Dangerous Remington
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4
Dangerous Remington
I wanted to tell you guys what just happened to one of my buddies. He just baught a brand new model 700 mountain in a 270. He went out on the range to break it. After jacking a shell into it he drew at the target. When he clicked the safety off the gun fired. He thaught that maybe he had mistakenly pulled the trigger at the same instense so he tried it again. The same thing happened. He immediately braught the gun back to Kittery Trading Post in Maine. Ironically there was a remington salesman there who took the gun back to remington to be repaired. Now if that is not dangerous I don't know what is. I bet there will be an assembler losing there job. Have any of you heard of this happening?
#3
RE: Dangerous Remington
This happens all the time usually on used guns. It can result from improper sear adjustment which could occur during trigger adjustment during manufacture. Remington hasa superb reputation so I'm sure it will be corrected.
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
Posts: 3,171
RE: Dangerous Remington
Buddy of mine bought an old remington that when you would rack a round in then lower the bolt handle it would fire regardless if the safety was on or off turned out it had a improperly installed aftermarket trigger.
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: fort mcmurray alberta canada
Posts: 5,667
RE: Dangerous Remington
I have also seen this happen when people sprayed lube on the trigger assemblies.The lube attracts dust which then causes the trigger to gum up and it can become unreliable.
#8
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NSW AUSTRALIA
Posts: 214
RE: Dangerous Remington
The 1st thing that I do when buying a new rifle (usually a Remington) is to adjust the trigger and give it a compleat clean both inside and out before I go to the range, and I have never had a problem.
#9
RE: Dangerous Remington
The 1st thing that I do when buying a new rifle (usually a Remington) is to adjust the trigger and give it a compleat clean both inside and out before I go to the range, and I have never had a problem.
i took the trigger assembly apart right in front of him and removed a piece of straw wedge beside the pork-chop hammer, the gun goes of everytime from then on, then the guy is mad at me, i ask you ever think about cleaning this thing
#10
RE: Dangerous Remington
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Please click on the centerfire model to obtain more information on the program for the specific model, as there are some differences in the program based on model type:
Model 700
Model 600
Model 660
Model 721
Model 722
Model XP-100
Model 40-X
The following bolt-action centerfire firearms are not subject to the Safety Modification Program. Please click on the model for more information on the firearm.
Model 700 ML
Sportsman 78
Model 788
Model 725
Model Seven
Model 710
Model 30 & 30 Express
Please click on the centerfire model to obtain more information on the program for the specific model, as there are some differences in the program based on model type:
Model 700
Model 600
Model 660
Model 721
Model 722
Model XP-100
Model 40-X
The following bolt-action centerfire firearms are not subject to the Safety Modification Program. Please click on the model for more information on the firearm.
Model 700 ML
Sportsman 78
Model 788
Model 725
Model Seven
Model 710
Model 30 & 30 Express