Remington has been making the 700's for over 60 years, I don't know exactly how long, and I would think if there was a real problem with a design in the action they would have fixed it by now. My 50+ year old, 700 is one of th ones you have to have the safety off to unload it. My grandson's 2 year old 700 can be unloaded with the safety on, so they have made changes internally.