Pretty impressed for the money!

So my son decided he wanted a new .308 for deer season but he was on a budget, like most people now a days! So he bought a new Axis last week in .308, he took it out to do a little shooting the other day and came home telling me how well it shot. Well I got a chance to shoot it today and I got to say for what he paid for it its a pretty darn good rifle. Using factory Federal ammo I was shooting 100yrd groups about 1" to 1.5". He put an older scope I had laying around on it (it was the only one I had that would fit the mounts). He wants to put a different scope on it but the better scopes I have laying around wont fit between the rings on this rifle (rings are to far apart). I havent messed with any of these rifles yet, So before I start looking for extention rings is there a one piece base for these actions so I can get the rings a little closer?

this is what i used and it works great for me. gives you plenty of room to mount your scope and move forward or rearward to get the eye relief you want!
http://www.egwguns.com/savage/savage...l-scope-mount/

I just ordered the EGW Axis rail...cheapest place I found it was JoeBob's...it was $38 something shipped. I'm a fan of EGW since they are local for me...I just don't want to pay full MSRP and sales tax on top of it to buy from them direct.

Thanks guys, I got one on the way!

"Pretty impressed for the money! " Yep me too. . I got a Axis in .243 back in Aug. Had it to the range 6-8 times and was thrilled with how it shot. Tight groups, and pleasent to shoot even several boxes at a time. Did not take long to go thru 4 boxes of factory ammo, once I started to roll my own the accuracy just amazed me.

I took it out today on the 2nd day of general big game season here in MT, did not really plan to take a deer, but in the end I did. Slipped in to about 200-225 yds with a belly crawl on 2 small mule deer bucks and 7 does, I caught the bucks lying down, that's a first for me. Shot him in the neck with 95 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip over 41.5 grs of H4350, he flopped over dead, never even twitched.
I have been hunting here in MT for 30+ years most of the time with a .338 Win Mag, I have the .338 up for sale as I type this, Axis killed him every bit a clean as the Mod 70.338 ever killed anything.
Anyway I'm a believer now, you don't have to drop a ton of money to get a decent shooting rifle.

My friend just got back from hunting his lease over the weekend--he's been hunting forever successfully southeastern whitetails with a rem 243 but this weekend he sent one into a doe and he swears he got a good shot in the vitals--but off she went leaving no blood trail and he couldn't find her. Might want to reconsider giving up on that bigger bullet.

The axis sure is a lot of gun for the money. I hope savage wont due what remington did with the 788 that was outshooting the 700 s . I have a feeling that the stevens 200 will be phased out and other models of axis with factory accutriggers and or heavy barrels will be offered.

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The axis sure is a lot of gun for the money. I hope savage wont due what remington did with the 788 that was outshooting the 700 s . I have a feeling that the stevens 200 will be phased out and other models of axis with factory accutriggers and or heavy barrels will be offered.

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The Axis isn't so much a pig with lipstick as it's a queen with mud slopped all over it. : )

Yea the old 788's were great shooters, I owned a few of them years ago. Their biggest down fall was the bolt design. I had two that the bolt handles broke off, luckily back then Remington still had the parts to fix them.

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My friend just got back from hunting his lease over the weekend--he's been hunting forever successfully southeastern whitetails with a rem 243 but this weekend he sent one into a doe and he swears he got a good shot in the vitals--but off she went leaving no blood trail and he couldn't find her. Might want to reconsider giving up on that bigger bullet.

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Right because there has never been a deer that ran off after being shot with a 300 win mag.

"forever" hunting successfully with a .243, and now one missed deer means the caliber is too small.... ??

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Right because there has never been a deer that ran off after being shot with a 300 win mag.

"forever" hunting successfully with a .243, and now one missed deer means the caliber is too small.... ??

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He's been a big proponent of 243 as long as I've known him and he's a good shot. He wants to up-caliber to make sure he has more options.

Yeah, I like mine too!

Traded an old SKS for the Axis in .308 and was very happy with the swap. It ran a couple of 1.75" groups for a start. I did some work to the trigger and reset the action to the stock and came up with this:
http://imageshack.us/a/img440/5656/102112axis1tgt.jpg

@ 100 yards using XM118LR ammo.

I'm a happy camper!

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Yeah, I like mine too!

Traded an old SKS for the Axis in .308 and was very happy with the swap. It ran a couple of 1.75" groups for a start. I did some work to the trigger and reset the action to the stock and came up with this:
http://imageshack.us/a/img440/5656/102112axis1tgt.jpg

@ 100 yards using XM118LR ammo.

I'm a happy camper!

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You get the bargain on midway with those caldwell shoot N C's?

Nice shootin btw.

Thanks, I am happy with my Axis. I am going to try it at about 300 yards tomorrow along with my 10FP and see how they perform. If I can get less than 2" groups with them both I will be really happy. I have my ballistics of the XM118LR ammo printed out so it will be interesting to see how close I can get first shot!

Yes, I got them from Midway on sale. It's the first time I have purchased them but a buddy has had them a while and we have been using them for 6 months or so now. Nice and bright.