So you're position is that just because Remington SAYS their rifles are better, that justifies them charging more? Well, I suppose. But I suspect there's more to it than that.
Got proof otherwise? Anything "better" about a Model 700 going for $850+ today than the identical model selling for $600 five years ago? Are they putting vitamins in them? Viagra samples? Rogaine trials? Anything?
You seem to believe that the now-exorbitant price qualifies itself because Remington must've,
MUST'VE done something really "special." Because who ever heard of a company breaking it off in anyone's ass.