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Originally Posted by Mr. Slim (Post 4339258)

kelly, did you check the screws on the bases? they could be a little loose and they could cause problems. also make sure the stock isnt touching the barrel. slide a dollar bill from the front of the stock toward the receiver to make sure it doesnt hang up anywhere. as others said the trigger could be the problem also.

Yea I checked and all is good. The stock however was another story lol. Just the weight of the gun sitting on the bipod was flexing the stock to where it just touched the barrel. I just got the new Boyds barrel in yesterday and swapped them out but I wasn't aware that it came with a plastic trigger gaurd and magazine catch. I have ordered an aluminum catch and a metal trigger gaurd and should be able to get out to the range with it hopefully next week. I am also on the hunt for a good deal on a mid level scope. The wife and I's anniversary is Sunday and I was actually getting this ready for her. She bought me the gun for Christmas and she is just getting into hunting with me so hopefully she will like it. Here is a pic of what I have so far.

i would invest in a quality scope such as Leupold or other name brand scopes. hope your wife is going to be sitting with a varmit special rifle as they tend to be a little on the hefty side. i have a Remington VS and i wont carry it around as far as distance. what caliber is the rifle? mines is 243 with a heavy barrel just for groundhogs. good luck with getting the rifle up and shooting.

Finally got out and shot it. Just with changing the stock the MOA has shrunk down to just over 1". Now to save up for a better scope and rings.

Kinda guessed it was the pod/forearm causing the problem. As I previously said, a lot of those cheap stocks just don't do well with anything attached to them. I'd just about bet if you just took the pod off you would have had the same accuracy as you got with the new boyds stock. Those cheap stocks are designed to handle just the weight of the barrel down on your hand. They just aren't made for weight hanging off the bottom. Glad you got it fixed up for your wife. Good luck.

I had overlooked this thread, but the bipod thing is an issue for the Axis for the reasons given. There are some tricks you can do with the old stock to stiffen it involving drilling and epoxying in some steel rods in the barrel channel. It will often help even if you don't use a bipod and it doesn't add much in the way of weight. On the Savage Shooters website, they have a tutorial for someone wanting to tinker with it. I did it on a 22-250.