Why does everyone give the axis a hard time?
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I have a savage Axis in .243 win. I like it. I have plenty of other rifles as well. Benelli, Steyr, Remington, but the Savage axis still has a place. It is a cheap rifle that is very accurate with my hand loads. I use it on hunting trips where i don't want to damage my other rifles. Around salt water etc.. It is also very light compared to my other rifles.
As said before I got one in .223 and never had a functional problem with it.
At 75 yards I've had first time shooters getting nickle or smaller groups after I show them how to pull the trigger properly.........it is one of my most accurate firearms.
Yes the plastic stock flexes easily, yes the magazine plastic clip retention does not inspire confidence..........but I've never had any failures in over 5 years with the gun.
I got it on sale for under $300 with a Bushnell 3-9 optic and I got my extra mags for $25 each before prices went up on them.
Only thing I've done to the gun was paint the stock with olive green krylon, Champion bipod, clipped 1.5 coils off the trigger spring and swapped a Redfield Revolution 3-9 optic and I love it.
I don't even care about swapping the plastic stock, it's never been a problem for me.
At 75 yards I've had first time shooters getting nickle or smaller groups after I show them how to pull the trigger properly.........it is one of my most accurate firearms.
Yes the plastic stock flexes easily, yes the magazine plastic clip retention does not inspire confidence..........but I've never had any failures in over 5 years with the gun.
I got it on sale for under $300 with a Bushnell 3-9 optic and I got my extra mags for $25 each before prices went up on them.
Only thing I've done to the gun was paint the stock with olive green krylon, Champion bipod, clipped 1.5 coils off the trigger spring and swapped a Redfield Revolution 3-9 optic and I love it.
I don't even care about swapping the plastic stock, it's never been a problem for me.
I own a few including 7 savages, I had 3 axis but a coworker begged me to sell him one for deer hunting because his wife wouldn't let him spend money and I gave one to my brother to make room in my safe
I guess I am a function over form man. I judge the gun by its accuracy not by how pretty it is or if it impresses my friends
Mind you I have some pretty guns as well, atleast in my eyes
I have no experience with these rifles, but one of my bosses claims his son’s would shoot to a different point of impact depending on the temperature and that they couldn’t get rid of it fast enough. They have other rifles that have no issues. Could be a lemon ... but gives me reason to pause in buying one.
Judging a hunting rifle solely by how it shoots is a lot like picking a wife solely by how she looked at 21.
If that is your only criteria, there is a high likelihood that you will be a miserable MOFO down the road when things fall apart and you realize how much better you could have done if you had learned a little more and appreciated that there is more involved.
But don't say we didn't warn you.
I had a gen 1 axis in .223 that was the first gun I started handloading for - it was useable but not great, however, it shot like a damn. Bought it and a lee reloading kit and started learning.
There are much better guns out there, knowing what I know now I would probably buy a decent milsurp mauser instead - but it fills a niche for beginners on a budget and is capable of good accuracy. It's like the first car you bought as a broke young man - it was great at the time, but eventually you will move on to better things.
There are much better guns out there, knowing what I know now I would probably buy a decent milsurp mauser instead - but it fills a niche for beginners on a budget and is capable of good accuracy. It's like the first car you bought as a broke young man - it was great at the time, but eventually you will move on to better things.
I epoxied the trigger guard in place on mine. It makes the whole wrist area so much more stable.
The trigger can be made even better with a machine screw and a spring from a pilot g2 pen.
Mine now wears a 1" tube vortex viper on a 1 piece magwedge mount, and with 150gr partition handloads it shoots half MOA. I paid about $235 for mine 3.5 years ago after rebate, you can't get a scoped Enfield on the EE for much cheaper.
I love my axis, it's everything I wanted it to be and more. Super accurate, super reliable, and a prefect weight for first hunting rifle in 270win (8lb 3.5oz with 4 rds and my sling. Not too heavy to carry but not too light to get beat up by the recoil as a newbie)
My axis has real sling studs on the stock. Can't say the same about my Mossberg atr...
I agree, but by the same token there is no need to run it down to justify more expensive guns.
My one and only ss axis is just as accurate as any of my other guns costing up to 6 or 7 times as much. ...AND more reliable than a few of those more expensive ones to boot!
YMMV
