savage axis matte finish????

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Looking to pick up a 243 for deer, predator,and varmit. Been looking at various brands -- a Savage Axis caught my eye --price is low $300's. This rifle is going to be used and will most likely be rattling around in a truck most of its life. My question is the matte finish --I have no experience with it and want to know how it holds up to wear and rust. Any thoughts out there-- thanks in advance.
 
Several of my guns have the matte finish. I prefer it over the shiny blueing. I think it holds up to rust better and believe it is a thicker coat than what blueing is therefore holds up to wear better. I also prefer the looks of it. To me matte is the only way to go if its available on the gun your looking at.
 
I have a Savage Axis XP in the 25-06. It is the camo with matte black finnish and scope. I love the heck out of that rifle. I have been out hunting about 6-10 times since I got it in November. I have had the barrel resting on rusty old fences and it has hit tree limbs and been in the dirt and I have had no problems with it. I give it an A++ on matte finish. It is my first hunting rifle and I love it. I have shot a few others though and have to say that I like this one the best. I would post a couple pictures but I don't know how.
 
The matte finish will hold up as well as any other finish. I have a Savage Edge, and it shoots very well. My only issue with the rifle is the lousy, non-adjustable, stock trigger. I did some work on it to make it reasonable, but from the factory it was like 7 pounds - not good.
 
I do have to say one thing about not being able to adjust the trigger. I just have the plain jane trigger myself and I adjusted it. I got rid of alot of the distance of pull. Instead of being able to pick up the rifle off the ground with the trigger. I can can barely get it to move when i go to pick it up. I thought about cutting one of the coils off of the spring to make it a bit lighter than what it is. I called Savage to see how many lbs the trigger was at and they said it can range from 3.5 lbs to 7.5 lbs because they just grab from a mixed bucket of springs. If you would like me to, i will explain ine detail how i went about doing the adjustments.
 
Triggers not that bad unless you have little girly hands
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6.5 pounds but clean on mine. It took less than 15 minutes to drop it to 2or 3 and just as clean. It shot touching groups to start, did it easier after.

A heavy trigger on whats designed initially to be a budget and 1st rifle is a good idea imo. Expecting a light and custom is a touch unreasonable. Kind of like complaining a new kia makes for a crappy race car.
 
Your analogy would be better if it was about complaining a new Kia doesn't have power steering. That's an option that would cost very little, but it's much appreciated. Just like a lighter spring from their "spring bucket", to give a 3 to 4.5# trigger would have been very inexpensive for them, and much appreciated by the shooter.
 
Yea I just called to see how heavy the trigger pull was and then when he gave me that range it kind of threw me through a loop. I just asked why it was such a brosd range and he said they just grab them and put the springs and on place and they get mixed up. I just think that there should be set number. I am thinking of takeing my rifle in to get it tested for how many lbs of pull it is at.
 


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