An Update On Stock Replacement - Check My Logic Please
Purchased a new Savage Axis II XP in 223 earlier this year. At first, based on comments I'd read here and other places, I intended to change out the stock and upgrade the scope. Well, now I've had the rifle out about a dozen times. I'm not noticing any flex in the stock. And the scope is getting it done for me out to 300 yards...maybe even 400 yards. So now my thinking has changed.
I don't think the 223 round, especially with the 55 grain rounds I'm using, cause that plastic stock to do much flexing. And the scope is fine for the mid-range shooting I do with 223.
So I think I'll keep the rifle in the original configuration and save my dollars for another in 308. And, yes, I'll go with the hardwood stock in a 308...and likely get a better scope too. Not likely that I'll take the barrel nut approach when using two rounds as different as 223 and 308.
How's my logic here folks? Am I making sense, especially in terms of my plans for 308? Thoughts, comments, and general wisecracking all appreciated (although the wisecracking may be graded).