I was just shocked because I've owned several Remington 700's over the years, all of them troublefree, well made and accurate and I had no idea they even made anything like the 770. I can understand any company manufacturing something for the low end buyers, but this is pretty sad from an outfit like Remington. It's also sad that he was told by the retailer that the scope had been factory mounted and bore sighted and he was ready to go---but of course, that's just business as usual---