Why are you guys dumping ammo all over the floor when you unload a hinged floor plate rifle.
Why don't you just turn the gun over so the floor plate hinges upward and the ammo stays in the gun?
With a drop floorplate, you will never loose a magazine in the woods, have it fall out of a coat pocket, or leave it at home or in a vehicle by accident.
Ditto!
And what a mess our grandfathers must have had with guns rusting because they didn't have them made from stainless steel. I bet they had to buy a new gun every year with all the rusting guns in their time.
Oh, and by the way......
Stainless steel will rust if you neglect it. Just like blued steel will rust if you neglect it.
The Remington 700 is a fine rifle in any of its configurations.