Axis 7-08 youth disappointment !!

[prdatr]

2.5 MOA at 100 yards should be fine for a pig.

[Phranque]

2.5 MOA at 100 yards should be fine for a pig.

You are right, but I certainly wouldn't be happy with it.


Have you tried heavier ammo? Every savage I have has never liked lighter-end bullets...

[Divr6347]

Thanks for the replies

heaviest ammo I can get locally is 139 gr hornady full boar It shoots around 3 in at 100 yds

won't do me any good to order any ammo online either as we leave in a week to go hunting I'm out of time to fiddle with it

plus in around 10 weeks online ammo orders will stop being shipped to my lovely state of california so if I order something that works in it and the local stores don't have it or can't get it I can't order online any longer so I get to start over with what's available locally

either way so far the 7-08 has been disappointing to say the least. I'm stuck with lead free ammo if I want to let my son hunt with it and it doesn't shoot anywhere near what I feel even a budget rifle should shoot like

at 100 yds and shooting 2-1/2 to 3 in groups I'm sure he can kill a pig with it but what about at 200 or 250 yds ??
I have no idea whet it shoots like at those ranges and my local range doesn't have a target range longer than 100

Seeing as my .223 axis that's bone stock other than a lighter trigger spring shoots nickel size groups at 100 yds

I'm guessing the 7-08 has a problem somewhere along the line maybe it's the scope ?? I have no idea gonna take it to the range one more time and see if it will shoot a descent group if not I will send it back to savage to have it checked out

divr6347