Remington 870 shotguns allegedly are unsafe

What a big fact load of B.S.!!:mad:
People have nothing better to do than to fabricate crap out of rumour and watch a bunch of idjits run around yelling " the sky is falling"!!:bangHead:
Those of us who have been shooting all the different forms of Remington pumps for over 40 years just shake our heads in disgust!:sniper:
Cat
 
Goes to prove that you can get people to say anything, if you pay them enough. Guns can never be made entirely safe or foolproof. Safety after all is a mindset, not a gimmick, and as long as fools insist on handling machinery, there will be problems. Just wait till NBC finds out that revolvers (or Glocks or for that matter old Winchesters and Marlin lever guns) don't have safeties!
 
NBC is trying to take out one of the giants in the firearms industry. This misinformation and litigation is how they think they can cripple their enemies.
 
safety is empty chamber until ready to use-safeties are mechanical devices and do fail-my father statement of "common sense isn't-deal with it" comes to mind
 
FFS, cars are dangerous too.
Obviously they have(CNBC) have an axe to grind and what better way than to create a problem.
So back to cars are dangerous, we have rules and regulations and laws when it comes to driving them as do we have 10 basic safety rules(common sense) when handling firearms too.
870 Wingmaster is the best pump shotgun made(imo) and will continue using them and buying them when I need another one.
Tight Groups CNBC.
Rob
 
uberkermit said:
My dad had a Remington go off on him when he was flipping the safety off so he could work the action and unload the rifle. My mom and my sister and I were right there. Fortunately he had it pointed in a safe direction. Of course this is always the thing to do to avoid "accidents." You cannot shoot someone if the muzzle is not pointed at them (generally speaking).

However, I do have a problem with Remington as it looks like they knew about this from the very beginning, and instead of making it right, they covered it up with smear campaigns and disinformation. Saying "The user likely touched the trigger" does not cut it.

I know the standard response is, "well I have put thousands of rounds down the pipe of my Remington, and it has never given me any trouble." Just because it did not happen to you, does not mean it doesn't happen at all. And since Remington chose to cover it up, rather than fix it, I do not buy their products.
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So what did your dad do after the rifle supposedly fired when the safety was disengaged?

What was the condition of the rifle? Had it been serviced by anyone? Had the trigger been adjusted? Could you duplicate the supposed failure?

And Remington did not try to cover anything up... that was the flawed thoughts of a few lawyers and the media.
 
Can't blame the gun, have to blame the operator.

My number one rule is: Unless the gun is in my hands, pointed down range or at a target, there is never a live round in the chamber. If I put it down or stop shooting, the safety is engaged and the action is left open while verifying there is no round in the chamber. I would never leave a loaded gun, whether the safety is on or not, on a truck or put it down anywhere else for that matter. If I do, the first thing I'm doing is emptying it of all live rounds and leaving the action open.

In my opinion 99.9% of these accidents are user errors and negligence.
 
Yes and if you are climbing into a tree stand just don't do it with one in the chamber,
cause if the sling swivle were to break and the rifle falls then well you know the rest!

Bob
 
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