Colt’s New M2012-CLR Competition Bolt Gun with Cooper Action
At the NRA Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Colt Firearms introduced a new bolt-action “Competition Rifle”, the M2012-CLR. Assembled by Cooper Firearms for Colt, the M2012 features a Colt metal chassis with tubular forearm, and a Cooper Arms repeater action. The M2012 rifles on display were chambered in .308 Winchester with fluted 1:10″ twist stainless barrels fitted with Surefire muzzle brakes. The bolt is a three-lug design with a Sako-style extractor. Trigger is a Timney set at 3 pounds — pretty high for a “competition” rifle. Though the barrel is only 22″, the M2012 is fairly heavy. Weight without optics is 13.2 pounds. Given the weight and short barrel, we think Colt is marketing this more for tactical shooters, rather than actual High Power or F-TR competitors.
Photo by Nick Leghorn, courtesy Nick Leghorn and TheTruthAboutGuns.com.
MORE PHOTOS — Large Size
Large photo showing two M2012 rifles (full view) (From Military Arms Channel Blog.)
Large photo showing right side of receiver (close-up) (From Military Arms Channel Blog.)
Large photo showing left side of Receiver with Colt and Cooper Firearms markings (close-up)
According to the GDI Engineering website, Colt’s M2012 “appear[s] to have been built on Cooper’s Model 54 action, which features a two-position safety to the right of the bolt. [Features] include an integral 25-MOA Picatinny base and the Colt-specific chassis and stock. The single-stack detachable magazines are from Accuracy International.”
Hefty Price for Colt’s M2012-CLR
MSRP for the new M2012-CLR is $3799.00. Colt’s asking price is approximately $1300.00 more than the price of an Eliseo RTS Tubegun Chassis ($1020.00) with a Rem-clone custom action ($900.00) and a Krieger barrel ($550.00 chambered). The RTS features a 5-way adjustable buttstock, easily removed without tools. The Colt M2012 offers adjustable Length of Pull (LOP) and adjustable cheekpiece height. The M2012’s skeleton buttstock is bolted to the main chassis, requiring an Allen wrench to remove.
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Don’t forget to add $200 to the Eliseo build for a trigger. Still, the Colt is pretty pricey and I’ll stick with my Borden/RTM.
very nice, when are they going to be available for purchase?
“Competition?” maybe with your buddy at the range, but it sure isn’t for Highpower or F-Class. The muzzle brake is an instant disqualification, a 22″ barrel is useless, the weight isn’t bad, but the stock is a half a tubegun – by not enclosing the action it misses on a few key benefits and is really just a conventional stock made of metal. Colt hasn’t been relevant in decades and this won’t change anything.
It looks like a garage build…..
Is this what the guys at Cooper think a Tactical Rifle looks like?
I see sales in the single digits.
So… The company that jumped in bed with Bill Clinton in the 90’s to escape the lawsuits against arms makers has teamed up with the company that was supporting Obama to deliver us a $3,800 dollar precision rife. Should we rename this the ATF Tribute Model?
This is a fairly crowded market niche with better values available. Both of these companies can rot.
Wes, Cooper is under new management after Dan Cooper publicy supported the current administration. Board forced him out and new owner seems to be doing a good job.
Saw it at NRA convention-surrounded by precsion, target and LE rifles made in USA and proven records. Price was on Mars, better to buy a Savage 10BAS and save 2 large and end up with enough to buy a scope.What competition could it be used 4? Weekend sandlot matches (appleseed?) Once again, buy a Savage or if you got the scratch, buy a Tubb 2000 and all this thing will see is your tail-lights. I could custom build for less and then at least would not have to listen to Colts answering machine in customer service.
Umm,
Eliseo. Frame is $1050, barrel is $1000, surgeon or similar action is $2500, finding a GOOD gunsmith to assemble the parts $1000, seems like your math is off…
Montana ran out Dan Cooper who is one of the premier builders of accurate rifles just because he supported humanity. Montana can fly a kite. The new owner at Cooper is a jerk – I use dto have four Coopers. I now have ZERO and have no plans on buying anything from them or from Montana.
Umm,
Montana didn’t run Dan Cooper off – the nationwide firearms industry that boycotted him, canceled orders and whatnot did. Why you believe it’s somehow Montanans’ fault that Dan committed commercial suicide, or how you know Dan Cooper supported Obama based on “humanity”, you didn’t say.
It’ll be a cold day before American gun owners rally ’round this guy:
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-fight-gun-laws-ought-obsess-us-221626898–politics.html