I own a 700, bought it just last year. It's a good gun, but I won't buy another one. The 90 degree bolt throw and its limitations on mounting a scope low really put me off. I will never use this gun for hunting something that could hunt me back, but having a bolt handle fall off would really piss me off. Designs evolve, so after 40 or 50 years Remington should do better. If it were a medical device a few known failures even out of 6+ million pieces built would equal a recall. Just based on the posted samples, there have been more than "a few" failures.
It's not that hard or expensive to build a better mousetrap in this instance.
You got your first 700 last year? How old are you?
