I can't say about the Axiom but I can heartily recommend cutting down your Savage. I used to have a Savage Model 10FCM Scout rifle in .308 as a truck gun. The barrel, as I recall was 20" and gave good accuracy with a Burris LER scope. Very handy to fire from the cab which is legal in SD when shooting at varmints, coyotes included. The detachable magazine was great as it could be kept loaded on the dash with the rifle in the rack allowing for a very fast load/shoot without having a loaded firearm in the truck.