I have a buddy that has a Savage model 12 in 223, only his problem was, couldn't get it even close to paper it shot way way way low. I think it was almost 3ft low at 100 yards when the vertical adjustment was maxed out. He mounted up some cheap illuminated reticel scope, and had to mount it way high off the bore so the bolt would clear the scope. I messed with it a lil bit, and told him to get a different set of bases/rings and try that, or just ditch that scope and go with something different. Never heard back if he did anything yet, this was a few weeks back.