All I can say is, that I USED to be a huge Remington fan. I still like the looks, and ideas behind many of the 700 variations, BUT, if you've had a ton of them and not had problems with them, then it must be nice in your world. The barrel quality alone has dropped considerably in the last several years. Rough onry critters to get to shoot accurately, and hard to clean. I'm not saying they're junk, they're no where near what they used to be. IMHO, they are the last choice when looking for a new bolt rifle. I've had several older ones that shoot super, but the new ones me, my two hunting pals and others in our circle of hunting friends have had has been about 50/50. I'll admit some of the issues are cosmetic, but they were extremely poorly fitted, the ones I saw. Others shot horrible, functioned roughly, and some had issues with mis aligned scope mount holes, rust problems, etc. the list goes on. I'm sure other makers have some of the same problems, but not in the numbers we've seen in Remmys. Guess we're just unlucky. We now stick mostly with Savages and Rugers, a few Tikkas and some Winchesters. There's also the odd CZ at our camp, and they seem to be a great rifle.
If you like 'em and haven't had any problems with them, then you should, by all means, keep buying them. But there must be a lot of people around here that feel as we do, because the local shops have rack after rack of Rem Mountain rifles, BDL's, and Senderos that they've had for a while, and they just don't sell too well. The M70's, Rugers, Tikkas, CZ's, Brownings, and Savages move off the shelves very well, and it's kind of obvious what is selling and not comming back as trade-ins.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love nothing better than Remington to be on top of quality like they were in the 60's, 70's and early 80's. I'd go back to being a huge fan in a heart beat, but it ain't happenin' yet.