Savage axis 223 doesn't have any rifling at muzzle. **update**

Jdiep said:
How did yall crown it? I was just about to cut off my axis down to 18".?
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I squared it up with a file best I could then used a 10-24 brass screw in a drill with lapping compound to make a recess in the crown. Just keep rocking the drill in a circle while the brass crew and valve lapping compound grind a crown. It isn't super professional looking but it worked good enough for me, I'll probably spend a little more time polishing it up but I was eager to go shoot it. I saw it in a few YouTube videos so I gave it a try
 
leeaspell said:
I squared it up with a file best I could then used a 10-24 brass screw in a drill with lapping compound to make a recess in the crown. Just keep rocking the drill in a circle while the brass crew and valve lapping compound grind a crown. It isn't super professional looking but it worked good enough for me, I'll probably spend a little more time polishing it up but I was eager to go shoot it. I saw it in a few YouTube videos so I gave it a try
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Thanks, I'll look up the YouTube. I got the skills to cut and bevel. Just not the crowning.
 
Some years ago, I put the pilot in drill and touched it with a file to get a fairly snug but not tight fit in the muzzle and then used a cutter like this one to cut a recessed crown on a 303. It worked great and I would use it again, I still have it
 

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gerard488 said:
Some years ago, I put the pilot in drill and touched it with a file to get a fairly snug but not tight fit in the muzzle and then used a cutter like this one to cut a recessed crown on a 303. It worked great and I would use it again, I still have it
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What cutter did you use?
 
Just a regular lee cutter, I crowned two barrels with it, barrel metal was softer than I thought, had no trouble cutting it, cut the recess first and then trimmed the outside with a file. That rifle still shoots good.
 
leeaspell said:
I squared it up with a file best I could then used a 10-24 brass screw in a drill with lapping compound to make a recess in the crown. Just keep rocking the drill in a circle while the brass crew and valve lapping compound grind a crown. It isn't super professional looking but it worked good enough for me, I'll probably spend a little more time polishing it up but I was eager to go shoot it. I saw it in a few YouTube videos so I gave it a try
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Awesome! Well done. It did the trick it looks like.
 
legi0n said:
Savage will take care of you no questions asked
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I have to agree with legi0n, my experience with Savage warranty was so good I ended up with a much better rifle, and it was this exact problem, but my rifling didn't end 3" from the muzzle, it just went straight at that point.

Pretty sure Savage would like to know that one of the drones let this slip past, and I'd be gobsmacked if it didn't get sorted out in short order.

Call Lakefield, they'll likely exchange it for something in the warehouse, maybe something better. If they won't do something call Westfield, Ma I've got some cash that says they will...
 
Well I guess I should have not been so impatient and waiting for Savages response. Either way, good on them for actually getting back to me and offering to make it right, or at least check it out Screenshot_20241007_091306_Outlook.jpg
 
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Finnaly got to shooting some different ammo brands after my hacksaw and brass screw crown job. This was 5 shot group at 100y with PMC Bronze fmj. Certainly an improvement over barely being able to hit a 12x12 target at 50. American Eagle AR 223 wasn't quite so good. .243 case as reference
 
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guntech said:
The factory can manufacture it any length they want but once it leaves the factory no barrel can be recut shorter than 18 inches in Canada. It can be re barreled shorter.
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This law relies on honest people.

I don't think any of my barrels have any markings indicating what length they are.

There seems to always be people looking for 12" and 14" 870 barrels and I've often thought that we are a good group of law abiding owners.

I don't know anyone whose chopped a barrel beyond legal limits but thinking about it makes me wonder how they'd ever be caught if they did.

Other than using a pair of calipers to make measurements it would be tough to argue in the field your 14" isn't a factory barrel.
 
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FatCatsDad said:
This law relies on honest people.

I don't think any of my barrels have any markings indicating what length they are.

There seems to always be people looking for 12" and 14" 870 barrels and I've often thought that we are a good group of law abiding owners.

I don't know anyone whose chopped a barrel beyond legal limits but thinking about it makes me wonder how they'd ever be caught if they did.

Other than using a pair of calipers to make measurements it would be tough to argue in the field your 14" isn't a factory barrel.
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If you've ever gone to a gun show, you might have had an opportunity to view and handle a variety of firearms. Had you done so, you would have found that a great many barrels do - in fact - include their (from the factory) length, and, even if they are not so marked, you'd also have found that modified guns are often easy to spot, even with only a cursory inspection, and even in poor light.
 
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