Remington 700 recall??
- Thread starter Tweety Bird
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Why would you take the safety off, while pointing the gun at your child? I have a Rem 788. A great gun! When manipulating any gun the muzzle should be pointed in a safe direction.
gramps
gramps
Cooperhawk
Buckeye
First thing I saw was 785 million guns. :shock:
Okay, it should have read 7.85 million.
Okay, it should have read 7.85 million.
GunnyGene
Hawkeye
The normal designed function of anything in which it is desired that the thing goes boom, is to go boom. Safeties and similar devices are designed to interrupt that normal and desired function. This is true not only for personal firearms, but also up to and including nuclear bombs and aircraft ejection seats. I've never seen a safety on a old muzzle loader, yet somehow we managed to survive the absence of one. :)
People need to understand this and act accordingly.
People need to understand this and act accordingly.
OK, now really, guys. This doesn't say much for Remington management over a great number of years. Sure, we all know never to point a gun at anything we do not want to shoot, whether or not it is loaded. For a manufacturer to continue to produce a known defective firearm is unconscionable.
I am the current holder of my FIL's Model 7 Remington in .243. I need to talk to the nephew who will eventually get it from me. Does he want the recall performed? In time, the gun will possibly be worth more without this done to it. If I were really interested in shooting it, I think I'd like to have it done, not because I expect the original trigger/safety will ever fail, but because if it did, I would be PISSED.
I am the current holder of my FIL's Model 7 Remington in .243. I need to talk to the nephew who will eventually get it from me. Does he want the recall performed? In time, the gun will possibly be worth more without this done to it. If I were really interested in shooting it, I think I'd like to have it done, not because I expect the original trigger/safety will ever fail, but because if it did, I would be PISSED.
toysoldier
Hunter
"Ian Pollard...claimed his Remington 700 rifle fired on multiple occasions without the trigger being pulled."
What kind of idiot keeps using a gun when it has proven to be unsafe?
What kind of idiot keeps using a gun when it has proven to be unsafe?
Pal Val
Buckeye
toysoldier said:
A: The kind of idiot who smells a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
sourdough44
Single-Sixer
Just a yawn from me. My two triggers have been replaced long ago.
Rancher Will
Blackhawk
I own a Remington Model 721, .270 Win Cal, that I bought in 1947. It is my hunting rifle and I have fired literally a few dozens of thousand of rounds over the years from that rifle. It is my only hunting rifle for everything from varmints to game. To illustrate, I bought a 50 pound keg of H4831 powder in Denver in 1961 and I have used over 3/4ths of it loading my .270 cartridges. I have never had an accidental firing in all of these years.
After reading the above I tried to make it accidentally fire without my pulling the trigger (unloaded of course), and pulling the trigger. Nothing that I tried could make it fire with the safety on. The bolt will not open when the safety is on. I tried to pull the trigger with the safety on and hold the trigger back while releasing the safety. That did not fire it.
I tried bumping the butt on the floor with the safety off and the bolt cocked. That did not fire it. I tried putting the bolt into the chamber, cocking the bolt with the safety on and also off. I could not get it to fire. I tried releasing and then putting the safety back on, numerous times. I tried everything I could think of, including tapping the firing pin with the safety on.
I tried holding the bolt release "button" in the trigger guard while inserting the bolt to cock it inserting. I could not trip the firing pin with the safety on no matter what I tried.
Nothing that I tried would fire my rifle with the safety on. The only way I could get the firing pin tripped was with the safety off. and sometimes not then in my tests. There may have been some problem with some Remington's but mine must be safe.
After reading the above I tried to make it accidentally fire without my pulling the trigger (unloaded of course), and pulling the trigger. Nothing that I tried could make it fire with the safety on. The bolt will not open when the safety is on. I tried to pull the trigger with the safety on and hold the trigger back while releasing the safety. That did not fire it.
I tried bumping the butt on the floor with the safety off and the bolt cocked. That did not fire it. I tried putting the bolt into the chamber, cocking the bolt with the safety on and also off. I could not get it to fire. I tried releasing and then putting the safety back on, numerous times. I tried everything I could think of, including tapping the firing pin with the safety on.
I tried holding the bolt release "button" in the trigger guard while inserting the bolt to cock it inserting. I could not trip the firing pin with the safety on no matter what I tried.
Nothing that I tried would fire my rifle with the safety on. The only way I could get the firing pin tripped was with the safety off. and sometimes not then in my tests. There may have been some problem with some Remington's but mine must be safe.
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
krw said:
NOPE !!!
