We have never in our family had any problems with Remington rifles or shotguns ,but all are older models and I have never owned a 700.The US Marines use a Remington 700 action body for their M40 sniper rifle but replace all the other parts of the action including trigger,extractor,ejector,follower and floorplate.I did recently view two different hunting shows in cold weather where Remington 700 users tried to pull the trigger and the rifle would not fire .This could be attributed to many things but it seems like more than a coincidence.