So, I have an Axis .223 for two years now........In 1965 I purchased Savage 340 in .223, all I could afford back then, with warm handholds was my go rifle for deer, I know, it was a .223, 39 deer from '65 thru 2010, all one shot kills but for one on our farm land, passed the old Savage to my grandson after two dances with the "Angel of Death", I won, LOL.......Two years ago I decided to get back to deer hunting, still on the farm, now shooting and Axis, 4x Bushnell like my old rifle had, now using Barnes TSX factory rounds, two deer in the past two years, one shot kills..........I keep my shots under 125 yards.