sAVAGE AXIS

[wwbrown]

I already feel better about how my shop looks!

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I feel worse

 

[wildcatter]

I already feel better about how my shop looks!

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Glad I could make you feel a little better about yourself!

 

[Turpentine]

With a better stock ( i.e. Boyd's/Stockey) and a after market trigger addition, you will be amazed at how well the axis rifle shoots. Some things small and less expensive will surprise you.
And it makes a good action for pre-fits to improve it even more so.

Dead on. The original triggers leave a lot to be desired but do work. The Tupperware stock is awful. It is so thin in the wrist, grip area that it flexes when you are squeezing the trigger. Throw a decent stock and reasonable trigger on it and you have a very capable hunting package.

 

[std7mag]

Hopefully i can get a stock sorted out & we'll see how one does at short range benchrest.

 

[Turpentine]

I have done a lot of sight in help at our local club for deer season and have seen a lot of new shooters with Axis's do very very well with them. If all you do is hunt deer 9 days out of the year they are a budget friendly way to gear up for the hunt.

I do the same. I sight in 15-20 rifles just before hunting season for customers. If
you ever get one that wil randomly shoot high for a couple of shots and then shoot bulllseye. Empty the gun, and do some dry firing while trying to hold the reticle on the bullseye. Watch to see if the crosshairs Start to rise on the target get as you pul or squeeze. If it does, there’s your issue. If I do zero these guns I use a totally different grip and pull

 

[Turpentine]

I can lay my thumb off to the side, or float it where there is no down pressure whatsoever. The only contact I make then is three fingers on the pistol grip and the trigger. This technique helps and is what I have to do to zero these rifles. But this is the only rifle I have to do this with. You can actually put enough cheek pressure on the comb with no hand on the grip and it will flex. Regardless, you can flex and bend the stock in the grip area very, very easily. The grip is very small. Its a cheap and I don’t mean inexpensive stock. As a dealer I probably sold over 100 of them. Most to organizations like NWTF or DU for raffles. Most winners opted to put a better stock on them and as some of the triggers were 6+ pounds they would ask me to put a Timney Trigger on it. I have done trigger jobs on them using the original trigger but you’re better off with the Timney. My point is, I have to alter my technique to be accurate because of the stock design. I shoot every day. I’m zeroing the rifle for someone that doesn’t have the confidence in his shooting to do it himself or tried and could not shoot the rifle accurately. So if I’m having to change what is normal for me to shoot it accurately. What are the chances that the guy that gave me the rifle to zero is going to shoot it straight. Or his son or daughter. Every time I have had to do one of these for a customer I ask myself the same question. Would I give this to my wife, son, or daughter in its original configuration to hunt with? My answer. Absolutely not. Replace the stock and trigger and the answer changes to absolutely.