16 March 2012, 02:19
Jack BelkRemington Under Fire, finally
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Keep these triggers clean and keep your finger off of them and they do not malfunction.
How do you explain the failures of new guns at the factory?
16 March 2012, 04:12
SliderA friend flipped the safety off and BOOM!!! A 7mm Rem Mag model 700 BDL brand new!!!. He contacted Remington and they had him send it in. The rifle was replaced with another brand new one? I always questioned the swap out? It was about 1980.
16 March 2012, 05:00
BobsterI have owned and shot many a round thru Remington 700 rifles. I have never had an AD. Once when adjusting the trigger pull on a 700, I checked the pull weight outside the stock and it was 4 lbs. The adjustment screw was sealed with hot glue. No engagement or over-travel adjustment was made. I drop-checked the barreled action and the sear held. I then screwed the barreled action into the stock. The drop test and the safety test then failed, and the striker fell both times. Check the bedding!
16 March 2012, 06:19
BriceI agree about bedding. The only AD I ever had with a 700, and I've had a few (700's, not AD's), was in a synthetic stock that I bedded. There was not enough space for the safety to move full on. My fault entirely.