Love my Savage Axis in 243 win. It's a good straight shooter. I'm a little disturbed by the extraction/bolt problem you were having. Mine is smooth as silk. Any man who isn't afraid to use a gun in pink, is a real man. Love that pink pattern on the stock! Mine is in the green and brown leaf pattern. I'd have preferred a solid walnut stock, but for the price, I'm not complaining.
I have several savages including a savage axis and have found that the axis is a great rifle. It's not gonna compete with the $2,000 precision rifles by no means, but for what it is I believe it is exceptional and a great hunting rifle for new and old hunters alike.
With a Boyd’s stock that is glass bedded and pilers installed and a decent scope (mid range scope like a Vortex Crossfire ii 6-18X44) it will shoot just as good as the $2,000 and up rifles. All of my competition rifles are Savage Axis rifles except for two.
@@loganclunan1110 are you babying it? If you are working the bolt slowly and gingerly, try beating the bolt back and forth like a redheaded stepchild. I noticed that mine wouldnt eject when i worked it to slowly. They are made for guys that will slam the gun around i think.
What was the torque setting on the ring caps screws and also on the base were it tightened on to the mount. Not the mounts themself just total Ring top & bottom. Great video
I almost bought a savage axis but I end up buying a Mossberg patriot 308 I have a buddy who has a Savage axis in 6.5 Creedmoor and he loves it he took the biggest buck of his life with that gun
You can polish the bolt with a shop grinder & a buffing wheel using standard polishing compound bars avaliable at any hardware store. Easy to make em mirror bright & slick as a greased pig. Can polish the inside of the action with a wooden dowell with a cotton strip wound around its end with the polishing compound too using a standard hand drill. Takes about a half hour for the entire job but the results last a lifetime. Smoother is always better. Can polish the chamber & throat with an appropriate sized phospher bronze brush with a large patch wrapped around it w the compound too using a hand drill. Stops that "sticking" problem. Lil TLC can turn a cheap unit into a diamond. Using a dremel polishing wheel & rouge compound on the sear faces will help the trigger pull too. A LOT! THAT alone will take an ARs 7 lb pull down to 4 lbs. Adding lighter springs, 2.5> 3 pound pull w sear faces polished. Its the lil tricks that turn a lemon into a sweet peach.
I had the basic axis 308 and loved it. Decent trigger and pretty good grouping. I decided to sell it to a buddy and get the model 10 and boy I tell you, I love it. Both great rifles but, the 10 is just a little better. IMO. Not an expert.
Loved Savage every since they first came up with the accutrigger, and accustock!! Bought 3 in 3 different calibers, both long and short action and they are amazing!!! Sold a Ruger M77, a Remington M700 and a browning after getting the Savage's
I don't blame you. I buy almost exclusively Savage stuff, but the Remington 700 heavy barrels from the 60s and early 70s will shoot as good or better than anything if you find a good one, they just had that 1 in 14 twist but my grandfather's was great with 52 gr match HPs. When I was a kid and had good eyes..the Unertyl 18x fixed scope didn't hurt, but at about 9 years old I shot a 3/8in 5 shot group at 250 yards. I have never shot that kind of group since and don't think I could again due to my eyes and not handloading. I didn't know how good I had it spending every weekend shooting, hunting, or fishing and having all my grandparents around still even if we were poor. Living on pinto beans and cornbread, squirrell, and deer wasn't bad. Our back yard was like a pet cemetary I had to dig so many holes to bury deer and fish and we heated with wood. Nothing like sleeping in my Dad's old coveralls while he worked 3rd shift and I'd go slip and crawl in the bed with my Mom. Ok.... I'm choked up
I've had 5 of them, in Axis II's. All were amazing shooters. Like most guns they do however have their favorite ammo. (I clean & oil any new rifle before shooting)
A friend of mine bought an Axis in 30-06. Rifle is cheap and worked but the scope mount failed. Couldn't hold a zero and found that the front base was pooched. Other than that it puts rounds down range.
@@blakegregory969 no problem and good luck ammunition is getting tuff I’m shooting 6.5 creedmoor and with hornady I can shoot same whole groups at 300 yards
I got one last year. It doesn't seem to like Winchester bullets and ammunition. I loaded up some ammunition using Remington core lokt bullets and mercy sakes very accurate. I paid $297 at Walmart for very good rifle. Cheers!
@@hallevingston2892 The Remington core-lokt bullets themselves have served me well whenever I use them, as have cases and primers. Here's the scary part, I have taken a 20 round box of ammunition and pulled the bullets, measured the powder charge and seen a full grain difference in the weight. In just one box of 20, one grain. That's with 7mm-08 and 6.5x55. I agree with Gunslinger 78 that federal premium does a better job than that. Cheers and happy Friday!
yep, I know what you mean, you can develop an art to sighting systems of bows and guns when you do it all of the time without doing it the "official" way.... Picked up a Savage110 Scout in 450 Bushmaster. It was on the more expensive side of Savage. Really sturdy good shooting gun. Savage is building some amazing stuff from budget to upper end guns.
