I know a ton of people that have and had Abolt rifles. I have owned 2 and a good friend in Bama has owned/owns 1/2 dozen. Bolt is a PITA if you want to field strip it but the funny thing is that in 15 years I have never had one go bad on me nor have my friends and acquaintances. I don't think I will provide an example of Remington and Winchester Rifles I have been associated with because that will make this thing go to 100 pages. In short I have seen zero problems with Abolts,. Not everyones cup of tea but they work.