Savage Axis Range Report

[hunter63]

I have never done that, guess it has some merit......they tend to shoot better after you shoot whatever for a while, don't know if it's just you getting used to it,..... or wearing in the barrel.

[kyratshooter]

Since it is a new rifle, did you break in the barrel by cleaning it every shot for the first 10 shots, then after every 3 shots, then after every five shots?

This is a nickel steel rifle barrel, not a cast iron skillet.

All that process does is wear out a good cleaning brush.

[Wildthang]

This is a nickel steel rifle barrel, not a cast iron skillet.

All that process does is wear out a good cleaning brush.

Well I was mostly kidding Kyrat, but you cant beleive how many people do that, mostly long range shooters and varmint hunters.

[kyratshooter]

I got the Axis dialed in finally. My pet load has always been 53 gns of 4350 and a 150 gn bullet. That load shoots 1 1/2"@100yds in this rifle.

54 grains of 4350 shoots into less than 1 inch.

Sometimes you have to be a little flexable after 40 years of using the same load!