Last year I bought two brand new Remington 700s. Th triggers are both pretty stiff, but they are also very crisp. I was going to adjust them myself, having found instructions on the internet. I reconsidered after reading the part about slamming the bolt home several times to make sure the safety holds. The Remington trigger is not my favorite (the Winchester is) but I have learned to shoot it reasonably well as it comes from the factory. The triggers on both rifles seemed to wear in after a couple of hundred rounds, also.

If there were two things I would change about the Remingtons, it would be to change to a safety that actually blocks the firing pin, and make the extractor larger and more robust.

No rifle is perfect, but the 700 is still one of my favorites.