Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
I had one of the Remington 700's (a BDL) that had problems with the safety. What really made the problem bad is that you have to disengage the safety to open the bolt. The rifle would sometimes fire when the safety was clicked off. Surprise!! So I have to say I can't support the 700.
Weatherby probably belongs on the great bolt action list. They make some very fine rifles and the cartridges they developed outperform many commercial cartridges. (For example, check out 300 WBY versus 300 Win)
Having been the owner of probably well over 100 various Model 700's over the years, and I think about nine of them currently, I have never seen one that exhibited that trait with the safety. Odd. Even several times, when that has popped up on various gun forums over the years, it usually gets debunked rather quickly. Hmmm......