How much $$$ did you put into your Axis

[Codylawhorn30]

I am still working on mine but so far I have a about 1100 in mine.

Axis II XP .308 = $395.00
Boyds Classic stock with trigger guard = $125.00
CDI Axis DBM with 5 round magazine and pillars = $245.00
Primary Arms 4-14x44 mil mil FFP Scope = $229.00
Primary Arms sun shade = $19.99
bikini covers = 19.99
Bipod = $29.99
Weaver 30 mm rings = $45
Total = 1108.97 + tax

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff224/cjlawhorn_2007/20151005_173505%201.jpg?t=1444090553

[SteveCal]

WOW! You must get a lot of compliments about that stock. That is something else. I like that.

[Jay24bal]

Man, I kind of put this number out of my head for a while for the one I am currently building, but here it is:

Axis in 243 Win - $179 (I got a steal on the gun and actually bought 2)
New CBI 1" Bull Barrel in 6.5 CM - $320
Trued barrel nut from Northland: $30
Single shot feed ramp from SSS: $18
Bolt fluting with color fill from SSS: $55
Bolt handle from Glades: $69
Stock from Boyds: $200
Trigger guard from Boyds: $15
Pillar and glass bedding materials: $50
Rifle Basix trigger: $90
EGW Base: $40
Vortex precision matched rings rings: $150
Vortex Viper HST 6-24X50: $650

So all in, the gun itself is going to be (still waiting on stock arrival and have not purchased the scope yet, pictures will come once it is done) about $1,850. That does not take into account this is the first time I have swapped barrels or built one from the ground up, so I also had to purchase a barrel nut wrench ($40) and action wrench/vise ($60). Along with the go and no-go gauges in 6.5 CM ($65). In addition to that, I have yet to purchase the dies, brass, bullets, or powder I plan to try. So all in on this project, I am north of $2,000.

Now, this is my 4th Axis. The first three all just got a Boyds stock for about $150ish, and wear Viper 6.5-20X50 for about $400. So my other three are all right around $800 each.

Man, that sure adds up quickly considering I got the gun for only $179.99...

[mikein]

It's kinda like getting your "plain Jane" 10/22 and then going to the aftermarket store! Or your "optics ready" AR-15, and then starting to "populate" the rifle! It's financial death by inches, and I've been a repeat victim! But I'm still smiling and looking at the catalogs to see if there's anything I've missed. . .:cool: I bought one of the new DP-12 double barreled shotguns a few months ago and it was, in it's purely stock form, the best defense shotgun I've ever had. But now it's wearing a new sight, a new laser, a new flashlight, and I'm awaiting the next accessory release which is a foregrip that has both a laser AND a flashlight built into it! The beat goes on.

[tsbrewers]

30-06 $230 AR from PSA
replaced scope with nikon $150
rings and bases $50 or so
few different springs for trigger $5
epoxy for stock $30

So I would say roughly $500

[rfd12fv]

the latest axis hb in .223rem from gag - 317
ffl fee - 15
rockite - 8
weaver base - 17
utg 30mm rings -11
mueller 8-32x44 sf - 240
basix trigger - 88
caldwell pivot bipod - 37
hornady match brass, remington 7-1/2 br primers, varget powder, sierra mk 69 bullets - 0
reloading tooling - 0

total - 716

http://i.imgur.com/k2IjMQz.jpg

[Russ77]

the latest axis hb in .223rem from gag - 317
ffl fee - 15
rockite - 8
weaver base - 17
utg 30mm rings -11
mueller 8-32x44 sf - 240
basix trigger - 88
caldwell pivot bipod - 37
hornady match brass, remington 7-1/2 br primers, varget powder, sierra mk 69 bullets - 0
reloading tooling - 0

total - 716

http://i.imgur.com/k2IjMQz.jpg

Let me know how the utg rings work. I was thinking about grabbing some

[rfd12fv]

Let me know how the utg rings work. I was thinking about grabbing some

so far, so good. they seem pretty solid. i'll be lapping the rings later this week, to get the best mating of tube and rings.

[brfussell]

the latest axis hb in .223rem from gag - 317
ffl fee - 15
rockite - 8
weaver base - 17
utg 30mm rings -11
mueller 8-32x44 sf - 240
basix trigger - 88
caldwell pivot bipod - 37
hornady match brass, remington 7-1/2 br primers, varget powder, sierra mk 69 bullets - 0
reloading tooling - 0

total - 716

http://i.imgur.com/k2IjMQz.jpg

Are you happy with the Rockite? I'm considering doing the same. Did you do forearm and buttstock? How much weight did it add?

[rfd12fv]

if i don't swap out to a boyd's, all my tuppeware stocks get the rockite treatment. adds a few pounds - or more, because i put pvc tubes in the butt stock rockite so i can add lead (if needed). for keeping the sealed end tubes from floating out of the liquid rockite, you can see the bases of 230 grain .45acp bullets in the tubes in the pic below.

http://i.imgur.com/Jmiubj8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n5S4FmC.jpg

[brfussell]

Thanks for the pictures. I have a Stevens 200 that will probably get the Rockite treatment. I will eventually get another stock but not now.