Not a bad rifle and scope combo for the money $400 with a scope. Great job on sighting in the rifle way to check out the screws keep up the great work on the video's
I have the Savage Axis 2 in 6.5 creedmoor and for under $400, that is a great rifle. Here is what I did not like about it, as you have already mentioned, that bolt was dry and sticky. I cleaned it, lubed it and worked the action about 100 times to get it smoothed out, also inserting and removing the bolt is a stupid process, you need to separate fingers and a hand to hold the bolt handle. I also did not like the bolt handle, too short, so I replaced it with a longer handle, now it's great.
Give it a little Hopps gun oil. She'll smooth out. And fire 3 rounds initially before you give the "clickys". I know your conserving ammo, but grouping is where it's at. And... you'll use less ammo sighting in! In Army basic training, we did the "dime drill". Chamber a spent round and then have a buddy balance a dime (flat side) on the barrel. The object is to squeeze off and let the firing pin hit the spent round without letting the dime fall off the barrel. Helps the shooter make smooth, consistent trigger squeezes.
I have a savage axis in 243 my wife has the muddy girl camo in 243 and my dad has one in 308. Great rifles for the $ only issue I've seen is the bolt handle and barrel get surface rust easily
Some guys don’t give a rifle a decent chance to straighten out which is why l am always checking out the used rack of every gun shop l visit. I made some great buys! Actually l have never seen a Savage that wouldn’t shoot. 7mm/08 by the way it’s a good one for sure. Do anything with it. Easy to shoot well 🇨🇦🤠
My axis 223 will stick like that sometimes, there’s 2 holes on both sides where the bolt locks, put a few drops of oil in those and work the bolt a little, makes a big difference with mine!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I'm really not a fan of the federal fusions. One thing about the Axis, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM CLEAN AND OILED OR THEY WILL RUST!
I love my Axis! I got one years ago in 223 put a cheap Walmart 4x16 scope and a bipod on it rattle can camo'd it and I've put ALOT of rounds thru it. Accuarcy is as good as I am so couldn't ask for more for the money. The action was a little sticky so I polished the bolt and keep some dry graphite on it and it's smooth as silk. Y'all stay safe and God bless
The Savage Axis II is a great rifle. I shoot 600 - 700 yards regularly. I AM surprised however that you didn't use other brands of ammo. My .22-250 loves Hornady 50 grain. (I always oil the action on any new firearm before I shoot it)
“I use paper plates because there cheap” heck if it’s got a bullseye on it then It’ll work. I like that rifle too, and I’m sure that bolt will work itself out eventually. Love these videos. It’s even better when you turn things the wrong way because it’s more entertaining. Trial and error, 👍 up for this one.
I never shot a 7mm--08, but I have read much about the cartridge. My impression of it is that it is very much like the 7X57 save that it is shorter and fatter which gives it the advantage of being able to fit into 'short" actions without being at a capacity disadvantage relative to the 7X57. The other advantage is that it does not have to be so low-pressure as to be safe in old Model '93 Oviedo Mausers. Of course, hand loaders with more modern rifles can load their 7X57's hotter, but I am a hand loader who will not do that because my rifle is an old '93 Spanish Mauser manufactured in 1899 as a replacement for a similar rifle that was lost in the Spanish American War during the previous year. I think that the more valid comparison for someone shopping for a new deer rifle is between the 7mm 08 and the .308. All other factors being equal, I think that I would opt for the .308 for its greater bore capacity in today's short barrels and the availability of cheap factory loads in 7.62 NATO. The 7mm 08 does have a superior ballistic coefficient for bullets of equal weight.
You are going to love it, make sure you clean the bolt, lube it and work the action about 100 times to make it very smooth. Also a laser bore sighter, it will save you money by getting it zeroed in quite a bit faster.
Bought my wife a Savage Axis II stainless in 6.5cm that will shoot the lights out with whatever ammo I throw at it. I was surprised. I want a 7mm-08 though.
I love my Savage Axis in .308. The last group you got is fairly typical with average hunting rounds (around 1.5 MOA). But put in some match ammo or handloads and those groups come down easily to MOA or sub-MOA. But as you said, these rifles are made for hunting and they do that job wonderfully and at a wonderful price. That being said, I use mine also as a poor man's precision rifle. As you experienced, the annoying thing is that the groups open up a bit after 5 rounds as the barrel heats up. So I always take my Ruger 10/22 to the range to do plinking with while I let the barrel cool down on the Axis. For optics, I've been LOVING my budget friendly Vortex Vanquish scope with BDC. The weaver scope it came with was fine, but man, I'm in love with Vortex scopes now. I put the Weaver scope on my 10/22. Next year, I plan on getting one of their bull-barrel Axis II rifles in 6.5 Creedmoore. With that rifle, hopefully groups won't open up as much as the barrel heats up. My .308 Axis will then just be used purely for hunting.
My son just bought an Axis in 243 days ago. It is barely floated versus the model 10 and 110s, so I'd you have the forearm torqued sideways at all it's not gonna be floated. May be worth edging that barrel up a degree or 2 with an eraser just in front of the recoil lug or float it that way.
