Remington 700 Recall hits close to home
So, they’re guns may accidentally fire when you hit the safety or operate the bolt. But they’re replacing the triggers. My nephew recently grabbed one and, as family “gun expert”, I’ll deal with it.
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December 8th, 2014 at 7:24 pm
My nephew has my old early 1960’s Remington 700 BDL.
December 8th, 2014 at 7:33 pm
Isn’t it still a ‘recall’ instead of a recall?
December 8th, 2014 at 9:07 pm
&*#@!! I just got it back from the last recall!
December 8th, 2014 at 10:17 pm
According to their web page, not all 700s are on the recall list. If the trigger has a ribbed surface, it’s not on the list.
http://www.remington.com/pages/news-and-resources/safety-center/safety-warning-recall-notice-Remington-model700-modelseven.aspx
December 9th, 2014 at 12:36 am
Looks like the cheap crap triggers are the ones malfunctioning. Shocking. Sometimes cutting costs is just stupid.
Cannot remember but off the top of my head but there is another rifle that has the same fire control problem when you use the safety.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:22 am
Timney’s making a fortune right now. As an R700 owner, I decided unknown months of delay combined with not knowing what I would get back made me decide $129 for a nice new Timney trigger was worth it. Especially since I was planning to do it anyway.
Two pins and my problems are solved.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:28 am
In keeping with your Russian Roulette story above, do you want to risk sending it in, or fix it yourself. If Remington goes bankrupt while your gun is in their facility, will you ever get it back? Or would it be better to just buy a Timney rather than have Remington send it back with a not-quite-crappy-enough to be recalled trigger?
I’m in a similar situation with, believe it or not, my own nephew. The Timney was not even available (out of stock –wonder why?) before his hunting season started. He decided to at least wait until after elk season before sending it in, but I’m guessing I can’t kick that can much further down the road and we’ll have to reach a decision soon.
What’s an uncle to do?
December 9th, 2014 at 11:42 am
I have 3 Rem 700 rifles. I changed one of the triggers to a Timney years ago. The other two are from the 1980s and early 1990s. Each season I check the triggers carefully to make sure they were clean. I have not adjusted the pull weights down so consider them safe at this point. I will eventually change them to Timneys also. I will NOT be sending them to Remington.
December 9th, 2014 at 2:45 pm
Gentlemen, are we certain the links provided are for the latest recall? I, like wizard, just got mine back.
December 9th, 2014 at 2:47 pm
For those of you who have had Remington replace your triggers (or “fix” them, or clean them, or whatever they do) could you let us know how long it took?
Thanks,
December 9th, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Once you go Jewell, you never go back.
December 9th, 2014 at 7:28 pm
Charles: Well, of course not.
This recall is for some 2006-2014 rifles. Yours aren’t the ones with this defect, since they predate it by at least ten years.
December 10th, 2014 at 8:06 pm
I have a 700 subject to the recall. After some initial issues with getting Remington to send UPS to pick up the rifle, I got it back in about 2 weeks.
I had not shot it before that (bought new about 4 years ago) so I guess I better shoot it now 🙂