Took my buddies axis apart last night. Cut down the trigger spring, radiused and polished the portion of the trigger where your finger pulls. An hours work made a huge difference! I don't have a scale for trigger pull but i would say we easily cut it in half.Better than $100 for a replacment trigger although i would hope it is not as good as the aftermarket ones but who wants to put a $100 trigger in a $350 gun.
Savage axis
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Is The axis a decent gun? I went to a savage shoot at our local range and I was really impressed with all the savage fire arms. After talking with the Savage rep, he claims that it isn't a cheap gun, they just came up with a more efficient way to make them. How heavy are the axis? What can I expect for out of the box triggers, and for 100 yard MOA? I wouldn't mind having an extra rifle. A .308 for friends or family who want to come out hunting or shooting.
Hey these Axis rigs a great in my opinion. My .223 is nice and smooth now that I have a couple bulk boxes of Winchester 45gr. through it. It'll group within a CD diameter at 200 yds. all day long with that cheap ammo too. That's good enuf for a scoped rifle that cost me $329.00 new. It is what it is. I'd like to improve trigger pull as well but I may opt for the aftermarket one eventually mainly for safety reasons.... but my opinion on that could easily be swayed... 
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If you can live without the removable mag then the Stevens 200 is a great starting platform with a more traditional stock.
hometownhero
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My axis are pretty great. Hell for under 400 with scopes they are great. I have looked at a few of the higher $ savages and the actions dont feel any different to me lol.
I've got 3 Axis XP's'............... I like them very much...... got two of them for a steal... I also did the trigger job.... I found all the trigger needes was 1 to 1.5 rounds removed from the spring... easily took a few pounds off and made the trigger perfect without affecting the safety mechanism. Simple as dirt units... The bloody day i'd would spend the dough on a Timney trigger for such a cheap platform... But none the less i'd say the average trigger pull is now about 3.5 to 4 lbs... Nice to handle now...
I had an axis and it was acceptable but it was just too cheap IMHO. Plastic stock was like a toy and the way the barrel lug set up was just plain weird.
For the cost of the axis there are a lot of older guns out there with machined steel parts and not stamped tin. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate but if you are going to spend $350 or so on a rifle I think that you can find a higher quality used gun or just add another $100 for a new un that actually feels like a gun and not something made by Mattel
For the cost of the axis there are a lot of older guns out there with machined steel parts and not stamped tin. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate but if you are going to spend $350 or so on a rifle I think that you can find a higher quality used gun or just add another $100 for a new un that actually feels like a gun and not something made by Mattel
You are absolutely right about getting better bang for your firearm buck by shopping for a used rifle of better quality for similar money (I did that for my pistol), but that only works in the larger calibers for some reason. A used rifle in .223 around my area for some reason usually seems to cost more than new
So that's why I went for the Axis. At the time I bought mine they were literally flying off the shelves (well okay not literally, but you know what I mean) and a used .223 was non-existant. Even on the EE they are spendy and sell FAST. I'm thinking about upgrading the scope and then see where things stand. I might look at something better in 22-250 over the coming year, but I sort of like the Axis now that I've beat it around a bit.
I used mine as a platform for a LR gun, so far I'm happy with it.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=678068
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=678068
After shooting a fellow shooters rifle with a pound and a half trigger pull a few weeks ago, inspired me to work om my axis trigger. Lightening the spring and carefull work with a stone on the sear put my trigger pull in that same range. Now it seems like I only have to think about pulling the trigger, and it fires.
The true test was yesterday afternoon, I pulled off a .625 5 shot group at a hundred yards with the gun's favorite load. I know for a certainty that with a bi-pod I can shrink that to a quarter inch. Not bad for a sub $400.00 rifle.
The true test was yesterday afternoon, I pulled off a .625 5 shot group at a hundred yards with the gun's favorite load. I know for a certainty that with a bi-pod I can shrink that to a quarter inch. Not bad for a sub $400.00 rifle.
I shot a 7/8" group with factory ammo out of my axis. I have since lightened the trigger using the same means mentioned by the other posters. It is not a pretty gun, it isn't the smoothest action, the mag is sometimes a tad finicky, and every once in a while the round doesn't feed into the chamber quite right. Having said that, it is accurate, and cheap, so if you take it out on a crappy day, or drop it in the dirt, it won't break your heart or your wallet, and I'm not hunting dangerous game with it so if it doesn't feed for a second shot it won't kill me. That's my $.02, your opinion may differ, and that's just fine.