@@user-bn3zo3mh5v I don't bother doing that as it's more than accurate enough for it's intended purpose: hunting. With hunting it's that first shot from a cold barrel that matters (maybe 2nd shot sometimes if you screw up the first). But for target shooting, the main limitation is not the stock, but the barrel in my opinion. Floated or not, the groups and your zero will shift after 5 shots due to the thin barrel unless you get very lucky and get a barrel that has minimal shift when it gets hot. But for hog hunting where I might need to shoot at multiple hogs, I have a 7" barreled AR-15 (registered SBR) in .300 blackout. I also use an SKS rifle and an AK47 for that as well. I just use Savage Axis for either deer hunting or for poor-man's precision target shooting but giving 15 minute cool-down times between magazines. During the winter I like to bring a thermos o hot jasmine tea with me to the range and just relax and talk to other shooters (or just watch them) while I sip my tea or shoot a Ruger 10/22 which is always fun to shoot. So I can't complain.
I have one I won in a raffle for $20! Best $20 bucks I ever spent. It has the laminated stock and it is in 6.5 Creedmoor. I took it hunting with may dad, we took 4 hawgs all head shots!! Needless to say I have to keep an eye on that rifle when dad is around.
My buddy’s wife has one in .270 Winchester no problems yet except every time she pulls the trigger something hits the ground lol.... She a great shot and has shit optics on it ... 😂
“It cost me 15 bucks, that just saved me like 5-7 dollars!” Haha love it. In all seriousness though i get paid to do this for people ;) good job! Good video!
@@WHOTEEWHO 5-7 bucks for each rifle, or every time you need to change scopes= about 4200 annually. it's real simple math fellas....ask the 6.5 guys, they all have 3.
I have the Savage Axis XP. All l did was switch out the rings for grand slams. I left the Weaver scope on it to see if it’s any good which it is. Problems ejecting at first but it solved itself after about 100 rds. and the trigger smoothed out on it’s own. VERY accurate.! It is a cheapy for sure l bought it out of curiousity and now it’s one of my favourites! Good vid! I like how you don’t edit out the little boo boos we all make them don’t we ! That’s how we learn.🇨🇦🤠
Shot nephew's savage axis .308 with accu-trigger 5yrs ago. Nicest cheap trigger I've touched off. It shot 2 rounds touching and one 1/2" away at 100yds.
I have one in 30-06. I added a Boyd’s stock and it is a great rig. The Weaver scope that came with mine, however, was garbage. The reticle came loose after less than 10 shots. Replaced the scope, good to go.
Howdy Adam!! The majority of my bolt action rifles are Savage and I really love them. I have not experienced what I'm seeing on this video with the bolt hanging up on ejection. Typically when I see something like that the first thing I think of is over-pressure in the chamber and the case swelled. That's not usually a problem with factory ammo though. Maybe the extractor just needs a good cleaning and lubing. I LOVE 7MM-08 as a caliber and will have one up on the property in Alaska. A lot of people I've talked to up there moose hunt with that caliber. I can't wait to try that out up there. I'm no fan of Weaver scopes - although they are not bad, but their rings and mounts basically suck!! I'd be willing to bet you if you got a good set (not super expensive) set of mounts your groups would tighten up even more... just a thought.
I remember when you said how you got your name. There was a guy I worked with and when he finished his part he would turn to you and say (now you do that Voodoo that you do) So keep up with your videos do that Voodoo that you do.
We have 2 savage axis in 243 win. Since owning I dropped 2 mule deer, 1 whitetail, and 2 elk, one was a 6x6 bull @ 250 yards and the cow elk was dropped @ 525 yard square through the shoulder with a 105 gr hornady. Sweet little guns.
So a year ago there was a lot of black bears running around and my step mom had this savage axis in .243. So I took her rifle and kill a big bear and it was a double lung shot. And I also have a savage axis 2 with iron sights chambered in 30-06 I killed 2 moose and 1 mule deer. And I also have one hand and people said that taking out the bolt is hard but not for me it’s easy
Just picked up this same gun in 223, put a 3/9/40 crimson trace scope on it. Haven’t got to fire it yet, hopefully soon. Thanks again for all the great videos, good shooting and my best to The Who family. 👍🇺🇸
Awesome that you got a Savage can't wait to see if the barrels accuracy improves as you shoot it after a couple boxes of shells you should try this Federal ammo again see if it gets any better
Maybe the better ammo will close up group. Hey call your Gunprime guy and find me a Springfield XDM in 10mm like yours . Lol, don't need but just want one. Thanks
I have the Axis in 223 and an Axis 2 with the Accutrigger in 350 Legend. I also have a Savage 110 in 270. All 3 of them run smooth and shoot Quarter size groups at 100 yards. I have not shot the 7mm o8 but I have heard that the Federal Ammo in that cal. tends to jam up.
bump or tap scope near the scope knobs after adjusting them to make sure they moved and the shooting is not jarring it to changing them! to proper adjustment, ps some weight in stock & stiffening goo stuff, & brass case work with reloads helps tighten groups up
I have the axis in 22-250 and 25-06. Both shoot good groups, until the barrel gets hot. Then they string the rounds a little. I put a MCarbo trigger spring in both and it lightened the trigger to about 3 lbs.
