I had seen a VSSF a few weeks ago and kind of overlooked it for the very reason of it being a 12 twist, even though otherwise it was a very appealing rifle.
But.....
I just mistakenly got a closet queen 12 twist Ruger 77 Mark II for about half the price of the used VSSF, so glad to see this thread. I had thought it was a 9 twist until I got almost all the way there to pick it up, but when I saw the high gloss blue and decent grain to the walnut I went ahead and got it anyway. Also, I had a buddy that shot 62 Fusions and 64 PowerPoints out of a stainless boat paddle Mark II and he always did really well with those. So I thought, what the heck, for less than a new RAR Predator, I’ll give it a go.
I've got one of those Rugers but mine is the 20 inch Ultralight. Mine shoots the 50gr Barnes TTSX over TAC into just over 1/2 inch. It shoots about the same with the 63gr Sierra over Varget. Best I've gotten from the 55gr Hornady SP is about an inch, also over Varget.
