That really is a shame because poor quality control will kill a company's reputation no matter how good the rifle design is. I won't touch a Remington for their product support reputation (rightly or wrongly my impression)and my experiences. What got me interested in the CZ in the first place was its numbers in South Africa carried by people who really did depend upon them for their safety and the safety of people they served. For every other brand of rifle I saw over there, someone else was carrying a CZ... nearly all of them in 375 H&H with open sights and the European stock design.