Rem 700 trigger help
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I'll try & post up a pic by Tues if you still need help.
Working till then.
Working till then.
Remington 700 Trigger Problems
You may want to check out this website regarding the Remington 700 trigger.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39759366/Doc...ith_Potential_Gun_Safety_Problems_for_Decades
You may want to check out this website regarding the Remington 700 trigger.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39759366/Doc...ith_Potential_Gun_Safety_Problems_for_Decades
kaferhaus
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Just lies and misinformation. Worthless in my opinion.
This topic was beat to death not to long ago. Lets not drag it back out not high jack the thread.
Skylerbone
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Guys he got the info he needed in JUNE, may want to look at that.
I am new to this forum. Just ran across your posts. Many are making a mistake by assuming a lot of things that are not factual. I have spent days checking this one out concerning the Rem Walker trigger. I have been a hunter for over 60 years and these complaints are legit. The fact that only a small percentage of 700 owners have experienced it does not make the ones who have less credible. Be careful with this one, it could show up when you least expect it and it could be one of your own sons. Study the trigger itself and you will see why it is so unpredictable.
788Ham
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abc7,
This has been beaten to death on this forum....... no more suggestions, please!
This has been beaten to death on this forum....... no more suggestions, please!
788 Ham - Just came on site. Was not aware it has already been beaten to death. Sorry about that.
I would like to respectfully ask what the general results have been in discussing this problem? Are we all divided as to whether there is a genuine trigger problem? I know from your post you want to drop the subject but if you could give me a summary of the results as you see them I would appreciate it. Thanks for your reply and thanks for tipping me off that it has been threshed out already. I am new on the computor as well so having a hard time learning how to locate everything.
I would like to respectfully ask what the general results have been in discussing this problem? Are we all divided as to whether there is a genuine trigger problem? I know from your post you want to drop the subject but if you could give me a summary of the results as you see them I would appreciate it. Thanks for your reply and thanks for tipping me off that it has been threshed out already. I am new on the computor as well so having a hard time learning how to locate everything.
Skylerbone
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abc, welcome to THR firstly. Second, under the search tab you can look for topics by keyword that are both current and archived.
The general consensus was that some people swore they had known for years and would never own a Remington. Others were talked out of purchasing them. Some thought Remington ought to step up and replace all the old triggers. Still others wanted a full rebate, an apology and an a** kissing to boot.
Many of us saw the report for what it was, a hit job filled mainly with lies, half truths and missing evidence. I fully acknowledge after playing with a few triggers that I can make ANY of them unsafe and that in the vast majority of cases that is exactly what happened. Some 7 or 8 were found to be defective without fault to the owner when returned to Remington. The rest of the CNBC reporting was lower than Enquirer level in merit. The lesson was don't mess with it, inspect and clean and NEVER point any firearm at anyone you do not intend to shoot.
For more on the story Remington responded with a series of videos on their website.
As I noted above this particular thread was fully finished in June but resurrected by someone who didn't check the date. Often called a zombie thread as it just won't die.
Enjoy your time here and online in general. Don't forget those out in the real world though.
The general consensus was that some people swore they had known for years and would never own a Remington. Others were talked out of purchasing them. Some thought Remington ought to step up and replace all the old triggers. Still others wanted a full rebate, an apology and an a** kissing to boot.
Many of us saw the report for what it was, a hit job filled mainly with lies, half truths and missing evidence. I fully acknowledge after playing with a few triggers that I can make ANY of them unsafe and that in the vast majority of cases that is exactly what happened. Some 7 or 8 were found to be defective without fault to the owner when returned to Remington. The rest of the CNBC reporting was lower than Enquirer level in merit. The lesson was don't mess with it, inspect and clean and NEVER point any firearm at anyone you do not intend to shoot.
For more on the story Remington responded with a series of videos on their website.
As I noted above this particular thread was fully finished in June but resurrected by someone who didn't check the date. Often called a zombie thread as it just won't die.
Enjoy your time here and online in general. Don't forget those out in the real world though.
overworked topic
SKYLERBONE- Thanks for the welcome and info requested. It is gratifying to see someone trying to be helpful.
