it's a sad day when a respected name like remington starts to go down the tube. The sad part, I don't know if anyone wants to hear me bad mouth their favorite guns, so if you're easily offended, stop reading now. Every manufacturer is doing what they can to reduce costs and bump profits. I can pick on every make. brownings are full of pot metal, sakos to expensive and heavy. Tikka's are to plasticy, Rugers to clunky and savages are savages. Even my beloved winchesters are full of little "Yuks". The worst example was a R.M.E.F stainless super grade. The stock was wavy, the fore-end and recoil pad were poorly fit, and the bbl channel was chewed up! Now don't get me wrong, I love brownings, tikkas, rugers, and of course Winchester. But I bet you will all look a little closer the next time you pick up a new rifle! just about all the old stuff will serve you well. Again, dont mean to offend anyone, just stating a few observations. And don't worry, I have pretty much owned one of these guns at one point or another, and liked them all, but wish they were built like they were back when Remington had quality products!