Savage Axis rifles.

I have one in .308, and Stainless.

Love it. The stock being flexy, I haven't noticed, but I tend to shoot rifle with my hand a bit closer to the action than most.

The trigger is definitely stiff. There are lots of fixes available from changing it out with a rifle basix trigger or timney, or simply taking a coil or two off the spring shown on Youtube. I haven't decided if it bugs me that much yet, so I've left well enough alone. I tend to want my bush guns to have a little bit stiffer trigger anyhow.

The extra $$ spent on the stainless is well worth it. For $485 taxes in, I got a very accurate rifle, which I don't have to care much if it gets wet, muddy, or the stock gets marred because it's hit some rocks in the field.
 
Once the krylon has cured do a few coats of tremclad clear satin finish over it and in my exsperience it will be a pretty durable paint job.
 
fingers284 said:
Anouther bonus was the consistency of the group center in respect to the point of aim. The first group I fired was about 1.5 in right and 1.5 in low, I didn't change the scope "0" thru all the test and every bullet weight printed basically to the same POI.

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I found that as well but from 36gr up to 60gr If you load em right they will all hit darn near same poi. The berger 77gr that I shoot are about an inch lower then the rest.
 
You can be the judge, im a #### shot that kills mostly what i am for.... Not my Axis, but wouldnt blame the rifle if i missed.

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I owned the 30-06 model, I found the recoil to be very heavy with such a light action. Magazine was a hit or miss with feeding, normally skipping over the round unless a fair amount of force was applied. The trigger was piss poor, close to 13 pounds on mine. I can't complain about the accuracy though, killed 2 deer with it before I sold it, hit exactly where I was aiming both times. Decent rifle for the price it asks.
 
I chose the Axis as a base for both of my precision rifle. I swapped barrels on both, I have one in 223 (stainless barrel) and another that is a 308. I have 3 stocks, and 2 scopes, so I can choose any stock/caliber/scope option I want.



And here is the 223 with the Mpod from Mystic Precision

 
I have the Axis stainless in .223, use it for targets so the flex to me isn't an issue. Yes, the stock is weak, but for the money it shoots better than I am able. Did the spring replacement trick and that fixed the crappy factory trigger. Very happy with this gun.
 
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