RBHarter
West Central AR
So I got a new in box Savage Axis in 223 from my local enabler . Slapped some mounts on it with a million miles scope I had laying around .
It's ugly , the twist is too fast , the stock is plastic and the trigger is heavy . It doesn't seem to be either a long or short action as far as a 1 piece mount goes .
It feels good , it doesn't touch the bbl and barely the action , the trigger is only about 5-5.5# and doesn't have noticable movement . The 2 piece round action mounts work fine .
It's friggin' hot out here !
My first effort was bad very bad not enough lube and to soft for the PB bullet .
The second effort would have I'm sure been better if the Factory ammo hadn't misfired 1/5 ....... I hope the Aguilia brass is worth picking up .....
It looks like the randomly selected 5.5 Unique will work out under the 225-55 NOE at 62gr . I had 1 misfire in my 20 round lot vs 4 in the Aguilia . Both loads hit high of point of aim at 50 but overall I'm not unhappy .
$300 rifle
$89 scope , 25 yr ago .
$22/50 223/556 55gr fmj
$7/100 cast loads 22 mag level 62gr GC
Great starter rifle .
It's ugly , the twist is too fast , the stock is plastic and the trigger is heavy . It doesn't seem to be either a long or short action as far as a 1 piece mount goes .
It feels good , it doesn't touch the bbl and barely the action , the trigger is only about 5-5.5# and doesn't have noticable movement . The 2 piece round action mounts work fine .
It's friggin' hot out here !
My first effort was bad very bad not enough lube and to soft for the PB bullet .
The second effort would have I'm sure been better if the Factory ammo hadn't misfired 1/5 ....... I hope the Aguilia brass is worth picking up .....
It looks like the randomly selected 5.5 Unique will work out under the 225-55 NOE at 62gr . I had 1 misfire in my 20 round lot vs 4 in the Aguilia . Both loads hit high of point of aim at 50 but overall I'm not unhappy .
$300 rifle
$89 scope , 25 yr ago .
$22/50 223/556 55gr fmj
$7/100 cast loads 22 mag level 62gr GC
Great starter rifle .