Was told that current 700s (last 3-4 years) are all built on new machinery, with current cnc methods and tolerances, and are more tightly controlled than ever. Take that FWIW, coming from a Remington engineer acquaintance. My follow on question was about MIM and decent parkerizing, and that shortened the discussion. OTOH, my limited experience with post-01 Remington rifles indicates they’re much improved for QC over the last 7-8 years.