Like Dogs, I don't hate dogs, in fact I love dogs I just hate their owners (my work, an office allows people to bring in dogs, it gets pretty annoying when you are trying to type out a report - no one has ever asked if I am allergic - I am not but it illustrates my point of disliking certain dog owners.).
To that end 700's, people who own them love them and reccomend them to new shooters ALL THE TIME! They are not a good starter rifle for the money and effort you have to put in to one to get it accurate. Not to mention all of the quality control issues that they have had as of late. To recommend a gun to a shooter that needs a rail, rings, bedding job, free float the barrel, replace the trigger, raise the cheek height and all of the rest of it - this gun is not a starter gun, it's far from a novice gun and maybe even a step above a gun that an intermediate shooter should be using as a building block for a rifle build whether it is for hunting or long range shooting. It's popular because a long time ago it won a military contract and from there the hype just piled on. I myself even bought a remington 700 in 7mm rem mag as my first rifle and hated it with a passion put about 40 rds through it and sold it. The rifle I bought after that was a savage and I love. But again I go back to the original point, 700's aren't totally bad, I just get frustrated when someone recommends it to a new shooter and says it's great gun. No... It's not.
I have 2 new Remingtoon 700's, my first last year was a 700 CDL in 30-06. Didn't need anything you were talking about. It doesn't need to be bedded, barrel floated or any of that. First off the CDL is a hunting rifle. Secondly right out of the box, mounted a scope picked up a few box's of Core lokt 180gr and after some sighting it was shooting under an inch at 100 yards. Every gun maker makes lemons, except the super elite guys that cost 10k +.... Your exaggeration of Remington is just that. Because you had a bad experience does not make them all bad. Clearly it is a good gun if you can take it out of the box and hit under 1". Not a single jam, quality issue or any such issues. 2nd one another 700 is the same, no issues at all. Both are post recall, I don't see anything wrong for a factory trigger.




















































