New Deer Rifle

Well I'm about ready to testfire my new deer rifle. It started out as a stock, Savage Axis in
.308 WIN. Out of the box, it had a 8.5lb. Very gritty heavy trigger pull. And the action of the bolt was a little rough too, but not too bad. Also had a very lightweight, plastic stock. But overall not a bad rifle for under $300 bucks.

First thing I did was a trigger job. By changing out the trigger spring, lightly polishing up the sear, and installing an over travel adjustment screw. I now have a very crisp, 3 lb. trigger with absolutely no creep or over travel. I also shimmed the trigger pin with 2 ultra thin nylon washers, to get rid of the little bit of side to side wobble in the trigger...extremely happy.

Next I did some de-burring, and light polishing of various action surfaces to smooth things out a bit.
Once I put the Boyds , Prairie Hunter stock on, it really started coming together. Had some very minor fitting to do on the stock, but came out perfect...just the look I was going for.

Lastly my optics... I went with a one piece Weaver Base, with medium height, Weaver rings. Topped off the mount with a Leupold VX1, 3x9 x40mm. scope. Got her boresighted, and ready to shoot.

Well I hope she shoots as good as she looks...I know its not a super top of the line, top dollar rifle, but I am happy the way she turned out... I didn't have the money to buy a rifle the way I wanted it all at once. So buying a cheaper rifle, and upgrading it as my funds allowed, ended up being a fun way to go...
What do you think???

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Looks great. Should serve you well :-)

Amazing how much fun can had just tinkering.

Very nice! I like that stock color with the all black rifle.

Good looking rig!

Outstanding,great job !!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Looks really good! Just so ya know....we gotta see target pics once you get to the range 😉
Is that the pepper laminate? I really like that color. One of my favorites.
Scooter

Excellent!

Yep...pepper...target pics coming. It did shoot MOA or better though...thanks for the comments