Comparing the 110 action with the Model 12 target action is a mistake. Also, the bolt head system Savage uses is unique to others and seems to offer an advantage. I have owned various Savages and Remingtons over the years and can say that the old stock 110's,and model 10's) shoot like the Remington 700's. There is not much difference between them with the lower dollar Savages. However, when you get into a target action and trigger and their bull barrels,which can rival custom barrels) it's a different story. Remington simply cant stack up. Take a look at a local F-class match, what you will see is a bunch of high end custom guns and a few savages, less and less 'trued' stock remingtons. At the end of the day the Savages don't do to bad and sometimes they take the day! I am sure some people at Remington are getting very rich right now working up a design to compete,3 guys in a white room) while everyone else is going broke due to sales. We will probably see this new design very soon. Until then Savage leads the way.. Oh yea, the reason we don't see any Savage clones is because we don't need to!