Kaia - I don't know who told you the actions of the Axis and the 110 are the same. They definately are not. The receivers are entirely different. And the 110 is a higher quality rifle.
As for recoil, several years ago, my firend and I had identical Remington 700s in 270. Shooting the same load, mine was a pleasure to shoot. But his was horrible. The felt recoil was about 1/2 again what mine was. I would have ventured to say that there was a slight difference in the angle of the butt which caused his to feel much worse.