I'm not as rugged as I used to be, however for two years in Nunavut I used a pretty little A-Bolt Micro Medallion in .223 as my caribou gun. I used 55 grain bonded bullets and never lost a boo. Used it between 0 and -40C. It finally did break, the wrist of the slender stock broke when I had it loose in the Komatik box. Pinned it together and we used it for 5 more years.
This gun was the most accurate factory gun I ever fired. 1/2MOA with several loads. Really great rig. Sold it when we moved up to a 6mm Rem in a Rem 600 as our light rifle.
I guess it could fail. It is a bit of a Rube Goldberg trigger group. However I am still waiting to see it happen. In the meantime I keep killing stuff with mine.
