One of the interesting aspects of the 722/721 is that when they were introduced, many shooters reacted to them in the same way many react to Ruger Americans and other 21st-century "affordable" bolt actions. Here's what Bob Wallack, a gunsmith and a frequent contributor to many shooting magazines, had to say about them in the 1958 GUN DIGEST:
“The motto at Remington these days…is ‘all for production,’ so their rifles are designed for ease of manufacture and to sell at a certain price. Every part that can possibly be banged out on a punch press is banged out on a punch press, much to the sorrow of any real gun bug. Such methods do not affect the handling qualities or functioning of a rifle, certainly, but neither do they add up to a gun that a guy’d want to own with pride.”
