Whats the deal with the Axis II?

[clerkofkirk]

Handled an Axis II the other day in a LGS. It had the Accutrigger. Other than the cheap tupperware stock How are the guts of this rifle any different from the comparable Savage models?

[DrThunder88]

With the exception of the Accutrigger, it's entirely the same as a regular Axis.

[andyknaster]

I just bought a regular Axis, lightened the trigger with an after market kit to 3.5 #, and dropped it in a Boyd's thumb hole stock. It is a total tack driver. IMO, save your money on the Axis II, buy the Axis, and upgrade your stock.

[Mb1500]

Axis 2 is available with a Boyd's hardwood stock. 2 birds one stone.

[andyknaster]

Axis 2 is available with a Boyd's hardwood stock. 2 birds one stone.

I saw the hardwood stock version, but it didn't mention it was a Boyd's. It certainly wasn't this one:
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[DrThunder88]

If memory serves, the stock on the hardwood variant is solid beech, which isn't bad. It doesn't have the allure of even the most workmanlike walnut, but it's a good wood for a stock.

[Mb1500]

No thumb hole or anything fancy, I'm sure DrThunder knows more about it than I do.

[DrThunder88]

All I know is what I've seen in pictures!

[andyknaster]

All I know is what I've seen in pictures!

The wooden stock doesn't look bad. If it is shaped like the plastic stock, that's a good thing, IMO, because while flimsy, I like the shape of the plastic stock.

[DrThunder88]

The profile of the standard Axis stock has its comb a bit too low for me when using a scope, but the same could be said for most factory stocks. I expect it has more to do with bolt removal than providing good cheek weld to those with John Kerry-length faces.