[rfd12fv]

when you add water to the rockite powder, add VERY little at first and mix thoroughly - you'll need to add a little more to get it into a slurry - i can't be wet like soup.

this is a good youtube how-to vid on using rockite for gunstocks - dunno why he paints it, i don't bother, no one can see it at all ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suh0feCDaHA

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suh0feCDaHA)

[russ2far]

I paid $343 for a stainless 223 axis, -$50 mail in rebate (still waiting on it to come)= $293, $10.99, Weaver stainless bases= $303.99, $29.99 Burris stainless rings= $333.99, 15.99 Replacement trigger spring= $349.97, and a Burris 4.5-14 that's been on my shelf for a couple years now I would expect to get $150 for it= $499.97. It shoots better then all but 3 of my rifles, and cost a third of what they did.

[markbinWI]

I have $1255 in my first one which you can read about in the 4-part series here (http://www.savageshooters.com/content.php?4-custom-builds).




My second one which I just finished I have roughly $600 in without the scope, but I stuck with the factory barrel and did the AccuTrigger conversion rather than go with an aftermarket one. (us lefties don't get a factory AT option)

T&T by SSS
AccuTrigger conversion
Surface ground factory 110 recoil lug
Custom bolt handle
Fluted bolt body
SSS Pro-Hunter stock
DNZ Hunt Master rings/mount combo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/MrFurious45833/My%20Guns/Axis%20223%20Rem/DSC00822.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/MrFurious45833/My%20Guns/Axis%20223%20Rem/DSC00820.jpg

Left bolt,right port, how does that happen. I like it, nice job.

[DrThunder88]

Paid members can get access to the whole story, but the Cliff's Notes version is Fred Moreno at Sharp Shooter Supply.

[ninner]

Hi, I've been lurking for a while and learned a lot before attempting my first Savage Build. Here is my project so far.

Bull Barrel 300 Blackout Build. I'm not including tool cost because I'll spread that cost over several projects. Yea I could have bought a 300 Blackout for this cost but it wouldn't have been nearly as fun or awesome.
Barrel Wrench set $35 Midway
Barrel Vice $78 Amazon
Action Wrench $58


Rifle $257 Walmart
16.5" Bull Barrel $125 Ebay
Rail $7.50 Academy
Scope $125 EBAY (BSA via China)
Stock $115 Boyds Forest Camo
Total $625.50
223 barrel sold -75
stock sold -45

$509.50



http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b458/Bryan_Spiegel/savage_zpshd1dmzhe.jpg (http://s1045.photobucket.com/user/Bryan_Spiegel/media/savage_zpshd1dmzhe.jpg.html)

[Twostepct]

Looks very similar to my blackout, I just painted the factory stock for now.

[jasonbaer33]

if i don't swap out to a boyd's, all my tuppeware stocks get the rockite treatment. adds a few pounds - or more, because i put pvc tubes in the butt stock rockite so i can add lead (if needed). for keeping the sealed end tubes from floating out of the liquid rockite, you can see the bases of 230 grain .45acp bullets in the tubes in the pic below.

http://i.imgur.com/Jmiubj8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n5S4FmC.jpg

Does this actually work at keeping the fore grip off the barrel when shooting from a rest or bi-pod?

[rfd12fv]

Does this actually work at keeping the fore grip off the barrel when shooting from a rest or bi-pod?

rockite is actually a form of very fine grain concrete cement that will cure extremely hard and stiff. as such, when laid and cured into the fore end of a synth stock it will make the entire fore end as stiff and hard as a rock - zero flex. after the rockite cures (about 5 to 20 minutes, depending on how much water was used for its slurry), i float the barrel by running a large dowel wrapped in 100 grit sandpaper into the fore stock channel. this insures that there is a good 1/16" to 1/8" of space between the fore end and the barrel, all the way back to the recoil lug. i allow no contact between the barrel and the stock. i almost always shoot off the bipod. the fore end never touches the barrel before, during, or after the gun goes bang.

this is the maiden voyage first 25 rounds out of the .223 axis hb, all at 200 yards, cleaning the barrel between each of the first 5 rounds, then cleaning after each group of 5 rounds (butch's bore shine on a well fitting patched jag). i had laser bore sighted the rifle and it took 5 rounds to get the group going. the orange dot is 2" in diameter. mueller 8-32x44 sf glass, 14oz trigger, sss single ramp feed. (note that i blanked out the load data in the pic) i am old, i have macular degeneration in my dominant eye, i'm at best just a decent shooter, if i can do this, *anyone* can do lots better ....

http://i.imgur.com/sZrCvnu.jpg

[Russ77]

Where can I find a feed ramp??