Savage Model 12 Benchrest Rifles

Northern Optics and Accessories is proud to announce that the Savage Model 12 benchrest rifles in all calibres are now in stock and available for viewing and to purchase at the special price of £1665. These rifles have been used extensively in the USA to win many factory rifle classes as well in the UK where they have a big following. Numerous people in the UK shoot with these benchrest rifles at Diggle Ranges and also Ingleston range near Castle Douglas.

Savage Model 12 Bench Rest

The Savage Model 12 Bench Rest is a single-shot rifle chambered in 6 Norma BR, 6.5-284 Norma and .308 Win. The Model 12 Bench Rest is one of 5 rifles in Savage’s Target Rifle Series. Savage Arms was founded in 1894, and is headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts.

The Model 12 BenchRest features a 29" ultra-heavy stainless steel barrel with duel port action for quick loading and ejecting. The satin-finished wood laminate stock include a vented fore-end and wide fore-end and a buttstock that is sculpted to fit a shooting bag rest. 

The Model 12 Bench Rest also utilizes Savage’s Target Accu Trigger system. This inclusion features a dual-stage trigger design in which the first (vented) trigger acts to disengage a safety mechanism. Once this occurs, the second trigger can be depressed in order to activate the firing pin. The trigger assembly is also user-adjustable for weight of pull which is adjustable all the way down to an astounding 6 oz. 

The Model 12 Bench Rest is drilled and tapped for scope mounts, and is recommended and designed for the accuracy obsessed shooters who want to test their skills out to 1,000 yards. 

Series: Target 

AccuTrigger: Yes 

Stock: Bench Rest 

Magazine: Single-shot  

Sights: Drilled and tapped for scope mounts

Stock material: Wood Laminate Right Handed 

Barrel material: Stainless Steel 

Weight: 12.75 lbs

Overall Length: 49"

Barrel Length: 29"

Calibres: 6 Norma BR, 6.5-284 Norma, 308 Winchester.

Rate of Twist: 1-8, 1-8, 1-12.

How good is this rifle?

In the July 2015 edition of Target Shooter Vince Bottomley wrote an article on the new 1000 yard range at Castle Douglas and some of the results for these Savage rifles speak for themselves.

Factory Sporter Class 1000 yards

1^st David Leslie 6.5-284 Savage (Average four 5-shot groups) 9.972 inches

2^nd Nick Parkin 6.5-284 Savage (Average four 5-shot groups) 12.642 inches

3^rd Davie Rankin 308 Savage (Average four 5-shot groups) 15.764 inches

Smallest group: David Leslie 4.377 inches 

UK Record Smallest Group: 
Sean Broxham 4.148 inches 6.5-284 Savage (Diggle Ranges 21.10.12)

UK Record (Average four 5 shot groups)
Sean Broxham 7.481 inches 6.5-284 Savage (Diggle Ranges 21.5.12)