H.K.Glock 007
Regular
- Location
- 6 Feet from the Elks a$$! MB
Anybody own one of these? What are they like for the money? They seem like a good deal but I dont know much about them
Savage Edge Xp
- Thread starter H.K.Glock 007
- Start date
- Location
- Haliburton County, Central Ontario
I own one in .308. It shoots well, and the inexpensive Bushnell scope it came with is just fine, but it is without a doubt the cheapest action available in a centre fire rifle IMO. The stamped parts and bizarrely mickey mouse action design/function really set it apart from any kind of a good gun. My bolt won't even stay closed on it's own and keeps trying to spring open with the firing pin spring's torque. Like I said, bizarre. I'm keeping mine, however, for those dirty days when one leaves the good guns at home.
They are being reintroduced as the Savage 'Axis', as you may know, since the Edge is now discontinued.
im kinda having the same problem as woodlottowner with mine, the bolt seems to want to keep opening. otherwise mine is in .223 and seems pretty good for the money. i got one without the scope and bought a better one for it though.
I had one but like the Savage 111, marlin xs7 or stevens 200 much better which are in the same price range.
shotgunjoe
CGN Regular
- Location
- winnipeg mb
Woodlotowner, Nate18, your bolts are opening when you dry fire or live fire?
not when i fire at all, but walking through the fields looking down every once in a while i noticed the bolt handle in the up position kind of. i wasnt sure that it was my legs hitting the bolt or my coat lifting it up a little or what? i hold my gun lefty too so the bolt easily could have hit my clothes or something.
- Location
- Haliburton County, Central Ontario
No. The bolt wants to spring open when closed and cocked. On it's own. It is not as noticeable with a cartridge in the chamber, but still problematic. It is the torque of the firing pin spring, which cannot equalize when the bolt is closed, that tries to return the bolt to the open position where there is no torque. Torque is a twisting force as you know, so having a cartridge in the chamber reduces this tendency of the bolt to 'open' simply due to the friction of bolt face on case head as far as I can tell.
If you ever wanted to see a truly mickey mouse action, disassemble a Savage Edge sometime. The cocking knob rests on a cheap flimsy stamped sear ramp when cocked and when the sear falls away, as the trigger is pulled, the knob is released thereby allowing the firing pin (which it is set into) to move forward. I can hardly believe anyone would make, much less market, a cheap item such as this IMHO. The trigger group is just plainly a scary assembly of cheap stamped parts cobbled together in a system that is less sophisticated than the cheapest guns out there IMO. I'm no gunsmith admittedly, but I do work on a lot of different mechanical devices and I can tell cheap stuff when I see it.
The Marlins (XS7/XL7 series, one of which I own), as mentioned elsewhere in this thread at an extra $100 in price, is ten times the action/gun, and has so many additional features including an adjustable trigger even!!
Hate to rag on Savage, but they're all the same.....shoot very well.....cheap stamped utensils.
H.K.Glock 007
Regular
- Location
- 6 Feet from the Elks a$$! MB
I bought a .270. I can just toss it in the box of the truck if i need more space in the cab ha ha. But I did just buy a savage model 10 Bats-K Im hoping it is put together a little better than the edge. IT is a 2500 dollar gun afterall.
