Got to do a bit of shooting yesterday before the rain came in. I got out my Axis in .223.
I'm sure it wasn't me, but the first shot was almost 2 inches away from the POA. This was only at 50 yards. The second and third shots started to tighten up. Shots 6 through 12 or 13 made about a 1/2 to 3/4 inch group.
I'm not a hunter, so the first cold shot or so matters not, but I was thinking about buying some of the cheap steel-case ammo to waste on warm-ups. Do you think that makes sense?
The rifle was pretty clean to start, getting swabbed about 25 rounds previous.
What does your Axis do ?