My Axis 6.5cm tweaks

hi all,

New to the forum, but posting my progress of a few easy tweaks to a stock rifle. Pics to come. Owned this rifle for a few months now and have roughly 80 rounds though it between the range and deer hunting.

First was to take a jewelers file and smoothed over the trigger components, removing the burrs and imperfections left behind. This smoothed out the trigger feel significantly.

Second, in combination with the first, I upgraded to the mcarbo Savage AXIS Pro Trigger Kit. This lightened the trigger and took out the play. Now properly greased and worked over, the trigger is amazing compared to the stock gritty mess.

Third, I had a problem with the magazine staying seated. The rear of the mag has that small tab that just wasn't sufficient to grab and hold the tab on the stock. If you pressed the magazine down from inside the action, the rear would pop out and allow the magazine to fall. After a few attempts, i found a solid solution. I inserted the mag into the stock and marked its location. I took jb weld and shaped a new larger tab onto the magazine. This has resolved all my magazine related issues.

Forth, my stock came with imbedded posts, but they're not quite perfect. One was pretty good, but the other was below the stock surface. I smoothed out the plastic around the posts and removed/sanded all the imperfections in between. I then shaped a washer to fill the gap between the stock and action.

Fifth, in combination with the forth, I taped off the barrel and took a strip of sand paper between the barrel and stock to match and fully free float. The stock was touching beforehand. The work done to the stock really firmed up the slighly wonky factory stock and now feels solid in the hands.

Sixth, in stock form, the bolt contacts the scope during cycling. I have a full length picatinny rail on order that should provide enough highth clearance, but if not, I'll order taller scope rings for the stock weaver scope to address this issue.

The idea is to get the most value for the buck out of the already budget friendly rifle. And I'm sure more will come as I get more time with it.

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Originally Posted by Mr.G

hi all,

New to the forum, but posting my progress of a few easy tweaks to a stock rifle. Pics to come. Owned this rifle for a few months now and have roughly 80 rounds though it between the range and deer hunting.

First was to take a jewelers file and smoothed over the trigger components, removing the burrs and imperfections left behind. This smoothed out the trigger feel significantly.

Second, in combination with the first, I upgraded to the mcarbo Savage AXIS Pro Trigger Kit. This lightened the trigger and took out the play. Now properly greased and worked over, the trigger is amazing compared to the stock gritty mess.

Third, I had a problem with the magazine staying seated. The rear of the mag has that small tab that just wasn't sufficient to grab and hold the tab on the stock. If you pressed the magazine down from inside the action, the rear would pop out and allow the magazine to fall. After a few attempts, i found a solid solution. I inserted the mag into the stock and marked its location. I took jb weld and shaped a new larger tab onto the magazine. This has resolved all my magazine related issues.

Forth, my stock came with imbedded posts, but they're not quite perfect. One was pretty good, but the other was below the stock surface. I smoothed out the plastic around the posts and removed/sanded all the imperfections in between. I then shaped a washer to fill the gap between the stock and action.

Fifth, in combination with the forth, I taped off the barrel and took a strip of sand paper between the barrel and stock to match and fully free float. The stock was touching beforehand. The work done to the stock really firmed up the slighly wonky factory stock and now feels solid in the hands.

Sixth, in stock form, the bolt contacts the scope during cycling. I have a full length picatinny rail on order that should provide enough highth clearance, but if not, I'll order taller scope rings for the stock weaver scope to address this issue.

The idea is to get the most value for the buck out of the already budget friendly rifle. And I'm sure more will come as I get more time with it.

https://ibb.co/SKDpzt0

https://ibb.co/TLjV9NP

https://ibb.co/grrWsM0

https://ibb.co/mXy7QVX

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Sounds like you're having fun tweaking.. if you plan on doing load dev I would wait till your at 100 rounds(alot say 50 is good and they are probably right) another think you can do to really tweak the accuracy (if its not already where you like) is lapping the barrel.. its not a hard process but it is very time consuming and if your not comfortable doing it , im sure there is places you can take or send it to have it done. I can tell you from 1st hand experience a good lap job really does get your accuracy better and makes cleaning a whole heck of alot easier.. definitely sounds like your on the right path to get the most out of a budget rifle.. ive personally always loved savage rifles. Merry CHRISTmas and happy smithing:)

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I put a varmint spring in from a model 10 or 110. It is supposed to go down to 1 1/2# on the 110 but it goes below 1# on the Axis, at least as far as I can tell with my measuring device. I know it isn't perfectly accurate but it is definitely a light trigger. I found the stock to be better than I figured it would be. Overall, I don't know what more you could expect from such a modest price. It might be the most accurate rifle I have, definitely much more accurate than the Model 10 243.

I looked at a few options in the trigger department. I felt there was value in doing the kit. It had everything I was looking at doing already in it, without having to salvage/make parts or spend time at the hardware store.

In response to Ted, while probably beneficial, and I'm sure I could, but mostly lack the time and patience. Same reasoning as foregoing modding the stock any further (I have a pretty good idea on how to do it). For my uses it's plenty stiff and accurate out to 200 yards in stock configuration and shooting skill. I think a different stock, barrel, or scope, would be a better value to me.