Savage rifle scope base ..help!

cowdoc

February 04, 2003 15:21

here is the deal my brother left me his new savage model 12fv in 223rem to put on base and scope but the leupold base that he left with me is part number 52317 which says for savage 10 through 16,510 and 516 but this base will not fit his rifle as the back of the action is the same height as the front and the one piece base is for action that the back is lower...went to leupold web site to find out what part number for the base i need and they dont list the model 12....any ideas, did savage forget to machine the back part of the action down???? thanks
doc
ps the screw holes are the right distance apart but the base would run down hill towards the bbl. also if any of you guys could steer me to the right part number i would greatly apprecate it as the closest gun store is 50 miles oneway that way i could just call to see if they have what i need...i the mean time i will be checking some more for the info i need

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  ATF

  February 04, 2003 15:40

  cowdoc,I looked it up in the Ellette Bros. wholesale catalog and they give the number you have ?
  
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  ATF

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  cowdoc

  February 04, 2003 16:53

  thanks ATF by looking at the pictures i have of savage guns, it looks like the model 12 in the picture has the back of the action lower than the front where the bases go...the only thing that looks like the action that is on this rifle is the bolt action shotgun they appear to look like the are the same height in the picture...looks like i'll be on the phone in the morning with Savage and Leupold unless somebody here has an answer.

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  bem243

  February 04, 2003 18:08

  cowdoc, I have two 112 models but they are long actions. I could not find a one piece base so I had to settle for the two piece jobs. I talked to the guys at Bear Basin and ordered from them. The long actions required an entended front base to mate up with the scope deminsions but you may not have that problem with the .223. I'm pretty sure that the 12 and 112 share the same action. Good luck.
  
  In our schools, if we train the mind and not morals we will unleash criminals on society...Dr. Benjamin Rush

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  varmit hunter

  February 05, 2003 02:33

  If the short action & long action are the same. I can send you one for free. Contact me rrobison@gt.rr.com.
  
  Just dawnd on me, I will have to send you two, Because they are Burris bases.
  
  The most important things, Are not things.

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  varmit hunter

  February 05, 2003 03:45

  Cowdoc, Just checked Burris catalog. The ones I have will fit the short action. You wont double dove tail, Are rear windage?. Got you coverd pardner.
  
  The most important things, Are not things.

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  cowdoc

  February 05, 2003 03:57

  varminthunter is the top of the action where the rear base would go the same height as were the front base mounts or is the rear machined down lower? on this rifle they are the same height

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  Guns & Glass

  February 05, 2003 04:00

  I find a different base than #52317.
  
  One piece base is different on those model ranges.
  
  Two piece is interchangable.
  
  The "VH Man" has great deal that will work. Take it.
  
  
  "VH MAN", i have some ammo but the rifle is the wrong caliber.
  Got a free rifle to fit it???
  
  
  Happy Bullet Holes!

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  cowdoc

  February 05, 2003 05:26

  Varmint hunter your offer is more than generous!! talked to my brother little bit ago and he is on his way to get the right bases for his rifle
  think he is itching to shoot it right away....guess leupold is in the process of making a one piece base for this rifle now but dont have it on the market yet this rifle is a 2003 model they changed the action where the rear base sits ...its the same height as the front instead of being milled down lower than the front... at first thought maybe he got a rifle that got out of the factory that was not completely finished.
  Again thanks for your offer!
  doc

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  varmit hunter

  February 05, 2003 06:36

  G&G, Free rifle. For you any day of the week. What kind of stock you wont?.
  
  The most important things, Are not things.

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  Guns & Glass

  February 05, 2003 14:33

  I'll take the one with all them bent angles, and slots.
  
  You know the one I mean,..... looks like you ran over it a couple times with your '4 WD portable power gun safe & artillery range bench' to make a custom stock fit.
  
  It should fit the ammo I have.
  
  Happy Bullet Holes!

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