remington 700 trigger issues?

[Varminterror]

My widow's lawyer is non-existent.
As a professional gunsmith, for 50 years, that trained under P. O. Ackley and worked for my family member, before buying his shop at retirement, who told "was the BEST he had ever met." I AM comforted by "claims of expertise" and I do accept the risk.
Thank you for your superior knowledge.
I am fine with my decision.

Whether he IS an expert or not isn’t relevant. Your acceptance of him as such, and him making a claim of safety after such testing (or otherwise) which now causes YOU to behave differently than you might have without that claim is an assumption of liability. Pretty straight forward. You don’t have to like it.

Why he would choose to vouch for Remington’s product and assume that liability is the dumb part.

 

[Seedy Character]

Whether he IS an expert or not isn’t relevant. Your acceptance of him as such, and him making a claim of safety after such testing (or otherwise) which now causes YOU to behave differently than you might have without that claim is an assumption of liability. Pretty straight forward. You don’t have to like it.

Why he would choose to vouch for Remington’s product and assume that liability is the dumb part.

Doesn't affect you
Doesn't concern you

Regardless of your opinion, he has assumed nothing.

 

[homers]

It's not hard to believe. I've owned 700's for decades and didn't know about it until it happened to me and I started digging for "why .
They didn't exactly plaster recall ads on TV or send out flyers like they do with automobiles.

This was probably the most publicized gun related recall ever. 60 Minutes, gun magazines, newspaper article after article, etc. TV, radio, etc.

 

[Hugger-4641]

This was probably the most publicized gun related recall ever. 60 Minutes, gun magazines, newspaper article after article, etc. TV, radio, etc.

And your point is what?

 

[Varminterror]

And your point is what?

It’s been pretty hard to miss the drama surrounding the R700 triggers for the last 30 years. If you read gun magazines, kept an eye on news reports, read the internet, it has been publicized everywhere, often, for a long time.

But then again, supposedly over 10% of Americans don’t know who is their president any given year.

 

[Seedy Character]

For the last 2 years, the pResident doesn't know who the president is 50% of the time.

 

[mshootnit]

I got my 3rd Remington 700 a few years ago. It is a Classic model only offered in one caliber per year for a time. This model has a straight comb American walnut stock, wrap around checkering, brown rubber pad, plain tip forend. Fairly good factory blueing job. Knowing about the trigger issues, first thing I did was to remove the factory assembly and install a newly purchased Timney 510. Timney now makes the 510-V2.
https://timneytriggers.com/hunting-triggers/

 

[jdsingleshot]

My 700 ADL was made in June, 1966, the year and month I graduated from high school. It has a grooved trigger and has never failed in any way. But from the start, I thought it was a foolish feature to not be able to work the bolt with the safety on.

When stripping cartridges from the magazine, I always moved the bolt only enough to dislodge the top shell--never chambered them--a routine I'm sure all of you follow.

But when the recalls were announced, I looked at my trigger mechanism and found that it would be simple to modify the safety to allow working the bolt with the safety on. So I did that and have felt much more confident in using it.

The original thought in locking the bolt in battery when the safety is on had it's origin in the '92/93 Mauser and following. But on those and the Remingtons, the firing pin would not be able to reach the primer if the bolt is in any other position anyway, so locking the bolt in the handle-down position mostly assured that the gun could be fired after releasing the safety.

As many of you said above, the gun needs to be always pointed in a safe direction. If it is, a trigger or safety failure will be alarming, but not fatal.

 

[3Crows]

I have a .243 and a 7mm that I got during the Walmart craziness for $79! They are basic 700 ADLs with scopes. My intention is to turn them into projects but have not gotten to it yet. Problem is they are both exceedingly accurate as is. First up is to get a composite or fiberglass stock and maybe a stainless aftermarket barrel (Remage?) and convert to the BDL configuration and also a good trigger system (these post recall rifles). I need a long range and light weight (mountain) rifle and the 7mm RM should do fine for that. Also upgrade the scope. My question, understanding these rifles are not involved in the recall, are the aftermarket trigger systems solid in that there are no unwanted discharges? Here is one of them:



I am a lever gun guy and frankly, I like the Marlin CBS. Bolt guns, though I have a number of them, scare me. Weird as I am, I do not carry a bolt gun chambered, if I am stalking then I prefer a lever Marlin, hammer at half cock position, CBS engaged, round in chamber. But a bolt rifle chambered, nah, scares the cXXp out of me.

 

[mshootnit]

I have a .243 and a 7mm that I got during the Walmart craziness for $79! They are basic 700 ADLs with scopes. My intention is to turn them into projects but have not gotten to it yet. Problem is they are both exceedingly accurate as is. First up is to get a composite or fiberglass stock and maybe a stainless aftermarket barrel (Remage?) and convert to the BDL configuration and also a good trigger system (these post recall rifles). I need a long range and light weight (mountain) rifle and the 7mm RM should do fine for that. Also upgrade the scope. My question, understanding these rifles are not involved in the recall, are the aftermarket trigger systems solid in that there are no unwanted discharges? Here is one of them:

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I am a lever gun guy and frankly, I like the Marlin CBS. Bolt guns, though I have a number of them, scare me. Weird as I am, I do not carry a bolt gun chambered, if I am stalking then I prefer a lever Marlin, hammer at half cock position, CBS engaged, round in chamber. But a bolt rifle chambered, nah, scares the cXXp out of me.

If they are that accurate I would just cerakote the barreled action and look for a stock.

 

[3Crows]

If they are that accurate I would just cerakote the barreled action and look for a stock.

Yes, a scope and a good lightweight stock and some Cerakote would make a pretty rifle. I am not saying these pencil barrel $79 ADLs are some sort of bench rest accurate rifle, but they are shooting MOA, off bags. They are certainly accurate enough for hunting even at the ranges they are capable of.