Extremely functional. I have a .223 in the Survivor series....thumbhole stock, and a standard rifle in .308. Both are tack drivers. Triggers can be iffy and a bit draggy at first, but they loosen up with time. I shoot both out to 300 yards regularly and both will shoot in the range of 1MOA, with the .308 being slightly more accurate....but the .223 is being fed very inexpensive ammo, so the accuracy I'm getting out of it is good considering. I do have to keep the .223 clean for the shells to extract properly....but I go a few hundred rounds between cleanings some days, so that's not horrible.

I'd definitely get it. The Survivor goes for about 40 more than the standard rifle, and has a thumbhole stock and a bull barrel.