Savage Axis II Magazine

[LoonWulf]

ive got a kanakattack....gonna go lay down. ill cut up that spring and see what i can do about affixing it to the magazine later.........

 

[troy fairweather]

i think the easiest, cheapest, option would be to wedge a piece of compressible material between the mag body and latch.


nother possible solution....tho how many folks have 700 magazine parts laying around.View attachment 848581 View attachment 848582

i think a coil spring could be made to fit in there to.

 

[troy fairweather]

ive got a kanakattack....gonna go lay down. ill cut up that spring and see what i can do about affixing it to the magazine later.........

sounds like you ate to much lol.

 

[troy fairweather]

this is what we were doing to keep the bottoms from getting lost, i would use the dremel and make a trench the epoxy it after they broke.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I think the biggest problem is that, short of Savage pricing the spare magazines into the "semi-disposable" catagory, any permanent fix for this problem will likely add $40-100 to the cost of a $300 gun, at which point the Ruger American, T/C Dimension, Howa 1500, and Mossberg Patriot all start to look comparable without this inherent design flaw.

I really, really wanted to love my Axis, but this magazine issue is infuriating.

 

[LoonWulf]

sounds like you ate to much lol.

yeah, i made breakfast........

this is what we were doing to keep the bottoms from getting lost, i would use the dremel and make a trench the epoxy it after they broke.

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That dosent surprise me, savage overstates the comfortable round count of thier centerfeed mags by 1/2 a round IMO. Load them with 3 and they should stop snaping off. Ive always had to FORCE that 4th round into any of mine, and eventually just gave up on it

 

[LoonWulf]

i think a coil spring could be made to fit in there to.

yeah, that should be doable also. might try that first it would only take a couple holes and twisting up a spring

 

[troy fairweather]

yeah, that should be doable also. might try that first it would only take a couple holes and twisting up a spring

you could drill a hole in the center of the tab the size of the spring, and counter sink in the plastic on the mag body. if you make the hole size just right you can thread the spring in the hole and use some epoxy to hold it.

 

[troy fairweather]

I think the biggest problem is that, short of Savage pricing the spare magazines into the "semi-disposable" catagory, any permanent fix for this problem will likely add $40-100 to the cost of a $300 gun, at which point the Ruger American, T/C Dimension, Howa 1500, and Mossberg Patriot all start to look comparable without this inherent design flaw.

I really, really wanted to love my Axis, but this magazine issue is infuriating.

agred, i don't mind a cheap rifle but the axis needs extra work that coast money to make it work reliably. the extra cost like you said brings it to the ruger and 1500 price range.

 

[loose noose]

I thank ya Troy for the price on Magazines, sure as heck beat the price that Savage is asking.