RR---I hope you know by now that I greatly respect your knowledge and expertise "on all things firearm" and I know by now that we're not going to agree on this. Yes, I know the Remington 700 line is the biggest selling bolt action rifle of all time. I have no idea what the % of folks are that have had misfires and nobody else does either because there is no place to report them other than the company and randomly out on the net. The company came up with their low % number by dividing the number of misfires reported to them by the total produced at that time. IMHO that really isn't much of a way to deal with a possible problem involving a firearm and not correcting it when the inventor is telling them it needs changing and they decide not to based on percentages! Yes, I know even if everyone reported them that the % would be low compared to total production, but the fact is that they are out there and there still appears to be a significant number going off when they shouldn't.

It's interesting that you brought up the Model 70, which is my "go to" rifle of my 3 30-06s. They may only represent 20% of the total volume of the Remingtons that have been produced, but I would like you to show me stats where there have been ANY issues with them. I don't believe you can because there has been nothing but praise for that rifle over the years and many feel it's the best rifle to ever be produced due to it's looks, the three position safety feature, as well as the controlled round feed of the pre 64s. Let's just move on and I wish a happy holiday season to you and yours!