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Post by jjas on Apr 14, 2014 7:09:52 GMT -5
PRODUCTS: Remington Arms Company, LLC (“Remington”) is voluntarily recalling Remington Model 700™ and Model Seven™ rifles with X-Mark Pro® (“XMP®”) triggers, manufactured from May 1, 2006 to April 9, 2014. DESCRIPTION OF THE HAZARD: Remington has determined that some Model 700 and Model Seven rifles with XMP triggers could, under certain circumstances, unintentionally discharge. A Remington investigation has determined that some XMP triggers might have excess bonding agent used in the assembly process. While Remington has the utmost confidence in the design of the XMP trigger, it is undertaking this recall in the interest of consumer safety to remove any potential excess bonding agent applied in the assembly process. www.remington.com/pages/news-and-resources/safety-center/safety-warning-recall-notice-Remington-model700-modelseven.aspx
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Post by steve46511 on Apr 14, 2014 8:10:41 GMT -5
If and when looking at 700s......being an old "fashioned" guy.......
I still look for the RKW DuPont finish and original (to me) Remington trigger. Hate seeing this but I have no love for the X-mark triggers but it isn't the trigger itself being fingered out here.
I do freely admit that at my age "older things are considered better" in many things but is not 100 percent my rule of thumb.....like in Savage rifles, and only sometimes in gunpowder, bullet types, broadheads and hunting methods.
Pre-lawyer triggers still get top billing on my list of "wants" when rifle shopping.
2 cents and not really on topic.
Thanks for the head's up. I'll pass this along to friends. God Bless
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Post by drs on Apr 14, 2014 9:39:01 GMT -5
I've always thought that Remington's Models 721 & 722 bolt actions were much better than the 700's that took their place.
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 14, 2014 11:03:45 GMT -5
No way I'd send on back to them. I'd just replace the trigger if I had an affected rifle before sending it back. (another option would be just do it yourself)
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Post by moose1am on Apr 18, 2014 19:01:27 GMT -5
No way I'd send on back to them. I'd just replace the trigger if I had an affected rifle before sending it back. (another option would be just do it yourself) When Remington recalled the Model 660's they allowed me to have an local authorized gun smith to do the work locally. So I didn't have to ship my rifle in for repairs. I just took it to town and left it with the gun smith.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Apr 19, 2014 16:11:09 GMT -5
The malfunction in the trigger affected my Remington 700 about 9 months ago. I was doing night training, chambered a round, settled behind the scope, took a breath, acquired my target, took the safety off and BOOM! Finger wasn't even in the trigger well! Sent it back to Remington and they "assured" me that it was "a very un-common" problem and replaced the trigger. Un-common or not, in my line of work malfunctions such as this can cause irreparable damage. Remington is just lucky, as am I and my department, that I was at training and NOT on a call out when this occurred. I do like the XMP trigger and hope they can rectify the issue. Looks like my rifle is going back for the second time:(
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Post by tenring on Apr 19, 2014 16:24:01 GMT -5
I checked one of my 700's this morning, and lo and behold, a smooth trigger. Filled out the form with the serial # and got an almost instant reply. Yup, it's going back. Mid afternoon I got e-mails about the process, they will send a box, with instructions, even printed out shipping labels. When I get back from turkey hunting, off she goes. Not using it right now anyway, so there's no inconvenience factor. Kind of surprised that I got a response on a Saturday, either they have people working overtime or one heck of a good computer filing system that does every thing by itself.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 19, 2014 18:33:56 GMT -5
The malfunction in the trigger affected my Remington 700 about 9 months ago. I was doing night training, chambered a round, settled behind the scope, took a breath, acquired my target, took the safety off and BOOM! Finger wasn't even in the trigger well! Sent it back to Remington and they "assured" me that it was "a very un-common" problem and replaced the trigger. Un-common or not, in my line of work malfunctions such as this can cause irreparable damage. Remington is just lucky, as am I and my department, that I was at training and NOT on a call out when this occurred. I do like the XMP trigger and hope they can rectify the issue. Looks like my rifle is going back for the second time:( WOW!! That can get scary. No gun should go off until you want it to go off ...
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Post by moose1am on Apr 26, 2014 17:51:58 GMT -5
The malfunction in the trigger affected my Remington 700 about 9 months ago. I was doing night training, chambered a round, settled behind the scope, took a breath, acquired my target, took the safety off and BOOM! Finger wasn't even in the trigger well! Sent it back to Remington and they "assured" me that it was "a very un-common" problem and replaced the trigger. Un-common or not, in my line of work malfunctions such as this can cause irreparable damage. Remington is just lucky, as am I and my department, that I was at training and NOT on a call out when this occurred. I do like the XMP trigger and hope they can rectify the issue. Looks like my rifle is going back for the second time:( WOW!! That can get scary. No gun should go off until you want it to go off ... I had a similar problem with my Remington Model 660. I'm pretty sure it was due to the brass rod that someone put though my wooden stock. The brass rod was there to reinforce the wooden part of the stock near the trigger area. It was like that when I bought the rifle from Rajo's Gun Shop on the West Side of Evansvillle, IN back in the early 1970's.
I found out about the Remington Recall on the Model 660's and took the rifle to Gander Mountain in Evansville, IN when they first opened up that store a few years ago. They have a young guy working there as their gun smith and he replaced the trigger on my rifle. I went to pick up the rifle and the gun smith was off that day so another associate retrieved my gun for me. I should have tested it right there in the shop but I just took it home. When I started playing with the rifle ( UNLOADED) I found that when I took it off safey the rifle would dry fire without me touching the trigger.
Gander got a new older gunsmith with more experience and he took a look at my rifle when I took it back to Gander Mountain. He removed the brass rod and now the new trigger works better. I don't really use that rifle that much anymore. I also had Bob free float my barrel by glass bedding the action into the stock. The rifle will shoot very close groups at 100 yards. I should test it with my new Lead Sled DFT device and see how well it shoots. But I hate having to clean the thing. LOL Actually the Bolt Action Rifle is easier to clean than my AR15.
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