Got my wife that same camo pattern in 243 savage. Its a winner. Hope she works good for ya. I have the Savage in my 22-250 with got the accu-trigger. Cant go wrong. Who-tee-who
I have 2. One in .223 and one in .308. I love both. Have put several whitetail down with the .308. Just need to make sure you take off the weaver bases and scope rings and locktite everything. Missed a deer at 110yrds due to my weaver base being loose. Did my scope rings, but didn't think about the bases and when I took it apart, found the base just flopping around under the ring. 🤦♂️
Love mine, but like you mentioned, trigger pull is long. MCarbo makes a trigger kit for them to reduce it by 40%. After getting my CVA 35 Whelen, realized the difference in trigger pull, but still love both my Savage Axis rifles.
I like my axis .308. I put a bolt lift kit in mine and tactical bolt handle and a Boyd's prairie hunter stock. I had a dude make me a 10 round mag for zombies.
Great budget price for a great hunting rifle! I know Remington and Mossberg have start to complete with the Savage budget market with Remington 783 packages and Mossberg 404 series.
That bolt sounded very dry. I like that rifle, cool, I like the 7-08 round, picked up a TC Venture last year, in that cal. like them, the round and the rifle! Like my Savage in 30-30 too.
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I have two savage axis, chambered in 22-250 and 30-06. I love them
That .30/06 sure has a stout recoil with 180gr in it though, lol, took me a couple sessions to get used to a rifle that kicks again.
Love my Savage Axis in 243 win. It's a good straight shooter. I'm a little disturbed by the extraction/bolt problem you were having. Mine is smooth as silk. Any man who isn't afraid to use a gun in pink, is a real man. Love that pink pattern on the stock! Mine is in the green and brown leaf pattern. I'd have preferred a solid walnut stock, but for the price, I'm not complaining.
i think they actually sell the aftermarket wood stocks somewhere
I have several savages including a savage axis and have found that the axis is a great rifle. It's not gonna compete with the $2,000 precision rifles by no means, but for what it is I believe it is exceptional and a great hunting rifle for new and old hunters alike.
Constant failure to eject on all of ours nv again,consider yourself lucky
With a Boyd’s stock that is glass bedded and pilers installed and a decent scope (mid range scope like a Vortex Crossfire ii 6-18X44) it will shoot just as good as the $2,000 and up rifles. All of my competition rifles are Savage Axis rifles except for two.
@@joshuaraffensperger3592 what did you do about the terrible triggers?
@@loganclunan1110 are you babying it? If you are working the bolt slowly and gingerly, try beating the bolt back and forth like a redheaded stepchild. I noticed that mine wouldnt eject when i worked it to slowly. They are made for guys that will slam the gun around i think.
What was the torque setting on the ring caps screws and also on the base were it tightened on to the mount. Not the mounts themself just total Ring top & bottom. Great video
Actually one of my favorites. Reliable and with a good scope they will definitely do the trick
My daughter's 223 won't set off steel case ammo but it is pretty accurate for the money
I use a .308 Savage Axis 2, with the Accutrigger, it’s been a wonderful rifle even after 7 years.
Love the vid bud as always,,,,keep up the awesome work,,,,and hello from British Columbia Canada
I almost bought a savage axis but I end up buying a Mossberg patriot 308 I have a buddy who has a Savage axis in 6.5 Creedmoor and he loves it he took the biggest buck of his life with that gun
I have the same Mossberg .308 and have not been happy target shooting with it. It just sits in cabinet collecting dust.
@@jasonpatterson947 I haven’t shot mine since deer season
how about the patriot？ It is accurate？
You can polish the bolt with a shop grinder & a buffing wheel using standard polishing compound bars avaliable at any hardware store. Easy to make em mirror bright & slick as a greased pig. Can polish the inside of the action with a wooden dowell with a cotton strip wound around its end with the polishing compound too using a standard hand drill. Takes about a half hour for the entire job but the results last a lifetime. Smoother is always better. Can polish the chamber & throat with an appropriate sized phospher bronze brush with a large patch wrapped around it w the compound too using a hand drill. Stops that "sticking" problem. Lil TLC can turn a cheap unit into a diamond. Using a dremel polishing wheel & rouge compound on the sear faces will help the trigger pull too. A LOT! THAT alone will take an ARs 7 lb pull down to 4 lbs. Adding lighter springs, 2.5> 3 pound pull w sear faces polished. Its the lil tricks that turn a lemon into a sweet peach.
I have the Savage Axis II in 6.5 creedmore and for the money, it’s a great deer rifle. Not a lot of money in it and not afraid to scuff it up.
I had the basic axis 308 and loved it. Decent trigger and pretty good grouping. I decided to sell it to a buddy and get the model 10 and boy I tell you, I love it. Both great rifles but, the 10 is just a little better. IMO. Not an expert.
