Not sure about now, but the 40x at least was a custom shop item, not simply a production line gun. Not sure if Savage offers that but it might be a consideration if they don't. Otherwise it would appear to me they are doing a pretty good job of competing in the gun market.
Problem with so many of these actions appearing is that many of the small companys that offer them will ultimately fail or for whatever reason cease to exist. That would make a gun built on one a good gun and valuable to it's original owner. I guess there might be a few exceptions, but my guess would be very few.