balttigger
Ultimate Member
Bear with me a moment as I post some very specific criteria to attempt to keep this from going off the rails, as a discussion elsewhere did.
I will be building a bolt action wildcat rifle in which the barrel is only available to fit a Savage short-action .223 frame. My preference is to find a nicely priced used Model 10 or Stevens 200 -BUT- preparing for lack of success, I am looking at a few options with new models. Price has me limited to the Axis, Axis II and Model 25 Walking Varminter. The Axis II is $80 more than the Axis and the Model 25 WV is $100. I know they all come with crappy stocks and plan to drop the project into a Boyd's AT One or Thumbhole Featherlight. I know the Axis does not have an Accu-Trigger and for right around the $100 mark I can get a RifleBasix or Timney to address that at a later date.
So, with that in mind, is the Axis II 80 bucks better than the regular Axis? Is the 25 $100 better?
I will be building a bolt action wildcat rifle in which the barrel is only available to fit a Savage short-action .223 frame. My preference is to find a nicely priced used Model 10 or Stevens 200 -BUT- preparing for lack of success, I am looking at a few options with new models. Price has me limited to the Axis, Axis II and Model 25 Walking Varminter. The Axis II is $80 more than the Axis and the Model 25 WV is $100. I know they all come with crappy stocks and plan to drop the project into a Boyd's AT One or Thumbhole Featherlight. I know the Axis does not have an Accu-Trigger and for right around the $100 mark I can get a RifleBasix or Timney to address that at a later date.
So, with that in mind, is the Axis II 80 bucks better than the regular Axis? Is the 25 $100 better?
