What weak points and dislikes with Savage centerfire rifles??

Everyone knows that they are the fat girl that no one wants to dance with...........but you find yourself taking one home after all your friends leave.........

So for the main part they are a entry level rifle helping entry level people enter a sport that is otherwise pricing them out of it, allowing us to have more people all shooting in the same direction, and now that we have more numbers pulling us all in the same direction we find ourselves pulling in opposite directions and thus pulling those in the sport apart...........is it not better to be a strong army all working together? a force that has to be contended with? or are you happy split into groups that all face different directions? As one we stand a chance against the government, as a split group they have a chance against us.........

If you can afford to shoot a gun, any gun, then shoot with us, if you know someone who wants to shoot but can't afford them, take them out and share your toys...........even if it is a Savage....or a Marlin.....or a 27 dollar millsurp from way back in the good old S.I.R. days, lets just try to all shoot in the same direction.
 
I have three Savage rifles all with Accutriggers and find them to be a better than average stock trigger. I find the checkering on the wood stocked classic models to be too sharp. I believe the checkering is pressed rather than laser cut. I would prefer also if they had a more compliant butt pad like the synthetic models. My FCP-K is remarkably accurate with inexpensive ammunition.

I also found the long action model initially difficult to mount a scope on and had the bloody scope brow to prove it when shooting from the bench. For me the best setups are one piece rails which allow plenty of mounting real-estate for any scope. I found the newer Leupolds to have better than average eye relief and choose the VX-2 models for hunting.

I prefer the lower bolt lift of the three lug designs like my Browning but it is a more expensive rifle. I have no interest in the axis line as I really do not like anything about them. I would rather wait and save up some more cash to move to the next level.

That being said, I have friends who hunt with the Savage Axis models. They take them out in October, fire a few shots at a piece of paper, call it good enough and go hunting. After the hunt they may remember to clean it if I bug them and it gets put away until next year. That to me is the target market for an Axis and it suits them to a tee.
 
triple tap said:
I have shot a few savage's and loved them all... no complaints about them :D compared to my friends Remington 700 they feel way better built and smoother, and the r700 is like the king of hunting rifles, so I think that says something... I think there is a new king, its just not "official" yet...
Click to expand...

Naw I don't think so. Well, maybe the new ones I don't know about them. You just can't beat those old 700's. The only real complaint I have about my Savage (Model 25 Light Varmint) is the mag - should have made a metal mag for it.
 
I picked up an axis once when WSS had them dirt cheap a couple years ago and didn't care for it, didn't "feel" right. For me it's just looks I have no desire to shoot or own one. If someone gave me a lightweight hunter I might try it out though before I sell it for 1/2 price. To each there own I suppose.
 
I have three and they all work fine and shoot well. The design features, such as Brewer collar barrel lock nut accutrigger and separate bolt head are actually all pretty ingenious solutions that are now being widely copied. However, I dislike the flexible stock and that it has too low a comb to start with. Fit and finish is mediocre (but they work fine anyway). I like a big claw or hook extractor but, other than popping an extractor our into the dirt once, they have done the job.
 
tuffbuff said:
I picked up an axis once when WSS had them dirt cheap a couple years ago and didn't care for it, didn't "feel" right. For me it's just looks I have no desire to shoot or own one. If someone gave me a lightweight hunter I might try it out though before I sell it for 1/2 price. To each there own I suppose.
Click to expand...

let me know when you're selling any of them for 1/2 price :rolleyes:
 
I'm happy with my Savage 10 Precision Carbine in .223 as it is a stable platform to accurately launch projectiles.
The Accu Stock is rock soild & flex-free and wears a nice digi-camo pattern. The Accu Trigger works just fine for me and though the outer metal surfaces of the barrel & action are basically mil-spec, all are well machined and function fine. The only minor detail I notice with this rifle is that the oversized bolt handle causes a rattle when you move the rifle around in a side to side fashion.

View attachment 15394
 
The only problem I've ever had with any of my Savage rifles (I currently own Axis' in 223, 243, and 7mm-08 plus my 338-06AI built on a Model 111) is that the ejector got stuck in the bolt head in the 338. Apparently a common issue and partially caused by hot loads. Parts are a ##### to get, so wound up making my own ejector from a stainless welding rod, the spring was ok. Sold/traded off 4 others that I wish I had kept, now.

I've replaced all the triggers with Timney/Rifle Basix, and all shoot well under an inch (shot a .27 5 shot group with the 243 last time out) except for the 7mm-08. There is some nasty tooling marks in the last 3/4" of the barrel, so having a local smith take an inch off and recrown. Sure this will smarten it up some as it was grouping about 2 1/2" with 3 different kinds of factory ammo.
 
sundance1972 said:
The only problem I've ever had with any of my Savage rifles (I currently own Axis' in 223, 243, and 7mm-08 plus my 338-06AI built on a Model 111) is that the ejector got stuck in the bolt head in the 338. Apparently a common issue and partially caused by hot loads. Parts are a ##### to get, so wound up making my own ejector from a stainless welding rod, the spring was ok. Sold/traded off 4 others that I wish I had kept, now.
Click to expand...

If you pierce a primer with a hot load, the gas can over-compress the ejector and jam the spring in there.

Not sure why people are crapping on the Axis for quality: they're $300! Go try a Rem 770 or 783 in that price range and bear witness to their hit and miss QC. At the very least, an Axis can be depended on to hit 1 MOA or less groups with a brand it likes, for $300.

Same goes for the Accutrigger. Pre-accutrigger days, inexpensive rifles had #### triggers and you'd have to either tune them yourself, send them to a gunsmith, or replace them with an aftermarket trigger. The accutrigger forced everyone else to up the ante with their triggers. Some made new designs that are superb (like Browning's 3 lever trigger), some knocked off the accutrigger and made minimal differences to avoid getting sued.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom