Just a quick question. Are Remington ADL and BDL receivers the same? Is there a difference in quality.

Thanks

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Originally posted by Tunacan:
Hello,

Just a quick question. Are Remington ADL and BDL receivers the same? Is there a difference in quality.

Thanks

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Yup!
good luck

Some lawsuits were a result of accidental discharges (if you believe in such a thing) from people working live ammo through the action in order to unload the gun. There was a thread in here early last year about why Remington didn't do a recall to modify the safeties. If I remember correctly, the final conclusion was that Remington figured it would cost more to recall/repair all the safeties than would be lost in lawsuits, kind of like Ford and the flaming Pinto. I'm not saying that's what the actual reason was, only the consensus among those involved here.

R-WEST

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The big lawsuit over it was here in Texas. Seems that on some of them, if you tried to pull the trigger while the gun was in the safe position, nothing would happen, which is as it should be. But then, when the safety was moved to "fire", the firing pin would fall without any further movement of the trigger. I think you can see where this leads.

In the Texas case, a youngster went to unload his Model 600, and when he moved the safety, the gun discharged striking his father in the back and permanently disabling him. Now, of course, the gun obviously wasn't pointed in a safe direction, but no shooter expects the gun to discharge simply by moving the safety. The plaintiffs prevailed.

In my opinion, the failure of Remington to recall those models was the height of corporate irresponsibility (even worse than Enron). At least they changed the "safety".

You're right - any manufacturer who allows a proven defective product to remain on the market should be drawn/quartered.

R-WEST

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"it is up to God to judge these terrorists; it is up to us to arrange their meeting" Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf

I have a 700 bdl custom gun, the trigger was worked by a very reputable smith. When I first got it back if you put pressure on the trigger in safe position then (no further touch of the trigger) pushed safety into fire position the gun would fire.

Don't learn the hard way, DONT TRUST ANY SAFETY! and BE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT!

The people who only touch guns a couple times a year are the dangerous ones.

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