There is one thing to look out for with the Patriot. There is a plastic piece in the stock that holds the magazine, and helps bed the action. It works very well, but you must be careful not to over-tighten the action screws, as the plastic piece will then be spread out by the round action, placing the stock under a strain at the sides that could lead to stock damage. (cracking) This is only if you get really serious about over-tightening the action screws though.

Use thread-locker on the action screws and have them moderately tight, but nowhere near as tight as you can get them and you will have no problems.

Once you have the trigger adjusted to your taste, there is really no reason to remove the action from the stock, in any case. When you do, there is just this one thing that you have to look out for.

The Patriot really is a nice gun, much better-looking than anything else in the same price bracket.

I want one. Academy has them scoped for around 329 I think.
Prefer non scoped and add a vortex crossfire.
I think that would make a good little inexpensive shooter.

I thought they had Vortex optics on them??

I had one in 308 and worked great. Don't buy the axis. If can swing around $450 can buy savage hog Hunter or couple other savages in that range