I have one of these chambered in .243 Winchester wood stock version. The bolt was a little hard to close on an empty chamber at first but some lubrication of the lug surfaces took care of that. I have found some brands of brass fit the chamber very tight causing resistance closing the bolt. Hornady and Starline are two of them. I had some Fiocci brass that had thick necks and would not chamber after bullets being seated I abandoned using it in this rifle. I fired twenty rounds of Norma factory ammunition through it and the rest have been handloads mostly loaded in Remington brass and the Starline after bumping the shoulder back on the new Starline prior to loading. Accuracy has been average, velocities with the 20" barrel have been slower than published data from 26" barrels that is to be expected. I bore scoped the barrel when I received mine and it looked very good for a rifle in this price range it does copper foul but cleans easily I shoot lots of Berger bullets in it and did a break in now I am shooting more rounds between cleaning it seems to like 87 to 95 grain boat tail bullets the best and 58 grain Barnes and V Max on the light side. The 87 grain Berger VLD hunting bullets have grouped less than half moa for five shots at 100 yards pretty consistently when I do my part even with the factory trigger setting. I tried adjusting the screw it didn't seem to lower the pull weight just reduced the engagement so I returned it to its original setting of four pounds. I did have the scope rail come loose and found three of the screws were stripped Savage sent me new ones but I had replacement ones on hand the ones Savage sent are very short I left mine in there.

I like the three lug bolt idea. I love the wood and hope a stainless steel model may come along.

But I paid much less for my Axis 223 that is sub MOA with any ammo I put in it. I just don't see where this fits.

@agricola

26 күн бұрын

The axis is an awful rifle….im not sure how anyone makes it past the godawful bolt throw

@danrozanski6130

Күн бұрын

​@agricola I've had my axis since 2012 and it's been great. Far nicer than any budget rifle from any other brand. I've fired and handled them all, and none beat the axis price point or accuracy. Now, yes it's still not a "great" rifle, but it's the best in it's category.

Trust me. Spend a little more and get yourself a Remington, tikka , or just about any other brand…

@forshniz

Ай бұрын

Nah I own a Tikka this Steven’s is better for the money. Bought the 308 And immediately ordered the 6.5 CM

@agricola

26 күн бұрын

Remington is junk