Hey everyone. I bought an axis with camo stock and weather coating a year or so. It's sat in my safe as I never had time to sight it in and shoot it. The big issue I have is the action is so hard to move. To open the bolt you have to brace the rifle in one hand and use a good deal of force to get it opened. I thought maybe it's new but playing with the bolt hasn't made it any easier. I feel at a cross roads because I have a good capable rifle that I can upgrade the optic and be a good deer rifle or I could sell it and get a mossberg patriot where the bolt action is smooth right out the box. I handled a few newer savages and the action was all the same. The clerk started to say it might ease up with some use but I explained the axis I had is the same way and why I was looking for another rifle to compare the actions. My question is there anything I can do about the bolt or is this a normal thing for the axis?