3DNWV...

You should have told us you were sold on the remington off the bat... We wouldn't have wasted our time telling you about the BAR...

I should add something to my original post... There was no jamming problems with the guns my father had.

Just a question, why aren't you interested in the BAR? It is my understanding that it is a superior semi-auto to the remington. I have seen it and it definately is a better looking gun.

Hey will all have our prejudices... But I have nothing against Remingtons, I believe that they make the best reasonably priced bolt action rifle (the 700) bar none. There semi-auto and pump shotguns in my opinion are also very nice guns.