I am at the moment between a rock and a hard place since I see from the info this topic has already been overworked. I am willing to drop this subject in the enterests of other members with this reservation: After spending days searching all available info: (CNBC, the Rem response, Law cases, reports of many individuals on the net and one local hunter, a study of the trigger itself, how it functions and an analysis of its potential to fail in certain conditions), after all this I am told by many there is no substance to the complaints. Please accept what I am saying as open and sincere, I do not mean to be offensive. I see a clear problem with the trigger in question.
I can accept that many may acknowledge a problem but may feel it is minor and can be counterbalanced by good safe gun handling. That is not a problem for me even if I do disagree. To say there is no problem simply floors me, I cannot get my brain around that. What am I failing to see that some others claim to see? Hope this is acceptable. Please advise even if it is a polite "drop it". Cheers. abc7
SKYLERBONE- Thanks for the welcome and info requested. It is gratifying to see someone trying to be helpful.
I am at the moment between a rock and a hard place since I see from the info this topic has already been overworked. I am willing to drop this subject in the enterests of other members with this reservation: After spending days searching all available info: (CNBC, the Rem response, Law cases, reports of many individuals on the net and one local hunter, a study of the trigger itself, how it functions and an analysis of its potential to fail in certain conditions), after all this I am told by many there is no substance to the complaints. Please accept what I am saying as open and sincere, I do not mean to be offensive. I see a clear problem with the trigger in question.
I can accept that many may acknowledge a problem but may feel it is minor and can be counterbalanced by good safe gun handling. That is not a problem for me even if I do disagree. To say there is no problem simply floors me, I cannot get my brain around that. What am I failing to see that some others claim to see? Hope this is acceptable. Please advise even if it is a polite "drop it". Cheers. abc7
Skylerbone
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Valid concern for safety has never been shied away from here as far as I know.
I can grant that in creating an otherwise excellent trigger Walker realized that some degree of safety was compromised and implored Remington to either relabel the "safety" feeling it was a misnomer or amend the original design. He in fact had a plan to make it safer by making the "safety" a true safety.
Well, then the Walker trigger cannot be seen as an engineering triumph and is indeed more susceptible to failure than other designs but where does that stop? Do we acknowledge that there are wear parts on other things we buy? Brake pads? Oil? Chewing gum?
The biggest problem in my estimation is that most firearms are ill treated by owners who expect clocklike precision and iron wear from something they seldom pay any mind at all to. Ask anyone how much and how often to lube or clean a specific firearm and you'll see opinions you truly can't fathom.
As for the Walker, I've studied my own, learned what I could and realize that in a matter of minutes I can make it do something it has never done in 19 years of service, fire without interaction. I can also say the same of my Win. 70, Marlin 25 and a host of others. There is no can't fail design and those are the standards anti-gunners wish to thrust upon the industry. Translation: no gun is safe, they must all be recalled.
I can grant that in creating an otherwise excellent trigger Walker realized that some degree of safety was compromised and implored Remington to either relabel the "safety" feeling it was a misnomer or amend the original design. He in fact had a plan to make it safer by making the "safety" a true safety.
Well, then the Walker trigger cannot be seen as an engineering triumph and is indeed more susceptible to failure than other designs but where does that stop? Do we acknowledge that there are wear parts on other things we buy? Brake pads? Oil? Chewing gum?
The biggest problem in my estimation is that most firearms are ill treated by owners who expect clocklike precision and iron wear from something they seldom pay any mind at all to. Ask anyone how much and how often to lube or clean a specific firearm and you'll see opinions you truly can't fathom.
As for the Walker, I've studied my own, learned what I could and realize that in a matter of minutes I can make it do something it has never done in 19 years of service, fire without interaction. I can also say the same of my Win. 70, Marlin 25 and a host of others. There is no can't fail design and those are the standards anti-gunners wish to thrust upon the industry. Translation: no gun is safe, they must all be recalled.
Skylerbone-- Thanks for the reply. I think I will try to tap in to some previous posts. I dont know if some of previous discussions are now archived or not. Maybe I can learn something I have missed. So far I have not heard anything to change my conclusions reached through careful evaluation.
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