The Savage Axis has been rated best-in-class entry level rifle. It has a modern design with silky-smooth bolt operation, a detachable box magazine, and matte black synthetic stock. Its receiver is drilled and tapped for scope mounts. This 7mm-08 Remington model has a 22" matte blued carbo...
The Savage Axis is not a thing of beauty, by any means. However, to get the production cost out of a rifle, it has to come from somewhere. In the case of the Axis II XP, that somewhere most obviously includes the budget riflescope, "one size fits all" action, assembled bolt, rough...
Most Mauser type actions (and, like the Winchester Model 70, the Savage Model 110 was at its core a Mauser type rifle) had the manual safety at the right rear of the action, to give ready access to a right-handed shooter’s thumb. Nick Brewer designed the Model 110 with a tang safet...