Loved Savage every since they first came up with the accutrigger, and accustock!! Bought 3 in 3 different calibers, both long and short action and they are amazing!!! Sold a Ruger M77, a Remington M700 and a browning after getting the Savage's
I don't blame you. I buy almost exclusively Savage stuff, but the Remington 700 heavy barrels from the 60s and early 70s will shoot as good or better than anything if you find a good one, they just had that 1 in 14 twist but my grandfather's was great with 52 gr match HPs. When I was a kid and had good eyes..the Unertyl 18x fixed scope didn't hurt, but at about 9 years old I shot a 3/8in 5 shot group at 250 yards. I have never shot that kind of group since and don't think I could again due to my eyes and not handloading. I didn't know how good I had it spending every weekend shooting, hunting, or fishing and having all my grandparents around still even if we were poor. Living on pinto beans and cornbread, squirrell, and deer wasn't bad. Our back yard was like a pet cemetary I had to dig so many holes to bury deer and fish and we heated with wood. Nothing like sleeping in my Dad's old coveralls while he worked 3rd shift and I'd go slip and crawl in the bed with my Mom. Ok.... I'm choked up
I've had 5 of them, in Axis II's. All were amazing shooters. Like most guns they do however have their favorite ammo.
(I clean & oil any new rifle before shooting)
Have used the Savage Axis in .243 for hunter training. Good rifles for the money. The cheap Weaver scopes they came with were poor.
A friend of mine bought an Axis in 30-06. Rifle is cheap and worked but the scope mount failed. Couldn't hold a zero and found that the front base was pooched. Other than that it puts rounds down range.
I gave my weaver scope to my nephew to put on his bb gun and bought a Bushnell
Mine came with a cheap bushnell. Took it off, and put it on an old 22 bolt action, works just fine there.
Savage recommends using hornady with their rifles shoots crazy good groups
Thanks
@@blakegregory969 no problem and good luck ammunition is getting tuff I’m shooting 6.5 creedmoor and with hornady I can shoot same whole groups at 300 yards
@@blakegregory969 Take a hornady ammo,have a big difference,a very good grouping.
@@donaldbougie694 Thank you for your suggestion. Much appreciated.
Get good groups with varmint express 55gr vmax in axis 22-250
I've heard the new ones are bad about jamming I owed 2 of them about 5 years ago 308 and 223 calibers flawless guns and tack drivers to love them
That's a sign that the pressure is way too hi, that gun is telling you to stop using that load! Please don't forget that!
bought the exact rifle for my wife years ago, love it so much ive used it more then she has lol never had any issues cycling rounds though...
I have a savage axis ll in 308. Last good group I shot .128" center to center.
Awesome
I got one last year. It doesn't seem to like Winchester bullets and ammunition. I loaded up some ammunition using Remington core lokt bullets and mercy sakes very accurate. I paid $297 at Walmart for very good rifle. Cheers!
I tend not to trust Remington and Winchester ammo. Not unless it's a higher grade. I think it was Soros and the freedom group to screw them up.
@@hallevingston2892 I agree core lokts and winchester power points are not very good im a big FEDRAL PREMIUM ammunition fan
@@hallevingston2892 The Remington core-lokt bullets themselves have served me well whenever I use them, as have cases and primers. Here's the scary part, I have taken a 20 round box of ammunition and pulled the bullets, measured the powder charge and seen a full grain difference in the weight. In just one box of 20, one grain. That's with 7mm-08 and 6.5x55. I agree with Gunslinger 78 that federal premium does a better job than that. Cheers and happy Friday!
yep, I know what you mean, you can develop an art to sighting systems of bows and guns when you do it all of the time without doing it the "official" way.... Picked up a Savage110 Scout in 450 Bushmaster. It was on the more expensive side of Savage. Really sturdy good shooting gun. Savage is building some amazing stuff from budget to upper end guns.
Not a bad rifle and scope combo for the money $400 with a scope. Great job on sighting in the rifle way to check out the screws keep up the great work on the video's
Just put mine on layaway this morning! I can’t wait! I wanted a 7mm-08 but my husband was against it lmao he talked me into the .243 😂❤
I have the Savage Axis 2 in 6.5 creedmoor and for under $400, that is a great rifle.
Here is what I did not like about it, as you have already mentioned, that bolt was dry and sticky.
I cleaned it, lubed it and worked the action about 100 times to get it smoothed out, also inserting and removing the bolt is a stupid process, you need to separate fingers and a hand to hold the bolt handle.
I also did not like the bolt handle, too short, so I replaced it with a longer handle, now it's great.
I was just looking at one of these.. thanks for reviewing and sharing. Love your videos
Remember to oil that bolt!!! Ended up a nice group. Great budget starter rifle. Another great video mate. Catch you on the next one!!
Give it a little Hopps gun oil. She'll smooth out. And fire 3 rounds initially before you give the "clickys". I know your conserving ammo, but grouping is where it's at. And...
you'll use less ammo sighting in! In Army basic training, we did the "dime drill". Chamber a spent round and then have a buddy balance a dime (flat side) on the barrel. The object is to squeeze off and let the firing pin hit the spent round without letting the dime fall off the barrel. Helps the shooter make smooth, consistent trigger squeezes.
