I recently bought a new Savage Axis (formerly the Edge) in 25-06 and topped it with a Pentax 3 - 9 x 40mm scope. After a few rounds through it to sight it in, I found it to be very accurate, even with factory loads. I've been shooting Federal 117 grain PSP's through it and consistenly get groups of 1" or less at 100 yards. One word of caution, it comes with a standard single stagae trigger. Mine pulled right at 7.0 pounds and I've heard others have gotten them with trigger pulls up to 11.0 pounds. This is completely unacceptable. Easy fix though. The gun is cheap enough, for another $105.00 get a Timney after market trigger. Go here;http://www.gunblast.com/Timney-Axis.htm. They can be easily installed (article shows you step by step) and can be adjusted from a few ounces to 4 or 5 pounds. Timney makes a replacement trigger specifically for the Savage Axis.