DBM questions

[PappaSmurf]

Don't know anything about them other than they list an Axis bottom - and their website is currently down - but CDI Precision has/had them.

www.cdiprecisiongunworksstore.com

Thank you sir, yeah I've been getting the same message about their website being down since I've started looking. But I do appreciate your thought

[prdatr]

Thank you sir, yeah I've been getting the same message about their website being down since I've started looking. But I do appreciate your thought

The owner Jeff Allen passed away last October.

[PappaSmurf]

The owner Jeff Allen passed away last October.

Oh crap,
I'm sorry to hear this! I hope his family is okay and now understand why the site is down. I guess I'll have to keep looking.

Thank you for the info prdatr!

[PappaSmurf]

Also does anyone know what the differences are between a normal savage axis 2 and a savage axis 2 XP?
Thanks in advance

[SageRat Shooter]

The XP just indicates that it's a "package deal" meaning it probably came with a basic scope & rings.

[PappaSmurf]

I see. Thank you sir

[charlie b]

And the Axis II has the Accutrigger.

[PappaSmurf]

So today is the day that I got to pick up my new axis 2. My next upgrade would be the capacity. I'm thinking of this....https://www.ebay.com/itm/254216790457

And then getting a couple of these...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/112247760626

Is this the stuff that will work for the factory stock while awaiting funds for the chassis system?

[charlie b]

Interesting. That might actually work. If it does let us know.

[PappaSmurf]

Copy that, thanks charlie

[PappaSmurf]

So could I put my axis 2 6.5 creedmoor stuff in a boyds stock meant for a savage 10 short action?

[charlie b]

No. Receivers and recoil lugs are different. Boyds has stocks for the Axis.

[PappaSmurf]

Ok, I'll stick with my original plan. Thanks charlie

[Quikshft]

Not a problem at all. I was just looking at it from the cost side.

For a project, if you are good with tools, then I'd get a Boyd's stock you like and then modify it to fit whatever magazines you wanted to use. It would take some new bottom metal and fabrication of a magazine retention system.



This was the route I took, I actually fabbed new bottom metal for my Boyd's/Axis combo. I originally bought a Boyd's At-One, swapped it for the stock plastic stock then went to the range. It performed ok, but I just didn't really like the stock that much, especially after shooting my son's 110 which is set up in a nice chassis with a pistol-grip. So I determined to resolve things to salvage the 200 bucks I paid for the At-One. I had a nice chunk of Aluminum for another project that died long ago, from that I cut/drilled/filed the bottom metal that would receive a more traditional DBM. The stock itself underwent a transformation from its original configuration. Really liked the pistol grip on the bench, so that was included in my new design. A lot of time with the band saw and belt sander resulted in a foundation upon which I started adding back some wood. I used some 1/4" x 4" pieces of walnut from Home Depot - I just picked though all the pieces in stock and took the ones with the nicest grain. The pistol grip has a 'tang' which is inserted into a slot I made in the Boyd's using a drill press with a end mill cutter and an X Y cross-slide vice. Then lapped some of the walnut onto the side of the tang and over a portion of the original Boyd's wood, again using the cross slide vice to prepare the stock to receive a piece of the walnut which would overlap the tang of my pistol grip and the Boyd's stock. The pistol grip is not going to break off. As you can see I reused the Boyd's adjustable comb and butt-plate, pretty much works as the original system did. I actually added some wood to the for-end and made the stock longer than original, then capped it with a piece of manzanita as well as the pistol grip end. Manzanita is a shrub that grows in the Sierra foothills, very hard/dense and it has a pretty reddish color.
I opened up the well to receive my new bottom metal with the drill press/cross slide vice (poor man's milling machine lol) and once that was situated so that cartridges would feed well I bedded the stock and added steel pillars between the receiver and the new bottom metal. I've created a fairly large barrel channel, if this now shoots some nice groups I plan to add an aftermarket bull barrel.
Bottom line is as it was stated if you have time and a few tools you can do whatever you want. I will also acknowledge that if I had known I would spend the amount of time that I did on this rifle stock I might have sold the original Boyd's for whatever I could have gotten on ebay and purchased a Pro Varmint stock which seems to have some fans on this site. But, I am pleased with what I have now and the time spent I look at as an investment in a hobby so the hours are free. Now looking forward to another session at the local range to see how it all works.

[charlie b]

That is some nice work.

I would not regret the AT one over the pro varmint. The adjustable comb is a good thing to have and I may be adding that to my pro varmint (as well as my 12BVSS).

[Czy_Horse]

V3 Precision (http://v3precision.com/front-magazine-clip-pillar-kit-savage-axis/) has a 'Pillar & Metal Mag Clip' kit that works well with the Axis & Boyd stocks.