I like my Remington 700 - an absolutely wonderful bolt action rifle. It is the second most accurate rifle I own, completely reliable, and sturdy. However, other than their big-bore bolt actions and the 870 shotgun (my top home-defense choice), it’s hard to find a Remington option that is competitive. They should be a smaller company and give up on their marginal products.
Searching YouTube for “Remington 870 Jam Fix” may make you rethink getting or recommending any vaguely recent 870. Add to that the flood of 870 clones from Turkey and China (where the clones are actually *better* than the Remington product!) and you can see why they have a problem in that department.
As for the bolt actions - there’s a whole new generation of CNC’d bolt guns from many different makers that equal the 700’s performance for a much lower price. Remington’s own historic attempts to make the 700 action cheaper (7, 710) have not done at all well.
My 870 is also my go-to home defense shotgun, and I love my 700; it is the most accurate rifle I own. Best of all, both of them are left-handed. They are very well built and reliable. However, they are also over 30 years old. I bought the 870 shortly after landing my first real job; it was after the car but before the TV. The 700 was added about two years later.
I don’t have any recent experience with Remington other than buying their deer slugs as practice ammo. But I do like them for manufacturing left-hand guns at a not too outrageous price.