Remington 7/700 trigger recall/repair?

[ColbyBruce]

A company in Florida bought up the old Remington company inventory and is selling it all off. I called them this morning about the trigger…and was told “if these were dangerous we couldn’t sell them…keep it clean.”

LOL, it turns out I was worried over nothing.

I read it on the Internet so it must be true.

 

[DWalt]

This may be of interest: Remington-walker trigger explanation | Remington 700 Rifle Forums

 

[chief38]

I have never owned a Remington 700 but was actually contemplating buying one a while back. I then found out about the trigger issues and started looking at the Winchester model 70 (very similar) but they never had any issues with theirs. After a while, I decided to buy a CZ .22 rimfire 453 American instead. I am not a big game hunter and figured I'd use a very high quality and precise shooting .22 bolt action rifle 100 times more than a big bore rifle so that is what I did. Glad I came to that decision as I am a bird hunter (shotguns) - not a big game hunter anyway. Neither the M700 or M70 would have not been shot all that much anyway.

 

[The Norseman]

Timely

Great Thread. This Thread has definitely
got me reevaluating my 2003 Rem 700
ADL 270Win trigger for upgrade.

This Rifle has been accurate, trigger pull
is proper, never touched, and periodically
inspected. Still, all my Rifles and Shotguns
are never a cartridge loaded or chambered
in a home or vehicle!

I received an Email from Timney Triggers
yesterday announcing free delivery.
They do this from time to time.

Timney has been very good with their drop
in AR15 trigger (easy instill, proper pull,
and actually shrunk my bullet pattern).
So the Timney Impact Remington 700
Trigger 3-4lbs $120 might suit my needs.

 

[diyj98]

There may have very well been problems with the triggers, but the ones I saw with issues had all been "adjusted" by someone. I think the vast majority of the issues were from improper adjustment.

 

[DWalt]

There may have very well been problems with the triggers, but the ones I saw with issues had all been "adjusted" by someone. I think the vast majority of the issues were from improper adjustment.

That is likely true. I have personal knowledge of one accidental discharge incident from back in the mid-1980s which was very probably due to an owner fiddling around adjusting the M700’s trigger. I have never attempted doing anything to my trigger (mine is a ca. 1980 700 ADL in .30-‘06) and it has passed all of the trigger safety tests. Even though I have considered deactivating the bolt locking safety, I probably will not do that either. No real reason to, as I would never empty the magazine without pointing the muzzle in a safe direction. Remington dropped the bolt locking safety long ago, so that is no longer an issue.

 

[DEF3]

My 2020 model 7 has the smooth trigger. Outside of the recall date. Thoughts?

 

[Buford57]

1986 or 87 my partner and I and his bro-in-law were in elk camp. Partner carried a 700 BDL in 7mm Mag. When I came into camp that evening the guys were sitting at the fire and the 700 with bi-pod extended was sitting on the hood of the truck. As I walked past it discharged. Must have been the vibration as the truck was parked on hard packed ground. And no, my finger was nowhere near the trigger. Needless to say conversations were had about loaded guns in camp. Partner was not a "gun guy" but I would not put trigger adjustment past the B-I-L. For a variety of reasons I never hunted with either again.

At the time I had 700s in .222 and .22-250 and never had a problem with either. For the bigger stuff I used a Mauser sporter in .35 Whelen, but this event did not tempt me to switch when Remington started offering the 700 in this chambering.