Why does everyone give the axis a hard time?

Id say, you'd be hard pressed to walk into a Lgs and find something for $300, let alone something as nice that.
Hitzy said:
This was the best $300 I ever spent on a rifle, Tradex gem, 1944 commercial '96 husky in 8mm. High polish blue, very smooth action, Weaver k4, stock fits me great, shoots great and I can load it with 125gr to 200gr pills for whatever we have in Canada.
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I bought a axis 223 when I was looking for a 410 ( what can I say I'm a impulse buyer ) I has zero expectations of this rifle once I started to do some research on it . It was a uneducated buy as I was fairly new to shooting at the time and I regretted as soon as I did some research on it . Now after several years of abuse I can say it doesn't owe me much , I don't think I have ever cleaned it . It sits behind the seat of my truck 90 percent of the time . It's my beater gun because there is no way I would every treat my x bolt like that but I think I have shot more stuff with that gun then the rest of them combined and it goes bang every time and most the time what it was pointed at dies . So it does its job and I guess I'm a happy axis customer.
 
The snob angle is interesting.

Some people like expensive items to advertise that they "have arrived." We can all judge that approach however we will.

Another more practical and genuine explanation for choosing a higher priced item is that they are often better quality, last longer and are "cheaper" in the end when one considers the expense and time put into researching and buying replacements.

Nothing against an Axis or equivalent, but I have a thing against buying things I know I will outgrow.
 
MackForce said:
The axis threads always get deep.
So there's that.
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Nature of the beast... ask about a cheap rifle and everyone has an opinion (love it, or hate it)... ask about an expensive rifle and only 2% of people have an opinion... why do you think that the corporate bean counters are making cheap rifles? They have a better profit margin selling ten crappy rifles than they do trying to sell one expensive rifle. Pyramid sales technique... market to the masses. Those at the top of the pyramid shop elsewhere.
 
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hoytcanon said:
Nature of the beast... ask about a cheap rifle and everyone has an opinion (love it, or hate it)... ask about an expensive rifle and only 2% of people have an opinion... why do you think that the corporate bean counters are making cheap rifles? That have a better profit margin selling ten crappy rifles than they do trying to sell one expensive rifle. Pyramid sales technique... market to the masses. Those at the top of the pyramid shop elsewhere.
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I think this sums it up quite well .
 
The Axis has changed how I judge rifles.

I bought my kids a savage axis 243 win youth rifle. I bought it because of the caliber and because it was cheap and didn’t know how much they would shoot it, so I thought a cheap rifle would be fine. Even though the gun was cheap I cannot believe how accurate that action is with the ammo I like to use.

I really liked the caliber (good on deer, not much recoil, and cheap ammo) and decided I wanted a 243win as well. I tried many different rifles but there always seemed to be something that didn’t grab me e.g. how the stock fit, trigger, how the bolt cycled etc...

The kids didn’t take to the 243win preferring other rifles, so I decided since it was an accurate rifle that I would get a few mods added like boyd stock, a rail and timney trigger,

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I am really happy with the result and I am starting to look at my next rifle purchase a bit differently. The idea is that I want an action that shoots the bullets I want to use accurately, When I have that I can get a boyd stock (can even custom the lop, recoil pad) and trigger that will make a great rifle for me. Rather than trying a more expensive rifle that fits well but how it shoots the bullets you want to use is unknown. Just my thoughts.
 
Anyone know where is a good place to buy a Boyds stock for an Axis II in .308? Is it cheaper to order straight from them in the USA?
 
It's a rolex vs gshock argument. Gshock is accurate, cheap, and a great beater watch. What it doesn't have is prestige, or resale value. Is it worse than a rolex? I own both and my opinion is that it isn't worse than a rolex. Then again, I like (and own) Savages. I'm not a huge fan of Tikka, or Remington. I'm not going to bash those brands though.
 
Johnyy said:
Anyone know where is a good place to buy a Boyds stock for an Axis II in .308? Is it cheaper to order straight from them in the USA?
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It will be just shy of $200US including shipping, they charge $50-$60 to ship minimum, get hit with our tax and fees you could be looking at another $30-$40. In the end about a $300 stock for a $300 gun.
I'd sell the Axis and buy a better $600 rifle lol
 
nomad 68 said:
Axis sellers are among the worst on the EE for overpricing lol. Always inspires a little chuckle when i see a 2 yr old axis with a hundred rounds thru it for an asking price at or near new pricing.
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I have noticed this myself.... It's to the point where it could almost be classified as a phenomenon......

Maybe because one with a few through it proves its less likely to fall apart than an out of the box one? :)
 
Hitzy said:
It will be just shy of $200US including shipping, they charge $50-$60 to ship minimum, get hit with our tax and fees you could be looking at another $30-$40. In the end about a $300 stock for a $300 gun.
I'd sell the Axis and buy a better $600 rifle lol
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$600 will buy a nice, quality used rifle.
 
If you are coming from shooting something like the Mosin Nagant 91/30, the Savage Axis feels like a luxury rifle. :p

I've shot several higher-end rifles and I like my Axis in .308 after I did some work on the trigger and filled the stock. It is what it is and it does a good job at that much.
 
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