.
I ate the $50 plus restocking charge at Stocky's, and I am firing off a letter to Savage to let them know what asses they are.
If I could, I'd send the damned thing back... all of
it... everything.
Jeff
The rifle comes. I go to "drop" it into a new Bell and Carlson Medalist Tactical stock. The take down screw holes don't line up!
I called Bell and Carlson, and they said they don't make a stock for this rifle (contrary to their website).
I emailed Stocky's, where I bought the stock. They replied:
**ALL SAVAGES ABSOLUTELY MUST BE MEASURED. Savage is
notorious for design changes that require stock
modification(s) so be prepared to do so. This is
especially true of screw spacing and Accu-triggers,
not to mention the new center-feed magazine that
screws into the stock and not into the action like
every other rifle in the world. It costs a
manufacturer about $100K to set-up for a new inlet so
don't expect new versions to pop-up every time Savage
decides to change something for a few months. Be sure
to remember that when deciding on which gun to buy
also!
Thanks, Don
M.B.I., Inc.
331 Cornell Drive
Lake Worth, FL 33460
www.StockysStocks.com
I am so pissed right now I can't see straight.
Basically, no one makes an after-market stock for this
rifle as yet. I am stuck with the Tupperware stock it
came in. Damn! It's like begging for a new
bicycle for xmas when you were a kid, diving into and unwrapping it on xmas morn, only to discover with horror it's a girl's model.
I ate the $50 plus restocking charge at Stocky's, and I am firing off a letter to Savage to let them know what asses they are.
If I could, I'd send the damned thing back... all of
it... everything.
Jeff