Rem 700 Recall

jaredrg

jaredrg

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Somehow I am super late to the recall party on the 700's. My father gave me one around 10 years ago and I have only shot it on two occasions to sight in the scope. My father told me a while back that he believed the firing pin snapped once without the trigger being manipulated. I just checked the serial number and Remington's recall search tool says that my rifle is not part of the recall. I just emailed their customer service, but I was just wondering if anyone has a similar story. Thanks.
 
I have owned several 700s over the years and have handled many more. I never saw the problem. There was a lawsuit many years ago. A young man came into camp and when he moved the safety to fire, the 700 did and shot his father in the back. He was pulling the trigger with the safety on and assumed that everything was OK. As I said, I did the same thing and never had the gun fire.

Remington has had a fair number of class action law suits over the years. Ruger also had a few, but they were because some dumbass couldn't bother to read the instructions.
 
They have adjustable triggers and I suspect those who get into trouble have reduced the pull to well below factory specifications.

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Iirc some hunting mags reported at the time that some rifles could wear to the point of slam-firing, but also do so if the bolt was slammed home safety on, and would discharge when the safety was released. Could have been a user error, but it was my understanding that it was repeatable under controlled conditions, hence the recall.
 
I first came across a problem with my own gun ,then with other guns -- all were 22 pistols of various brands . Cocked , safety on , pull trigger to test safety [no problem] , release safety and gun fires. This is a good test to see if it works properly !!
If not send back to manufacturer, or a skilled gunsmith.
This is why you should never trust a safety! Always point the gun in a safe direction.
 
I sent mine in, it was under recall, but that is completely different than what issue your Father spoke about.

The firing pin is not involved with the current recall, just the trigger assembly.....which they won't just let you take out and send them.......so you have to remove your zero with your scope........then you wait........then they send back........then you pay for a box of ammo.........mount the scope back on...........and spend an hour that your don't have back at the range to get your zero back...........and Remington could give a rip and have nothing to compensate the customers who use their 700s to hunt with.......but are now looking at other models once said owners can sell their 700s as soon as possible! :) whew!
 
I saw the show on CNBC on the Rem 700 trigger issues. They even did an updated version four years later IIRC. It's quite the conceptual art production between the Remington lawyers and top management. Been going on for a long time too.

This article hits all the top points I recall from the documentaries. Feel free to fact check to your hearts content.

I wouldn't mess around with Remington's recall offer, I'd just have an aftermarket trigger assembly installed like the Timney Remington 700 replacement trigger.
 
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