Savage Axis 22-250 - Discounted

muskrat30

muskrat30

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I’ve been thinking about another 22-250, currently have a mid-weight custom gun. I’ve had an eye on local Armslist & Gunbroker. Just today I see some Walmart’s have the Savage Axis on markdown, $198.

I checked, my local store had one. I do have an older Savage 110, 30-06, no problems.

Anyway, at that price I bought one, will try it out. They do/could have other chamberings, saw a 243. I plan a little tweaking before testing, trigger, maybe better free-float, etc..

The reviews seem O.K.
 
I have two of them. A camo 223 my daughter claims with a Timney in it and a 22-250 that is a very good shooter with CFE223 powder. Both shoot very small groups if you have the right load and I do my part.
 
The Savage Axis is 1/12” rifling. My other custom with a Shilen barrel is the common 1/14”.

When my custom was being planned I had an in depth talk with the gunsmith. When mentioned it would be mostly lighter (50 grn) bullets for prairie dogging his advice was to stick with the 14”.
 
Originally Posted By: muskrat30 The Savage Axis is 1/12” rifling. My other custom with a Shilen barrel is the common 1/14”.

When my custom was being planned I had an in depth talk with the gunsmith. When mentioned it would be mostly lighter (50 grn) bullets for prairie dogging his advice was to stick with the 14”.



For a $200 gun, it will still kill coyotes just fine. We're not talking about bench competition rifle here.
 
I had a cheap scope I mounted to test, did fine. Still waiting on better mounts, then I’ll try a better scope. The trigger is right at 3 lbs now.
 
Originally Posted By: Bearmuskrat30 how did you get the trigger down to 3 pounds?

I was all ready to order the spring kit, that comes with a spring, screw, washer, & Allen wrench off eBay, about $10. The seller was a little slow. I ended up clipping 1.5 coils from the factory spring. The gun fired fine, and came in just under 3 lbs on my trigger gage. I cancelled my trigger kit order.

This is a casual gun, if I get unreliable firing I’ll go with a replacement spring. Further testing is in the works. I know some don’t like the idea of clipping a spring, working fine, but still testing.
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