Art, you're absolutely right.
The gun is marketed towards those who run maybe 20 rounds through it for sight-in, then take it out to the woods each fall for venison. It doesn't matter to them that the bolt feels rougher than a cob as it cycles through the plastic receiver insert, or that other guns come from the factory with metal trigger guards. And that's fine, really. My wife and I just bought a new car, since we're expecting again. Kind of the Remington 710 of the car world, a Hyundai Accent. It serves it's purpose, it even came with cosmoline slathered all over the mechanicals. We're under no illusions that it is a Chrysler 300 M Class. Just like the 710 isn't a 700 BDL, or a Winchester Model 70. Let's just hope it doesn't set the standard.
The gun is marketed towards those who run maybe 20 rounds through it for sight-in, then take it out to the woods each fall for venison. It doesn't matter to them that the bolt feels rougher than a cob as it cycles through the plastic receiver insert, or that other guns come from the factory with metal trigger guards. And that's fine, really. My wife and I just bought a new car, since we're expecting again. Kind of the Remington 710 of the car world, a Hyundai Accent. It serves it's purpose, it even came with cosmoline slathered all over the mechanicals. We're under no illusions that it is a Chrysler 300 M Class. Just like the 710 isn't a 700 BDL, or a Winchester Model 70. Let's just hope it doesn't set the standard.