Rem. 700 unsafe?
- Thread starter RRCo.
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- Prince Albert, Sk
This damn trigger issue is like chipping your truck and injecting it with propane and complaining that it is a POS and keeps burning trannies and diffs.
Leave the thing alone and it will be just fine. Can't people understand why this takes place???
Leave the thing alone and it will be just fine. Can't people understand why this takes place???
No, no, no! The OP is right. In the interests of public safety I will tale all the dangerous and evil 700's into protective custody. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. - dan
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- TORONTO, CANADA
I have a nerf gun here I can trad you for your 700, it's wayyyyyyy safer.
It's so dangerous and terrible that I myself want to buy one...they're fine it was just a bunch of bull####, imagine it like this:
To upgrade your tooth brush you replaced the bristles with a blade, you then proceed to brush your teeth with it. Only to cut the insides of your mouth to pieces, and then you blame the tooth brush for doing so. That my friend is the genius behind the R700's issues.
To upgrade your tooth brush you replaced the bristles with a blade, you then proceed to brush your teeth with it. Only to cut the insides of your mouth to pieces, and then you blame the tooth brush for doing so. That my friend is the genius behind the R700's issues.
There are some valid concerns about the Remington trigger. However, now lawyers are involved it is hard to sort the fact from the fiction. Lawyers get paid to distort the perception of facts, and they are good at it.
The short story is that there is one component of the trigger that is spring loaded and needs to follow with only spring pressure. If it hangs up due to low spring pressure (user has adjusted the pull lighter), or crud (user has not cleaned the trigger), then it can hang up and become unsafe.
I have a 1960's vintage Remington 700. After it sat unused for a number of years the safety did kind of seize up. I cleaned it and the function returned to normal. The pull which has never been altered from the factory is as it always been, very crisp and 2.5 lbs. I like it, and believe as long as I keep it clean, and away from lawyers, it is a safe gun.
The new Remingtons are another matter. I see reports of high trigger pull weight, and less than great accuracy. I frankly would not buy them. Savage has blown them away with their AccuTrigger, solid actions, self aligning bolt head, and heavy near target quality barrels. No more Remingtons for me.
The short story is that there is one component of the trigger that is spring loaded and needs to follow with only spring pressure. If it hangs up due to low spring pressure (user has adjusted the pull lighter), or crud (user has not cleaned the trigger), then it can hang up and become unsafe.
I have a 1960's vintage Remington 700. After it sat unused for a number of years the safety did kind of seize up. I cleaned it and the function returned to normal. The pull which has never been altered from the factory is as it always been, very crisp and 2.5 lbs. I like it, and believe as long as I keep it clean, and away from lawyers, it is a safe gun.
The new Remingtons are another matter. I see reports of high trigger pull weight, and less than great accuracy. I frankly would not buy them. Savage has blown them away with their AccuTrigger, solid actions, self aligning bolt head, and heavy near target quality barrels. No more Remingtons for me.
