How good is the bushnell 3-9 scope that comes on some savage axis rifle packages? If I bought a 308 would I need to change out the scope?
How good is the bushnell 3-9 scope that comes on some savage axis rifle packages? If I bought a 308 would I need to change out the scope?
It's a low end basic scope. What do you want to do with the rifle?
I've taken deer in PA (PA=short ranges) with similar scopes. If you want to shoot 1000 yards, it's probably not the scope for you.
What do you want to do with the rifle?
It would be a hunting rifle nothing long range
It is most likely a entry level Bushnell Sharpshooter. I would sell it as a new take-off to get the most value out of it (around $50). Then use the money on a little better scope.
^^^ what he said. Last bushnell I got in a package with a savage was a joke, given it was over 10 years ago.... good luck!
Try it out. Odds are you will find it unspectacular but perfectly adequate for your purposes.
The one that came on my axis .223 does just fine in that caliber but I would limit it to 22 or 223 rifles.
The fact that you are in this forum may mean you are not in the intended market the package rifle was designed for as your interest in rifles and scopes may be too advanced. Package rifles are not built for scope snobs. LOL
The one on my 308 works fine. If you desire a better scope after you shoot it, by all means change it. I like the Nikon pro staff for its price
For hunting the scope is fine. Beware people who bash low end scopes and recommend a $200+ scope. They tend to not factor in the reason why we purchased a low price rifle package in the first place. Consider an axis package is approx $400. If we had an extra $200 for a new scope we would have probably just purchased a Savage Hunter XP package in the first place. It's a better gun and better scope (Nikon(Canada) or Weaver(States)) for an extra $100.
Does anyone know if Savage puts loctite (blue), on the base screws for those rifles which come with either a scope package or scope bases?
Neither of the 2 110 I have had any but they were made in around 1998 so who knows what they do now. I seriously doubt it.
Never hand any loctite on my axis, my hunter xp or my fathers 111. I read a few times not to use loctite, the threads are to delicate and may strip etc if you ever have to remove the screws again. A few places recommend a few drops of oil on the screws.
Loctite is no more a danger to use of firearms than it is to use on engines. Naturally if you slop Loctite accidentally onto a carb jet you will mess up engine operation. When you remove Loctited screws just touch the tip of a solder iron to them to soften it up. However if you overtightened the screws in the first place don't blame it on the Loctite if the threads strip. Learning to be a home gunsmith is basically brain over brawn: neat over sloppy. Why do you think Loctite comes in tiny tubes
(hint hint)?
So santas helpers gnomes can use it with their little hands?Originally Posted by Mach2
And generally on rifles/scopes you use blue loctite, not red loctite. Guess I'll have to remove the scope I just mounted on my Max 1 so I can put blue loctite on the base screws which came with the gun.
My Axis is in .270 and the sharpshooter that came with it had the crosshair ring drop on round 38. I'm of the opinion that it is dog****. When I looked into sending it back for repairs (I had it a week) I had to pay shipping both ways as well as a $10 "processing" fee. Total was about $40 on a $50 scope that I didn't trust anyway. In hindsight I would have bought her naked and just bought a better scope. Fortunately I had a connection at leupold who hooked me up with a vx-3l with the 56mm objective for free just had to pay for the rings and mounts. God bless good buddies in high places.
So how does it feel having a $300 rifle on your $600 scope?
Somewhere between silly and awesome depending on how busy the range is.
in case your curious..
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Somewhere between silly and awesome depending on how busy the range is.
in case your curious..
No that's all awesome no matter how bust the range is. :) I like the camo, looks sharp.
My shooting buddy has a $1500 Swarovski on his .270 Axis! We laugh about it every time we shoot that rifle. Another buddy gave him the scope. Luckily his Axis is more accurate than a high dollar rifle that would usually wear a scope like that. Like they say "you can't hit what you can't see".
My axis .223 has a 400 dollar scope on it. Gen1 night vision to be exact. Armasight 3x. It is set up for hog hunting at night. Darn fog is hampering me right now, but on a clear night I can keep the bullet holes in a 2 in bull at 100 yards. The light weight of the axis is welcome to me because of the weight of the scope. I happen to like the trigger that is on it as it came out of the box. A lot better than my budget ar-15 which my son uses with the same type of scope. The rifle is used as I intended when I bought it. If I wanted a 2000 dollar bench rest rifle I would have bought one and used a night force scope on it like my neighbor who can consistently put 10 rounds under a quarter at 200 yards. For a hog hunting rifle, the axis is perfect for me.
A man after my own heart! Some folks bemoan the Axis stock, trigger, etc., etc. because they are not equal to features on rifles that cost twice as much or more. I have to ask -- what were you wanting to buy? If what you want is a very inexpensive, light, handy, superbly accurate hunting rifle, you'll hardly find better than the Axis. If you are wanting a $1000 rifle, you will be disappointed -- except with the accuracy. In value-per-dollar, they can't be beat.
Hi, I'm pretty new here but thought I'd throw in my .02 of experience. I posted in decisions area a little while back and decided to go with a new axis vs used 11. I got the axis package with bushnel scope mainly because I wanted the stainless barrel and action and I liked the camo pattern, but only the package came in that. I had wanted to get a better scope before deer season, but I figured I'd use the one on there until I saved up a little more.
That scope on my rifle was terrible, I shot two brands of ammo about 10 shots each over 2 days before I wised up and went in the house and grabbed my older winchester 7 mag shot three shots, then I could say ok it's not me. I don't shoot year round and wanted to be sure it wasn't me. When I started getting 14" spacing a I was pretty sure it was the scope. Took it back to the retailer and when he took it out of the mounts and shook it, you could here broken stuff inside, but to look through it, it was fine. The man said well the scope is definitely bad. That was 20 round in 308 caliber and it was junked. They offered me another one or $50 off any other scope. They had a nikon buckmaster with bdc on sale so with an extra 50 off I got it for $139.00, shot yesterday first two shots 3/4" apart. And was easy to zero in from there.
I'm sure there not all bad but I wasn't spending another $25 in ammo and $30 in gas to the store and back, not to mention time and aggravation, to find out if I lucked in to a good one. I haven't had any over $100 scopes before ( all my others are early 1980's Tasco world class and they still work so I use them) but so far I really like the nikon and feel it was well worth the money, definitely the nicest one I've used in my budget/ price range.
Scopes normally out price the rifle they sit on in most builds I've seen. At least builds of serious comp shooters or long range rigs. Or come close to doing so.
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