Hi Just got and shot my new axis XP today!

[thermaler]

Hi everyone I'm a noob Savage owner..
Got my 270 today and shot the first 5 rounds before the rain come...
I took bolt out and looked through barrel and scope on a 25 yard paper target. 1st shot 1" right and 1 and 1/4" high. That was my first shot in over 20 years.. Gun is loud and kicks hard :D..

Moved on to a 100 yard target!
1st shot completely missed the target I figured it was the hard trigger and my in experience LOL..
2nd shot at 100yards I hit off paper on cardboard and guessed it to be 8 inches high. I felt I had a good shot this one so turned down my scope 32 Clicks!
3rd shot I hit 1 1/4 " right and 1/2" high Not bad at all if I do say so myself..! Turned scope left 4 clicks..
4th and final shot at 100 yards I was 1/4" high and 1" left. I expect i'm close to being dialed in and just need to practice.. :)

I ran a cleaning rod through barrel after each shot and cleaned and oiled when I got home. I plan to continue ths tell I get through a box or 2 of shells to break it in right!

I'm using the Bushnell Sharpshooter scope that came with the gun and was shooting off a coleman camping table with a grocery bag and jacket rest on front and a sweater on butt for a rest lol.. Yes it was pretty wobbly!

Overall I'm very happy with the gun so far except the trigger is tough and the recoil is hard on my 42yr old 145lb skinny frame.. I think I will be very happy with this rifle for years to come once I get a recoil shoulder pad and "maybe" change/tune the trigger... This is a hunting rifle so no plans to bed it or do to much to it.. Was worried about scope but so far its great..

I have one also and I found that putting an after-market lighter trigger in helped immensely. The recoil on that very light flexible stock is a real kicker--I found that reinforcing both the foreend and buttstock areas is worth the time and effort--before that I had a couple of nice scope-eye tattoos. It will only cost you about $100 and a few hours time--but well worth it; especially if it takes away that "anticipatory bang flinch."

[goinssr]

I have one also and I found that putting an after-market lighter trigger in helped immensely. The recoil on that very light flexible stock is a real kicker--I found that reinforcing both the foreend and buttstock areas is worth the time and effort--before that I had a couple of nice scope-eye tattoos. It will only cost you about $100 and a few hours time--but well worth it; especially if it takes away that "anticipatory bang flinch."

How did you reinforce the buttstock? Spray foam or did you use another method?

[thermaler]

How did you reinforce the buttstock? Spray foam or did you use another method?

I took a piece of 1" diameter aluminum tubing and flattened one end with a hammer so that the tube could go as far as possible into the stock near the trigger/comb area (the tube extends back to the buttpad). I epoxied it into place, as well as beefing up the area with a big gob of RC7. I then filled the rest of the buttstock area in with a spray concrete gap filler which name escapes me at the moment. The achilles heel remains the thin-walled area of the trigger well in the stock. Both of my axis rifles (270 and 308) shot much better after I did these mods, along with the lighter-pull trigger jobs. I just did the same treatment to my new 300 win mag 111 hunter even though it comes with a much beefier walled stock than the axis (though the stock non-accutrigger is arguable worse than that which comes with the axis). There are plenty of trigger tricks you can do--but I'm of the opinion that you should simply get the rifle basix which in my opinion is the best overall solution for the axis in terms of ease of installation, reliability, adjustability and affordability.