Nice buck! is that the savage axis? if so how do you like it?
Well, can't complain. Taking up hunting is a pretty big time and money investment. As a husband and father of 8 kids - I don't have a lot of either! So I was happy to find a sale on the Savage Axis that put it at $279 including scope. Upgraded scope with a slightly used Leupold and put the cheap one on my 22. I have scored 4x4 mule deer 2 years in a row now, so some good mojo going
And that 270 round dropped both with massive internal damage and quick kill.
Last year in Idaho, my first deer hunt, under the guidance of my cousin who is a life long hunter, I tried it out for the first time. Found out pretty fast that the cheap plastic magazine is garbage. I load manually. Doesn't take much longer to reload after a shot with a little practice. And you NEVER get surprised that the round didn't feed... Last year I had a shot at a spike and the mag decided not to cycle a round. Pulled the trigger with a 50 yard broad side standing still shot - nothing easier. Click. Nothing. Deer ran off. So after that, only trusting manual feeding.
For the price, I'm happy. Light weight (not a youth rifle though - still a little heavy for my boys to shoot off hand) and recoil is strong, but not bad. My 10yr old likes to shoot it (from the bipod). Not a classic beauty, but practical, functional, and other than being careful to clean and oil like most rifles (found out the hard way that the barrel will rust quickly if you are not careful).
