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Anyone done a DIY upgrade (I dont mean painted it tan)

just got a .223 axis and its good and accurate just cant get over the stock.

Pics of you DIY upgrade as I dont want to spend more on a stock then the gun is worth

Thanks
 
If you want to make your axis stock better "rockite" it or use anchoring cement, fill the forearm to the top of the fins and add some to the pistol grip area and butt stock if you want. After that relieve the barrel channel with some sand paper and a dowel or a dremmel tool. Or you can go the expensive way with a boyds stock?? $16 bucks for anchoring cement?????. 200 + shipping for a boyds. Choice was easy for me! It improves the rigidity of the Tupperware stock and adds some weight. Feels better and shoots a bit better!

For a better tutorial than I can give try the savage shooters site or YouTube has a few videos "rockite" is what the yanks will suggest I had a hard time finding in Canada but sackrete anchoring cement is basically the same stuff. Home hardware may have actual rockite less than 10 bucks for a small box.
 
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Epoxy some threaded rod into the forend and then take the trigger guard off and fill the voids in the grip with epoxy. I did that on mine and helped a lot. I eventually replaced it with a boyds.
 
The Axis is what it is....an ugly cheap gun. One of the few benefits it has over the other ugly cheap guns is that it is light weight, fit and finish is relatively decent, action is smooth, and it's pretty accurate.
I'll kept my 7-08 Axis which was under $300 total new after MIR as is. The barrel only touches the stock if you apply some decent force to it, even then I doubt it would throw your shot off very much in a hunting situation. I like the light weight of it so I don't want to add parging cement or grout or whatever...yes the stock is cheap and ugly, but so is the rest of the gun lol. Can put all the lipstick you want on a pig...still gonna be a pig.
 
Keep checking the EE for a boyds, I got mine for 125.00. :)

IMO, even at twice that cost the boyds is worth it....the difference is night and day.
 
Thanks all for the tips and tricks. boyds is out of the question id rather take the money and put it towards a nicer gun. This axis was cheap and I just wanted to see if i like .223. Was hoping someone had some good DIY project pics
 
I've had really good luck on cheap synthetic stocks with epoxying carbon arrow shafts into the fore end. Just find a couple broken shafts or a piece of aluminium rod stock and use a utility knife to cut out the ribs in the fore end. Then get some dollarama epoxy for $1.25 a tube and fill to cover the arrow shafts. I like to stuff some neoprene foam into the buttstock as well. Doesn't add too much weight, but gets rid of the hollow sound.
 
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The Axis is what it is....an ugly cheap gun. One of the few benefits it has over the other ugly cheap guns is that it is light weight, fit and finish is relatively decent, action is smooth, and it's pretty accurate.
I'll kept my 7-08 Axis which was under $300 total new after MIR as is. The barrel only touches the stock if you apply some decent force to it, even then I doubt it would throw your shot off very much in a hunting situation. I like the light weight of it so I don't want to add parging cement or grout or whatever...yes the stock is cheap and ugly, but so is the rest of the gun lol. Can put all the lipstick you want on a pig...still gonna be a pig.
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The question was if you can improve the stock on an axis. Not whether it is , as you put it "a pig" yes you can improve the stock. There are hundreds of for and against arguments about the axis. Let not start a new one. The rockite in the forearm adds about 6-10 ounces of weight and you only need about 4-6oz to stiffen up the pistol grip area. It hugely improves the strength and rigididity of the stock. So if you can handle the extra 12-14oz of weight the rockite adds. Do it.....if not then suffer with the flimsy stock!
 
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The question was if you can improve the stock on an axis. Not whether it is , as you put it "a pig" yes you can improve the stock. There are hundreds of for and against arguments about the axis. Let not start a new one. The rockite in the forearm adds about 6-10 ounces of weight and you only need about 4-6oz to stiffen up the pistol grip area. It hugely improves the strength and rigididity of the stock. So if you can handle the extra 12-14oz of weight the rockite adds. Do it.....if not then suffer with the flimsy stock!
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The flimsy stock doesn't seem to effect accuracy...mine shoots very well. Not sure adding a pound of concrete does anything beneficial for accuracy, but I agree it is a cheap fix if it's something that bothers one tremendously. It's cheap (<$300), light (6.5lbs), and accurate, if I had to change any of those features I'd buy a different gun lol.
Things I would upgrade on it if they were available: a machined non-egg shaped bolt handle....a better mag that doesn't have a plastic release. Those 2 things would give me much more confidence in it's durability.
 
Pound of concrete ? WTF ?

How about a little JB Weld and some carbon fibre arrow shafts or some similar approach. You can stiffen it up for a whole lot less weight increase.



I think these cheap bolt actions today are great if you keep them cheap. (although I think the pricing of EVERYTHING is insane today... but that's a different problem) Kinda like an essentially stock SKS. Really minor mods that actually improve it and leave it at that or you're sucked into the money pit of no real return.

Soon as you start putting money into them it's the definition of "throwing good money after bad". M305s is the same trap.

If one feels the need to spend a bit more money over an Axis, Ruger American, Rem. 783 etc ..... put it into a Weatherby Vanguard S2 instead.
 
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