SmallCaliberCentral

This caliber seems very sensitive to even the smallest changes. I can pull scopes, swap them, put them on backwards, and mount them with rubberbands on my rimfires and things move around 1/2" or so at best, but this is the first time I've spent good money on good components, and it's a way diff...

I do have the tiny center dot reticle, not sure when I can get to the range next, but maybe I can range something in my neighborhood and play with it a little bit.

I've got the new (or just different?) accu stock with only 2 action screws and without the wedge, so I'll double check the mounting procedure and make sure I did it right. Parallax - I vaguely understand the concept, and Sightron does call it a 'side focus', but they don't mark ranges on it like my ...

Off day is definately a possibility, I have plenty of them. Is the 40 in/lb spec for the accu stock? If so, I'll check the torque. The barrel is free from the reciever forward, but at the very front left there is a spot where a dollar will fit, a business card won't, and it concerns me. Crown looks ...

I found the order for the action screws, but didn't see the torque specs, I'll have to check that again. I did break in the barrel, one shot at a time, removing copper in between. As far as tuning my load, I'll be shooting factory for quite a while, put off way too many projects around the house and...

I called Savage this morning, she said the 40s generally shoot better for them, so I guess I have about 35 rds of 32s for sale or trade, and I'll see if I can't tighten up my skills a bit.

Took my brand spanking new 12FCV (accu everything) to my local shooting dirt today. Broke it in by firing one shot, then brush, then hoppes 9, then sweet 7.62. Did for the first ten shots, switching between 32 and 40gr factory Hornady ammo. I had it shooting pretty close to POA, moved my target to 1...

I don't know much about the finish you're talking about, but try using Viva paper towels and rubbing the heck out of it with Hoppes 9. Vivas are so soft you can use them to wax your car, so they shouldn't damage the finish. To keep it from happening, sounds like you've got moisture wherever you're s...

I saw you had considered the SIII, but the price was high. Have you looked into the SII big sky series? I'll be ordering a 12FCV in .204 tomorrow morning, and I've already got a big sky 6-20 for it waiting in a drawer. I haven't hunted with it yet, and I won't pretend I know alot about expensive sco...

Collins, is that with 40 or 32 grain ammo? The 12FCV I'm ordering is a 26"er, so I'm hoping to get some fast, straight boolits out of it.

I'm familiar with marketing and PR bull, everyone does it, I wonder if anyone has measured this Hornday stuff to try to confirm their claims. If I actually owned a .204 rifle and chrony, I'd give it a shot, but I only have boolits and glass

I'm looking at the reloading info on this site, and then at the boxes of Hornady factory stuff I have, and it's WAY fast compared to the data from the powder people. 3900 for 40gr and 4225 for the 32s. Most of the stuff I see on here from the powder folk is 3900 for the 32s and around 3650 for the 4...

I absolutely intend to start reloading, but it'll be a while until I put the money and equipment together, and I just hate to have a $1200 prarie dog rig laying around un-shot, so I'll have to do some factory stuff while I save my pennies up for a starter press and stuff. It'll also be a big help wi...

Cabellas is 4+ hours away, Scheels I don't believe we have here in CO, but I am going to check the good SW up North tomorrow, maybe I'll get lucky. Probably won't have the rifle for 2-3 weeks, and I still need to find scope bases for it, so I got some time to figure this out.

Finally got the money saved up to get my 12FCV, but I don't want it to sit here with nothing to eat, so I'll need some boolits. I do plan to get started in reloading with this gun, but that rockchucker kit is still a ways off, so I'll need some pointers on affordable factory ammo. BVAC is the cheape...