I've been a Remngton fan all of my life and all of my centerfire rifles are Remingtons.

I'm planning on a caribou hunt this fall and wanted to buy a stainless steel 300 Win for the hunt. I looked at the new SPS rifles and was shocked at how shoddy they looked. They looked like they were made at the lowest bid third world nation that Remington could get under contract.

I was able to order a 700 BDL stainless steel from WAL Mart that was still in stock and it's a beautiful rifle. The 700 SPS can't even begin to compare to the older 700 BDL SS.

All I can figure out is that Remington (who sells 20% of it's total production to WAL Mart) is lowering it's price points to the point they are producing junk for the sake of a cheap price. Long-term, it would appear to be a strategy that wil bring them grief