My brother has an Axis in 223 and he likes it. It doesn't have the accutrigger and he has a 30-06 with the accutrigger, so he does say that the regular axis is not great in taht department. As far as the reliability and accuracy minus the trigger, he likes it.
Having a couple savages with Accutrigger's myself, I will say that if you go with an axis, get the II that has the upgraded trigger. It is well worth the extra $$.
I also have a mossberg MVP. It is the nicer stocked version, but if you went with a plastic stock plus the lightning trigger, you will also get a good shooting rifle. I will say that the MVP bolt is a bit more finicky than the savage bolts are, but I don't have an axis and I don't know if the bolt is different between the 110 and the Axis line.