Since the introduction of the Axis in 2010, Savage Arms has made several revisions to the design of the firing pin and the firing pin spring. The original design featured a heavier firing pin as well as a one-piece firing pin spring. This original design worked extremely well and provided ...
Like all Savage bolt action rifles, the Axis II XP is a push feed design. The assembled, multi-piece bolt is exceedingly smooth, like the previously tested Axis models. Extraction is by means of a small Savage type slider in the bolt face and there is a plunger ejector. The magazine doe...