Model 700 Internal Safety

[Sam C]

Are Remington 700 rifles still manufactured with that stupid internal safety? I think it locks the bolt or something. I heard they did away with it, true?

 

[perry1963]

I just picked up A 700 VLS and it still has it.

 

[454c]

No. The locks are gone.If you buy a new rifle and it has a lock,then it has been collecting dust for a while.

 

[AustDave]

Do you mean the "J" lock on the bolt? My stainless BDL has it.

 

[30-06 lover]

On 700 Rifles (I don't know about other guns) they did away with it, but there are still a lot rifles out there that are new, that have the lock, that just haven't sold yet. If you don't mind the lock, you may talk the price down a bit because you can prove it is an older "discontinued" model.
-Mike

 

[orangelo]

Damn didn't know this. My 700 VLS has the j-shaped keyhole on the left side of the bolt. Guess it's been lying around for a while. I got it as recently as a few months ago on mexican boycott day.

 

[danurve]

Ahh the scorned J-lock. My 700VLS has this, usually left off. Still a pain to have to remember the green key 'just in case'.

 

[270Win]

I also don't like the J-lock, but it seems they're gone, so ... good riddance!

I just leave mine unlocked (on the "red" dot) and that's that.

 

[mljdeckard]

I had a VS in .308 a couple of years ago that had it, my dad's vssf in 22-250 he bought a couple years ago has it.

Leave it unlocked and throw that key away.

 

[270Win]

From what I've picked up at gun shows and gun shops (so... grain of salt here) those dastardly green keys are prone to breaking if you don't insert them 100% - very easy to do - and try to exert the turning pressure. Feeling the two keys I have, that seems possible.