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I've never understood the bashing of 700's for general use either, since I've shot at least 100,000 rounds (and maybe twice that) through 700's over the years, and never had a bolt fall off, or an extractor break. (As a matter of fact, have never seen either happen with the 700's used by my companions, either.) In general 700's also feed very reliably, since push-feed actions don't have to be tuned as much to the specific cartridge as controlled-feed actions. Have even taken a 700 to African and killed a grizzly bear in Alaska with one.

Am not going to argue with Heath, though, on the higher reliability of good CRF actions, like commercial 98 Mausers of CZ's. Would rather hunt most dangerous game with a CRF rifle that had been really tuned for the cartridge than a 700 or other push-feed, and generally do.