Remington recall ?

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Hi,

I am about to buy a Remington 700 LTR from one of my usual gunshop. But just before I do, I went to check another gunshop and they told me that they hava loads of Remy in stock but are not allowed to sell them because of some recall. ? That got me confused. Should I buy or not? I don't want to put my life in danger...

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Gilbert
 
There have been numerous postings about this on CGN in the last month. The issue is with excess lock sealer on one of the screws that can potentially flake off and get into the trigger mechanism ie sear etc and cause a potential issue. If you are thinking of upgrading to an aftermarket trigger like a Timney or Jewel, get your Remmy and don't worry about anything.
 
Went to no-sale to check out a new toy, kid told me they sent back all rem 700s.. I'm not a fan of the trigger in question anyway, my 700 sports a rifle basix.
 
Oh yes beware of the deadly 700. I heard 7 million of them are due to turn on their owners and reek havoc shortly. The triggers have found a way to detach themselves from the action and in the middle of the night when you least expect it.........

Seriously this is like a fart in a windstorm...
 
I have found the recall scare pretty humorous. If you talk to a sales person about the rifles, make sure they are experienced and not just "employees"...... don't worry man. They are nice to upgrade or have tuned by a gunsmith anyways, virtually a non issue. I would gladly buy a off the shelve Remington any day regardless of if it was or wasn't effected by the recall. In fact I just bought another one off the EE 15 mins ago lol.
 
My r700 is affected by the recall, but it hasn't made any move yet. I have been scared of what it might do ever since I heard about the recall. I looked in the safe again today, and it's still just lurking there biding its time-- it hasn't made its move yet.

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As I understand it the issue is excess glue in the trigger. I'm going to be taking the rifle in to get it bedded soon, and when I do that I'll ask the smith to inspect the trigger for excess goop. I guess after that I'll be able to open my safe confident that the r700 won't attack me.
 
Colquhoun said:
Find out if it actually has the XMP trigger....it's possible it has the 40X trigger.
LTR's are great rifles and not always readily available, although it's been better lately.
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Mine does, and typed the serial into the website and it came up. It doesn't stop me from shooting it, I keep the bolt open when it isn't pointing at a target anyway, so what. Going to get it bedded and a tactical bolt knob attached, will have the smith work on the trigger too when I do that. Until then I will keep using it safely as usual.
 
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This is the biggest load of NON EVENT since the fiasco called Y2K. Clearly, Remington took the advice of their lawyers ( and rightly so given how litigious the USA is ) and are taking the reputational hit rather than waiting for some lawsuit but really this is nothing to worry about. In fact, as an experiment and on my own land, I removed the Timney 510 and re-installed the XMP into my AAC-SD and TRIED to make it fail - without success. Buy a Remington if you like the gun and enjoy it - if you would like to improve the trigger buy a Timney ($200 or so) and install yourself. If your building a custom then consider a further trigger upgrade ( personally I like the Jewell )

Today my XCR II in 30-06 has the XMP, my R5 and AAC-SD have Timney 510's and my .223 custom built on a SPS has a jewell. Ironically the hunting gun amongst them is..... yes, the XCR and it has the XMP which worries me not one bit.
 
Tomochan said:
This is the biggest load of NON EVENT since the fiasco called Y2K. Clearly, Remington took the advice of their lawyers ( and rightly so given how litigious the USA is ) and are taking the reputational hit rather than waiting for some lawsuit but really this is nothing to worry about. In fact, as an experiment and on my own land, I removed the Timney 510 and re-installed the XMP into my AAC-SD and TRIED to make it fail - without success. Buy a Remington if you like the gun and enjoy it - if you would like to improve the trigger buy a Timney ($200 or so) and install yourself. If your building a custom then consider a further trigger upgrade ( personally I like the Jewell )

Today my XCR II in 30-06 has the XMP, my R5 and AAC-SD have Timney 510's and my .223 custom built on a SPS has a jewell. Ironically the hunting gun amongst them is..... yes, the XCR and it has the XMP which worries me not one bit.
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Sorry I don't think they are waiting for a lawsuit to happen, this issue has been known for some time and Remington are just now jumping on it. I have little respect for the people who run that company right now. The only reason I consider buying remington is because the design has remained unchanged for 50+ years and EVERYONE makes parts for it. I love my savage and am glad i got rid of my 700 however I have recently decided I really want an AICS and unfortunately don't have the money to get a custom action, therefore I will have to suck it up and get a bone stock 700 once they begin being sold again. Remington 700 are pretty decent factory rifles, and you're not going to be sorry you bought one that is for sure. But I would say maybe give it like a month or more, you never know with all of this stuff going on, you might see remingtons make a huge price drop or at least go on sale at a decent price.
 
Sorry I should mention as well, this documentary as well my statement are little bit all over the place lol. The documentary in the video is talking about ALL 700's when in actual fact Remington is only saying the ones with the XMP trigger are affected, and also this - If you're following proper firearms safety... You shouldn't have any issues.
 
NTSA....please forward all defective Remingtons to me,,I'll pay shipping for defective, dangerous and scary firearms..
 
from what i have heard the Estimated failure rate is less than 1%. its lawyers plain and simple. they figure Remington got such bad press with that CNBC crap they don't want to risk it with a less than 1% chance of a gun discharging.

completely a waste of time. the fact that most dealers have been asked not to take in used 700's and sevens with the "Faulty" trigger, and have removed any guns with the "Faulty" trigger from the shelf.
 
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