The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Unsafe Trigger System In Reminton 700 Rifles

reynolds357 · February 19, 2013, 12:00 AM

Remington never "fixed" the issue until a couple years ago with their new trigger. Changing the safety to allow the bolt to work with safety on did not fix the problem. It simply made it possible to unload the rifle with the safety on. On the documentary, they show police 700 sniper rifles built in the 90's going off when the safety is released. One rifle does it repeatedly. The engineer that designed the 700 finally broke his silence and detailed the problem and Remingtons refusal to fix the problem. The designer showed copies of his memos he wrote documenting the problem.
Having said that, none of my 700's have ever had an a.d. Two of my 77's have done it multiple times.

February 19, 2013, 12:00 AM	#16
reynolds357 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2012 Posts: 6,165	Remington never "fixed" the issue until a couple years ago with their new trigger. Changing the safety to allow the bolt to work with safety on did not fix the problem. It simply made it possible to unload the rifle with the safety on. On the documentary, they show police 700 sniper rifles built in the 90's going off when the safety is released. One rifle does it repeatedly. The engineer that designed the 700 finally broke his silence and detailed the problem and Remingtons refusal to fix the problem. The designer showed copies of his memos he wrote documenting the problem. Having said that, none of my 700's have ever had an a.d. Two of my 77's have done it multiple times. Last edited by reynolds357; February 19, 2013 at 12:40 AM.