Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Stole a savage axis 308.

Just for balance...I have owned several axis rifles and zero issues. They are generally pretty good.

But yes, like any manufactured item, they send out some that suck.

My old man has a couple, and he's never had any problems whatsoever with his, either. That's actually why I bought the pair I had. It just left a real sour taste in my mouth getting 2 duds at once.

Remove the rifle from the stock.

Sand down any and all points that touch the barrel. Check fit and keep sanding until a business card will slide all the way back to the recoil lug/nut.
Dont worry about forearm flex. Just pull the rifle down into the bags at the mag location. Tuck your hand up close to where the bag and rifle contact.

Remove the rings and bases. Clean ALL of the screws and all the bases with nail polish remover.

When you put it all back together use BLUE LOCTITE on ALL OF THE SCREWS including those for the rifle.

Use colored nail polish on top of all the screws and a drop at the ring and scope contact to check for scope movement and any screws that come loose.
This is from Formidilosus a forum member here. It will cure most of your accuracy issues from the start.

For the bolt>> remove it from the rifle and drop the mag. Now wrap some very fine steel wool around a shotgun cleaning brush or one that will fit your chamber and stick that into a drill and slowly spin it in the chamber.
DO NOT PUSH IT INTO THE RIFLING JUST THE CHAMBER.
Another way is to wrap 1000 grit sand paper around a bore brush and so the same thing. Just a little bit for both techniques. You just may have a rough chamber and its grabbing hold of the brass just a bit.

Be patient GO SLOW.

From start to finish about 45 minutes.

Try a Burris Fullfield ll 3x9x40.

Best
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Any good after market parts For these things ?