Originally Posted by Ridge Runner

If you don't like remington 700's fine, don't be spreadin half truths
rem uses a silver soldered on bolt handle, and the rear of the bolt has a bolt shroud in a sense 3 pieces but all bolt actions are and the rem is ported, ever notice the vent hole in the off side of the reciever?
Remington recievers are made from bar stock, yep the same 4140 steel that most rifle makers use it just comes in a round form, and they use a CNC machine to machine the recievers out, just like howa, only howa has less waste using a square "Bar Stock"
nothing wrong with the extractor except that on overloads a blown primer will damage the extractor.
Remington barrels are turned and button rifled, howa's are "hammer forged" ya know what that means? they take square stock and run it through a hammer mill, which beats it round, then its drilled and button rifled, just like remingtons.
I take my chances, buy remingtons just so I have an american made product where my money stays in america, and a lil bit of it goes into folk's pocket who are just like me, trying to make ends meet in a bad economy. If it doesn't suit me, I know a few american smiths who will make it a dream to shoot, maybe there is a better way but I prefer to feed my money to the money making machine that we know as the USA so keep your howa's and your tikka's, glad your happy with them.
RR