Savage edge/axis for starting precision rifle?

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I know that the more expensive savage rifles are one of the most popular precision rifles and that some people use stevens rifles for builds.....

so im wondering if the cheaper savage edge/axis model would be any good?

Thanks!
 
The Edge/Axis is a different animal than a Stevens and I would not recommend it. Your much better off with the tried and somewhat kinda true Stevens/Savage action.
 
Then you would likely be OK, and you can have the action worked on, stock, trigger and barrel replaced down the road, and that would make a very nice precision rifle. The savage actions are great for custom precision builds.
 
Bought an Axis 243 for my grandson and did work out a load with 95 gr SST @ 3150 fps that shoot easy sub moa, i find the rifle easy going and a good buy, trigger is ok, only change i made i put Leopold rings and a Redfield Revolution 4X12X40 under 550.00 rig and i recommend it accurate and i guess my grandson will have a good chance for his first deer this fall... JP
 
if you want a cheap rifle, at least start with an sps varmint. you can easily upgrade the stock and trigger and will at least have something you can sell when You're ready to upgrade.
 
I am trying to stay away from any Remmy since i had that saga with my Sendero, Savage maybe ugly but they always shoot good... Cheers. JP.
 
The only problem I would see with a Savage Edge or Axis model is the recoil lug is built into the stock instead of with the barrel action so it would be tough to bed the action and get any sort of accuracy out of it. I say stick with the Stevens 200 action to build on and you'll be better off in the long run.
 
I have it to shoot sub moa without much trouble now we agree this is no target rifle but .8 is pretty good for such an inexpensive rifle.. JP
 
I get .75 MOA and under with my reloads. 223 70grn Bergers. Best group so far at 100yrds was .250" but haven't had time to retry that load and length combo.

I picked up this rifle to see if I liked target shooting and received a lot of flack from my buddies. Now one of them has one on order.

By the way American Eagle was getting 2.5" groups that were very dis-heartening. I moved the strap stud back so the stock would not touch the barrel when using a bipod and changed the scope to a Hawke. The real improvement happened with the reloads.
 
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A factory rifle is a factory rifle. a $300 and $3000 rifle are just as likely to shoot the same. If it's what you can afford, buy it. Some lessons are best learned by experience, so get what you can afford; you can sell the gun if you don't like it and learn for yourself what works well enough.

The gun is only a small part of "precision" shooting. You need to become better and you need to learn to relaod and match your ammo to YOUR gun.
 
I have been using a Savage edge .223. I have used it out to 1000 yards. I did a little work on it to improve the trigger and if you don't expect much better than 1 min accuracy it shoots well. Buy what you can and start shooting. You need to learn to read conditions and practice. If you can pick up a Stevens 200, you can use the action to build a better rifle. The axis action really is useless to build on as there are no stocks to fit the bolt pattern. I have looked and now wish I would have got the Stevens, they are both close to the same price.
 
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