Very nice groups OP, especially for factory ammo. I'm frequently the first person to sing the praises of the Axis, but they've gone up in price so much... When I got my Axis XP with the factory bushnell scope, I paid $289+tax, and it came with a $50USD mail in rebate so at the end of the day it cost me about $235 for a complete rifle and scope. That was about 8 years ago now mind you, and it was from Wholesale Sports who used to have FANTASTIC sales... My buddy also got an Axis for like $225 at one of Reliable's big ass annual sales, no optic/rings/mounts but its stainless which is kinda nice.
When I bought my Axis they were like $300 guns and a sporterized rifle with a scope (6.5x55 or 8x57 mausers, enfields, etc) was like $300-400. Today, the Axis is over $500 ($599 is the sticker price at Cabelas for a base model XP right now) and a sporterized rifle w/scope is still like $300-400. Of course sporter rifles come with higher ammo costs and harder to find ammo, so depending on how you factor that into your equation it may or may not be cheaper in your eyes.
The one thing I could never get over with the Axis is how heavy the bolt lift is. I had a Mossberg ATR100 and Remington 783, neither had that issue. I sold the Mossberg and Remington to get a left-handed hunting rifle, so I don't really use my Axis these days but its the one I kept out of my small collection of $235 budget bolt actions so that says something.
Mine is a 270 Winchester. Never found it to be sub-moa with the factory ammo I tried, but with handloads it was all you could ask for and more. 130gr Ballistic Tips and Interbonds are sub-moa, 150gr partitions were even better, as you can see below:
