There was quite a documentary about this problem on TV tonight. They did a interview with the man that designed/developed the 700 and he said he knew there was a problem early on but Remington didn't want to spent the 5 cents (yes five cents per gun) to solve the problem early on in production. The man is 94 years old and still with it. Apparently there are two attempts right now at class action laws suits. It showed a video of a police/military sniper having a misfire, just touching the bolt handle and the gun fired. Only time will tell what is going to happen. OH the estimation to fix the problem today (refit all the guns) was quoted at 300 million US dollars, more than Reminton is worth.