I have bought a ton of rifles and had my own gun shop for about 20 years. Onkly Savage and Remington right from the box have always shot sub one inch groups. Never seen one that wouldn't. I had to send one Savage back that had the scope base holes drilled out of line. Never yet have had to send back a Remington either for a customer or for myself with the exception of a 788 that the bolt handle came off of. When I buy a new rifle, Remington is always the first to be considered because they have always been deadly accurate and totally reliable.

From the polls that I see and the feed back and recommendations that I read on this site, those who have problems with them are sure in the minority. Therefore I quess I am not the only lucky one who has had good service from the 700 family of rifles. If I am just lucky then I will take it and be happy.