Bought a used Savage Axis .223

[Redbearded1]

i's not too bad, some paid 1200$ for their rifle and it also shoots factory stuff around
1.5"
heck, some 1800$ sako won't do any better...

It's frustrating, but still workable. It's supposed to be guaranteed to 1" at 100 yards out the box. Maybe should've sent it back. Oh well. It actually liked cheaper federal ammo best. Hornady superformance or customs were brutal. But the federal powershocks worked best. And this rifle did account for a couple white tails this fall so I shouldn't gripe too much.

 

[gabrielguitars]

Umm, the Axis is NOT guaranteed to shoot MOA, I don't know where you got that from. Most people rave about their out of the box accuracy, but Savage makes no claims about it, especially for such an inexpensive rifle. I'm also not sure how you can be upset at 1.5" accuracy from a $250 gun.

 

[Gonefortheweek]

I have an Axis in .223 and I found that my stock was causing my poor groupings. I have retired the rifle until I find a cheep stock replacement. I wasted a lot of time and money trying to improve the accuracy of a cheap rifle. Lesson learned. We get what we pay for.

 

[jeffcarr88]

I paid $250 two January's ago for my savage axis in .30-06 and after using it think I paid too much. I just recently tore it right down and clean and put everything back together including lapping the scope rings and reinstalling the scope. I hope that fixes things. 1.5" is the best group I could get so its not a total write off, I just haven't been able to get accuracy that it says it will shoot. I hope I just got a lemon and they aren't all like this.

Where else can you get a 1.5" gun for $250...

I know many guns that cost 3-5x as much that can barely keep it at 2 MOA...

People want a Ferrari...at AMC Gremlin prices...