ANYTHING mfgrd for over half a century and with nearly 8M produced, you CAN'T expect a 100% perfectly, flawless safety record... it's IMPOSSIBLE! Sure it's guns and lives but we're still talking about a mfgrd piece of metal and the American public for over 50yrs... I've had some of my 700s for 30yrs, never the first bit of problem. I just can't buy into something being built THAT long and with 8M produced yet somehow from day one we are supposed to believe that there's an inherent design flaw? A design flaw in 8M units shows up MUCH more than even a few thousand over half a century +...