I have a savage axis in 243 my wife has the muddy girl camo in 243 and my dad has one in 308. Great rifles for the $ only issue I've seen is the bolt handle and barrel get surface rust easily
I’m using the hornady American white tails for my 6.5. Been my go to for the past 3 seasons. My sons axis 223 is crazy accurate
Awesome 🦌🦌🦌
Some guys don’t give a rifle a decent chance to straighten out which is why l am always checking out the used rack of every gun shop l visit. I made some great buys!
Actually l have never seen a Savage that wouldn’t shoot. 7mm/08 by the way it’s a good one for sure. Do anything with it. Easy to shoot well 🇨🇦🤠
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My axis 223 will stick like that sometimes, there’s 2 holes on both sides where the bolt locks, put a few drops of oil in those and work the bolt a little, makes a big difference with mine!
Thanks Zach
i love this rifle! its the first rifle I ever purchased and works just as I need it to!
I have a savage axis 22-250 and love it and will have to sight mine in before deer season!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I'm really not a fan of the federal fusions. One thing about the Axis, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM CLEAN AND OILED OR THEY WILL RUST!
I love my Axis! I got one years ago in 223 put a cheap Walmart 4x16 scope and a bipod on it rattle can camo'd it and I've put ALOT of rounds thru it. Accuarcy is as good as I am so couldn't ask for more for the money. The action was a little sticky so I polished the bolt and keep some dry graphite on it and it's smooth as silk. Y'all stay safe and God bless
The Savage Axis II is a great rifle. I shoot 600 - 700 yards regularly.
I AM surprised however that you didn't use other brands of ammo. My .22-250 loves Hornady 50 grain. (I always oil the action on any new firearm before I shoot it)
“I use paper plates because there cheap” heck if it’s got a bullseye on it then
It’ll work. I like that rifle too, and I’m sure that bolt will work itself out eventually. Love these videos. It’s even better when you turn things the wrong way because it’s more entertaining. Trial and error, 👍 up for this one.
I have a 223, yes the trigger is stiff but I'm used to shooting a 686 Smith and muzzel loader
I never shot a 7mm--08, but I have read much about the cartridge. My impression of it is that it is very much like the 7X57 save that it is shorter and fatter which gives it the advantage of being able to fit into 'short" actions without being at a capacity disadvantage relative to the 7X57. The other advantage is that it does not have to be so low-pressure as to be safe in old Model '93 Oviedo Mausers. Of course, hand loaders with more modern rifles can load their 7X57's hotter, but I am a hand loader who will not do that because my rifle is an old '93 Spanish Mauser manufactured in 1899 as a replacement for a similar rifle that was lost in the Spanish American War during the previous year. I think that the more valid comparison for someone shopping for a new deer rifle is between the 7mm 08 and the .308. All other factors being equal, I think that I would opt for the .308 for its greater bore capacity in today's short barrels and the availability of cheap factory loads in 7.62 NATO. The 7mm 08 does have a superior ballistic coefficient for bullets of equal weight.
You have to check free float on stock mine came with one side touching barrel. Shave of some material on the stock and it’ll shoot better.
I had the same problems with my axis ll in 308. After a good cleaning it functions pretty good now.
I just got one in 6.5 creedmoor, I am super excited to shoot it
You are going to love it, make sure you clean the bolt, lube it and work the action about 100 times to make it very smooth.
Also a laser bore sighter, it will save you money by getting it zeroed in quite a bit faster.
@@Diemerstein I already cleaned it, bore sighted it, and lubed the bolt
Bought my wife a Savage Axis II stainless in 6.5cm that will shoot the lights out with whatever ammo I throw at it. I was surprised. I want a 7mm-08 though.
I have a Axis ll in 223 and it is wicked Accurate. My daughter has one in 243 and it is a tack driver also.
I love my Savage Axis in .308. The last group you got is fairly typical with average hunting rounds (around 1.5 MOA). But put in some match ammo or handloads and those groups come down easily to MOA or sub-MOA. But as you said, these rifles are made for hunting and they do that job wonderfully and at a wonderful price. That being said, I use mine also as a poor man's precision rifle. As you experienced, the annoying thing is that the groups open up a bit after 5 rounds as the barrel heats up. So I always take my Ruger 10/22 to the range to do plinking with while I let the barrel cool down on the Axis. For optics, I've been LOVING my budget friendly Vortex Vanquish scope with BDC. The weaver scope it came with was fine, but man, I'm in love with Vortex scopes now. I put the Weaver scope on my 10/22. Next year, I plan on getting one of their bull-barrel Axis II rifles in 6.5 Creedmoore. With that rifle, hopefully groups won't open up as much as the barrel heats up. My .308 Axis will then just be used purely for hunting.
My son just bought an Axis in 243 days ago. It is barely floated versus the model 10 and 110s, so I'd you have the forearm torqued sideways at all it's not gonna be floated. May be worth edging that barrel up a degree or 2 with an eraser just in front of the recoil lug or float it that way.
