Remington quality control based on $$$

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tinbird

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Hi Guys,

In doing a bit of research on the 'net, I came across an interesting website regarding Remington and the pre-X Mark Pro trigger, the following is the link:

ht tp://drinnonlaw.com/Texas-Defective-Remington700.php

I found it to be disturbing that a company could take the stance that Remington did.
I've owned Remingtons and have not personally had any problems, but have become increasingly annoyed at the apparent lack of quality control that company chooses for their rifles.

Ah well, back to the EE to see what I just gotta have !!!

tinbird
 
I have a Remington 700 in 30-06, and I love it; in fact, it's my primary hunting rifle. In saying that, I had a serious problem with the trigger. It was adjusted by my father, who had, in his time adjusted many hundreds of triggers, and Remingtons where his specialty, so it was not due to mis-adjustment. I would carry the rifle with it's safety on, and a shell in the chamber, as I hunt alone, and still hunt, in which if you have to cycle a shell into the chamber when you see an animal, you just scared it, and it's gone. After many years of owning the rifle, One day, in seeing an animal that I wished to shoot, I eased off of the safety, and depressed the trigger; the gun would not fire. In surprise, I pushed the safety even further forward only to have the gun go off. I tried this at home with the firing pin going down on an empty chamber, only to find that it would occasionally repeat this. I keep my guns very clean, giving attention to the sear. This was a serious problem, and if I didn't fix it I knew that I would have to get rid of the gun; this I didn't enjoy the thought of, as I loved everything else about the gun. I ended up spending $400.00 to have a Gentry 3 position safety installed on the gun; worth every penny in my opinion. I would still recommend Remington 700's, but only with this particular modification.
Mike
 
I had a similar problem with my Remington 722, when I had the trigger adjusted very light. I like a light trigger, but if the trigger got touched by anything with the safety on, the gun could discharge when the safety was pushed off. I adjusted the trigger a little heavier and it solved the problem. I also ground off the long piece on the safety that locks the bolt, so the bolt could be cycled with safety on. This second part is a safety recall from Remington due to a court case, they charge you a fee of around $20 to do the modification but it is easy to do yourself.
 
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