the Remington 700`s we had were all clean and dry tell we went up the mountain those Remington 700`s filled up with moisture /water and froze slowly as we rode up Remington have a design problem. my Winchester model 70 pre 64 does not have that problem. most hunters have never been on a nasty cold snowy hunt riding mules like that in the mountains and i hope i never do again . > be glad you never have we never seen any elk either just bears and if you wanna use a Remington 700 in these conditions good luck.Pete53
Thus happens because Remington uses an enclosed trigger which will freeze up in such conditions. The Winchester M-70 has an open trigger which will not collect moisture and freeze up