@@user-bn3zo3mh5v I don't bother doing that as it's more than accurate enough for it's intended purpose: hunting. With hunting it's that first shot from a cold barrel that matters (maybe 2nd shot sometimes if you screw up the first). But for target shooting, the main limitation is not the stock, but the barrel in my opinion. Floated or not, the groups and your zero will shift
after 5 shots due to the thin barrel unless you get very lucky and get a barrel that has minimal shift when it gets hot. But for hog hunting where I might need to shoot at multiple hogs, I have a 7" barreled AR-15 (registered SBR) in .300 blackout. I also use an SKS rifle and an AK47 for that as well. I just use Savage Axis for either deer hunting or for poor-man's precision target shooting but giving 15 minute cool-down times between magazines. During the winter I like to bring a thermos o hot jasmine tea with me to the range and just relax and talk to other shooters (or just watch them) while I sip my tea or shoot a Ruger 10/22 which is always fun to shoot.
So I can't complain.
I have one I won in a raffle for $20! Best $20 bucks I ever spent. It has the laminated stock and it is in 6.5 Creedmoor. I took it hunting with may dad, we took 4 hawgs all head shots!! Needless to say I have to keep an eye on that rifle when dad is around.
Are those comparable to the Ruger American?
Let’s go been waiting for this video
Thanks for watching
I like the Savage Axis. If you want a better trigger then go with the Axis II. It has the excellent Savage adjustable trigger.
My buddy’s wife has one in .270 Winchester no problems yet except every time she pulls the trigger something hits the ground lol.... She a great shot and has shit optics on it ... 😂
When you started talking about doing that 16 click adjustment, I even said "Oh! He's clicking it in the wrong direction!". Yup.
That one was made on a Monday morning
Looks like it needs some polishing and de burring, i would find that frustrating.
Love the show
“It cost me 15 bucks, that just saved me like 5-7 dollars!” Haha love it. In all seriousness though i get paid to do this for people ;) good job! Good video!
I'm actually broke. I didn't get paid at all to do this video
@@WHOTEEWHO Here have a cookie
@@WHOTEEWHO 5-7 bucks for each rifle, or every time you need to change scopes= about 4200 annually. it's real simple math fellas....ask the 6.5 guys, they all have 3.
Hey you never know, you just might get enough veiws to get TH-cam to cut you a check. I get paid to do it because i work on guns for a living.
@@Piecemakerfirearms you tube have been paying that munch if zero for gun channels. Try make go away
I want to get me a cheaper rifle in a caliber big enough to take animals, I’ve been liking all of the Ruger American rifles.
I am a HUGE ruger American fan
I bought mine in .450 because of this channel.
Go woth the ruger american. Much better rifle. I dont have one yet but i got one on the list.
Get a Ruger American. I just got the Predator Model in 6.5, and it feels so amazing and I can’t wait to shoot it.
@@Colok10 was that in 6.5 what?
These are great and I get 1/2 inch groups with match ammo.
I have the Savage Axis XP. All l did was switch out the rings for grand slams. I left the Weaver scope on it to see if it’s any good which it is.
Problems ejecting at first but it solved itself after about 100 rds. and the trigger smoothed out on it’s own.
VERY accurate.! It is a cheapy for sure l bought it out of curiousity and now it’s one of my favourites! Good vid!
I like how you don’t edit out the little boo boos we all make them don’t we !
That’s how we learn.🇨🇦🤠
Shot nephew's savage axis .308 with accu-trigger 5yrs ago. Nicest cheap trigger I've touched off. It shot 2 rounds touching and one 1/2" away at 100yds.
Just bought Savage Axis 7mm 08 muddy girl. Can’t wait shoot it!
Awesome!
Very good gun. My kids both have them in .25-06 and nothing they shoot with them walks away.
We reload for all of our guns a personally we always have been able to get the to shoot one hole groups at a 100 yards
I’m glad you turned us on to Ammo Shop. I too just got an order of Norma ammo, and I’m expecting another Ammo Shop order of Norma any day.
I also have the AXIS 7mm08. Right out of the box had to order a new latch. Haven't had a problem yet! It loves the 140 Grain bullets.
All the zooms around a paper plate with a crossgair in the middle would make a good shirt.
Damn. Cross hair.
I have one in 30-06. I added a Boyd’s stock and it is a great rig. The Weaver scope that came with mine, however, was garbage. The reticle came loose after less than 10 shots. Replaced the scope, good to go.
I love my savage axis in 223 never had an issue with my bolt
Ooooo the 7mm08 is a deer popping pew pellet! Accurate (in the right gun) easy recoil and stops em quick !! Great videos
Adam, I love your down to earth approach. I use paper plates too!
Howdy Adam!! The majority of my bolt action rifles are Savage and I really love them. I have not experienced what I'm seeing on this video with the bolt hanging up on ejection. Typically when I see something like that the first thing I think of is over-pressure in the chamber and the case swelled. That's not usually a problem with factory ammo though. Maybe the extractor just needs a good cleaning and lubing. I LOVE 7MM-08 as a caliber and will have one up on the property in Alaska. A lot of people I've talked to up there moose hunt with that caliber. I can't wait to try that out up there. I'm no fan of Weaver scopes - although they are not bad, but their rings and mounts basically suck!! I'd be willing to bet you if you got a good set (not super expensive) set of mounts your groups would tighten up even more... just a thought.
I remember when you said how you got your name. There was a guy I worked with and when he finished his part he would turn to you and say (now you do that Voodoo that you do)
So keep up with your videos do that Voodoo that you do.
