nothing seems to made the same any more, quality control went out the window, with far too many folks NOT caring about doing a good job, they just want to get paid
bad anything can happen, everything anymore is like pick of the litter and HOPE you get a quality "???"
sucks, but I am sure Rem at least will stand behind there product, aggravation for sure, but in today's world, its NOT very hard to believe you got a screwed up one off the assembly line, that made it out the door to a consumer!