Remington 700 lawsuit?

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I watched a show on a cable news channel about an issue with the Remington 700. Is this issue common knowledge? I'd never heard of it before. Allegedly, there have been incidents where the 700 has discharged with no finger on the trigger. Some of the incidents involved injury or death. They seemed to have some pretty good research, and evidence, from sources including a couple of government agencies. According to some company execs, a recall would cost more than the value of the company.

Sounds serious, and I was about to buy a new rifle. The 700 was on my short list, but now I don't know. Is this just hot air, like the Toyota gas pedal issue?
 
Starscream said:
Buy it.
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That problem only refers to about 50000 guns out of 5000000. If you are worried at all about it just make sure you can return the gun to whoever you buy it from, and always, ALWAYS demonstrate proper muzzle control. None of those accidents would have been caused if the gun was pointed in the right direction.
 
You be the judge. Over 5,000,000 Remington 700s have been sold. Chances are pretty good you know someone with one. Did they ever experience the problem the "media" says is so popular?
 
I had multiple issues with mine. Needless to say I sold it after spending a lot of $$$ fixing it up. If I was thinking about buying this rifle or another brand again and knowing all the issues I have had with it. Let's just say I would pick another company.
 
Good old 700 even if your not ready to shoot she is. I've owned lots of 700's and never had any problems.Probably some Tikka loser started the rumour.
 
I can't help but think that anti-gunners are trying new legal angles to gun control. 5 million rifles and millions of hunters, thousands of gunsmiths didn't see a problem. But ABC News does?

That's some ole' bull#### right there.
 
.30/06 FTW said:
Why can't they ever pick on the Liberals? :mad:
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Who do you think the media moguls are?!NDP'rs?!
I was on a CGN thread one day "the worst gun you ever owned" I took a tally and the Rem 700 had the most complaints most of which were in 7mm Rem Mag. Never owned a 700 but after the reports I've read from others and the bad taste in my mouth that remington gave me when I bought another dud model......nope I'd buy a savage first.
 
I've bought 2 new 700's in the past 2 months. One is a walnut and blued mountain rifle DM. I bought it brand new from WSS this past september, even though these went out of production a few years ago. Apparently this one was just sitting in the back warehouse. Anyway, I bought it, tinkered with the trigger [it has the old style walker trigger] and on my last trip to the range [last Friday] it did groups of 0.8" and 0.9" at 100 yards. That's enough to make me happy! And from a whippy pencil barreled mountain rifle with no modifications [other than the trigger].
The other new 700 I bought is also a mountain rifle, but this one is a LSS version. I bought it in October. It is the prettiest gun in the safe for sure. And on only the second trip to the range I had it doing 0.6" at 100 yards. This one has the externally adjustable X-Mark Pro trigger, and I brought it down as light as it will go.
Both rifles are light to carry, and deadly accurate. These are the 3rd and 4th model 700 I've owned. The rifles are safe. The triggers are safe. If they're not neglected, and not tinkered with in a stupid manner, then they will not cause an AD. And anyways, keep safe muzzle control at ALL TIMES and even if there is an AD [which there won't be] then no one will get hurt. Rifles are designed to kill living things. Remember that, and treat it with respect, and then everyone will go home happy!
My point, Rem 700's are great rifles, and I've seen no reason to slag them at all from my own experience. All my 700's shoot as good as my Tikka, are prettier than my Tikka, have all metal unlike my Tikka. Plus, the mountain rifles are lighter than my T3 Hunter. I think I'm considering selling my Tikka!
 
ciphery said:
I was on a CGN thread one day "the worst gun you ever owned" I took a tally and the Rem 700 had the most complaints most of which were in 7mm Rem Mag. Never owned a 700 but after the reports I've read from others and the bad taste in my mouth that remington gave me when I bought another dud model......nope I'd buy a savage first.
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I know a fellow who owned 24 700's at one time... I think 10 or 12 of them were in 7mm Rem Mag... and he loved all of them... the 7mm Rem Mag was his favourite for Grizz.
 
woolly said:
You be the judge. Over 5,000,000 Remington 700s have been sold. Chances are pretty good you know someone with one. Did they ever experience the problem the "media" says is so popular?
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You know, speaking of one that has had said issue, I think that I have the right to chime in here. After I discovered that it would happen out in the bush, I sat down one night, and played with the safety on my 30-06. approximately 50% of the time, when I pushed the safety off softly, the gun would not fire; when I pushed on the safety again, the gun fired with no finger on the trigger. This is a very legitimate problem; one that I solved by having a Gentry 3 position safety installed on the gun. I'm not a Remington hater (I bought another 700 in 223, and had the gentry installed before I even fired it), but the last 700 that I bought was finished very poorly (the 223 I previously mentioned), and this resulted in yet more trips to the gunsmith. I also have no love for the media; they always lie, and if they wanted to call this news, they're about 45 years too late. But do not hold any company up on a pedistal; the sad reality is that they are all in it for the money, and if they can get away with it, they will do it. I just noticed that my cherished Hornady interlocks are not made the same as they used to be; I woulden't have expected this from hornady, but it's a perfect example of a company doing what it thinks it can get away with.
Mike
 
If there is a problem, it is because of the trigger connector. If the trigger connector does not reset perfectly 100% of the time, a malfunction could result.
The M700 safety blocks the sear, preventing release of the cocking piece. A M70 style bolt sleeve cams the cocking piece off the sear, disengaging it from the sear. The Winchester type safety will have no effect on the trigger connector.
If there is a problem with the trigger/trigger connector, the problem could still exist after the new safety has been installed.
 
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