How did wtw get his name
Savage makes some awesome guns I have a couple all run good and they are accurate for me at least. Great video WTW
As many times that you sight rifles in and you go the wrong way. Priceless. Fun channel.
I have a savage axis 2 in a 30.06 absolutely love it adjusted the trigger and changed the stock to a Boyd's stock
We have 2 savage axis in 243 win. Since owning I dropped 2 mule deer, 1 whitetail, and 2 elk, one was a 6x6 bull @ 250 yards and the cow elk was dropped @ 525 yard square through the shoulder with a 105 gr hornady. Sweet little guns.
So a year ago there was a lot of black bears running around and my step mom had this savage axis in .243. So I took her rifle and kill a big bear and it was a double lung shot. And I also have a savage axis 2 with iron sights chambered in 30-06 I killed 2 moose and 1 mule deer. And I also have one hand and people said that taking out the bolt is hard but not for me it’s easy
Love my axis in 6.5creedmoor
The Axis rifles are great budget rifles. A little less expensive than the Ruger Americans, and close to the same quality.
Thinking about getting a 30-06 savage axis but what the difference between that and savage axis 2
I took the OEM one off and put a Red Field Revaluation scoop on it and Savage axis like to be wet oil in it.
Just picked up this same gun in 223, put a 3/9/40 crimson trace scope on it. Haven’t got to fire it yet, hopefully soon. Thanks again for all the great videos, good shooting and my best to The Who family. 👍🇺🇸
I had the same issue with federal ammo in axis being hard to remove after firing other brands cycled fine regards from damo .
My 6 year old son got his first deer with the youth model 243 caliber and weaver scope. It works and great price.
Awesome that you got a Savage can't wait to see if the barrels accuracy improves as you shoot it after a couple boxes of shells you should try this Federal ammo again see if it gets any better
I love watching a whoteewho video every morning! Also, I shoot my friends savage axis. It's a great rifle in 270.
Appreciate you watching Caleb
My savage axis has worked flawlessly since I got it. Put a spring kit for the trigger and shoots great. Smooth.
most scopes will move when first adjusted , i usually tap it with my knuckes.
Maybe the better ammo will close up group. Hey call your Gunprime guy and find me a Springfield XDM in 10mm like yours . Lol, don't need but just want one. Thanks
I adjust my clickys the same way, just guestimate and seems to work every time.
I have the Axis in 223 and an Axis 2 with the Accutrigger in 350 Legend. I also have a Savage 110 in 270. All 3 of them run smooth and shoot Quarter size groups at 100 yards. I have not shot the 7mm o8 but I have heard that the Federal Ammo in that cal. tends to jam up.
bump or tap scope near the scope knobs after adjusting them to make sure they moved and the shooting is not jarring it to changing them! to proper adjustment, ps some weight in stock & stiffening goo stuff, & brass case work with reloads helps tighten groups up
I was worried about that rifle to start with. Glad to see it sighted in. Great video Who_Tee_Who 👍👍
I have the axis in 22-250 and 25-06. Both shoot good groups, until the barrel gets hot. Then they string the rounds a little. I put a MCarbo trigger spring in both and it lightened the trigger to about 3 lbs.
Got my wife that same camo pattern in 243 savage. Its a winner. Hope she works good for ya. I have the Savage in my 22-250 with got the accu-trigger. Cant go wrong. Who-tee-who
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I have 2. One in .223 and one in .308. I love both. Have put several whitetail down with the .308. Just need to make sure you take off the weaver bases and scope rings and locktite everything. Missed a deer at 110yrds due to my weaver base being loose. Did my scope rings, but didn't think about the bases and when I took it apart, found the base just flopping around under the ring. 🤦♂️
Love mine, but like you mentioned, trigger pull is long. MCarbo makes a trigger kit for them to reduce it by 40%. After getting my CVA 35 Whelen, realized the difference in trigger pull, but still love both my Savage Axis rifles.
I love my Savage. Mine is a Model 10 in 6.5 CM.
But they do make the axis in 280 AI so that’s a plus
I own weatherby sako & cva for hunting rifles. But that looked good.
I like my axis .308. I put a bolt lift kit in mine and tactical bolt handle and a Boyd's prairie hunter stock. I had a dude make me a 10 round mag for zombies.
Who made your magazine? Been dying to get a 10 rounder for my Savage, don't want to spend $300 on one though, that's just crazy
@@Thousand_yard_King darkeagle customs. It's around 120$
My savage axis in 22-250 is one of my favorite rifles great rifle for the money 👍
My wife's. 308 axis had that issue with the bolt til I oiled it then after that it hasn't had an issue yet. Great video
I'm probably going to get one of them. I hope it's dependable.
Great budget price for a great hunting rifle! I know Remington and Mossberg have start to complete with the Savage budget market with Remington 783 packages and Mossberg 404 series.
Be careful of anything Remington right now. They have had quality control issues the past five years.
That bolt sounded very dry. I like that rifle, cool, I like the 7-08 round, picked up a TC Venture last year, in that cal. like them, the round and the rifle! Like my Savage in 30-30 too.