Savage rifles are fine values. The Axis, if I am not wrong, is more or less their entry level long rofle. It is basic. No "Accutrigger".
As far as the 25.06 Rem. round. This is a very good white tail deer round. I would not go under 100 gr. bullet weight. You will find the 25.06 Rem. round much more effective, and in my opinion, better suited for white tail deer hunting than the 44 mag. rounds. I used a 25.06 Rem. decades ago when I hunted a good deal around soy bean fields in western Alabama. Clean kills out to 200 -300 yards .... not a problem.