NBC does another report on Remington

[Twmaster]

It's cheaper for Remington to pay out in lawsuits than to have to fix millions of rifles.

 

[loose noose]

I've got a Remington 1100, 870, and a 700 BDL, and never had any of the firearms discharge unless I took the safety off and intentionally pulled the trigger. Never have any of my guns ever been pointed in the general direction of anything I did not intend to destroy. What a bunch of garbage from a TV network that keeps pulling at straws to destroy a gun manufacturer, and further regress our rights to own any firearm; thus total gun control! Which firearms company is next?

 

[Skyshot]

Remington could have made the change to the 700 series gun for literally pennies per gun, but opted not to do so. They gambled with a crappy design that even its designer said needed to be modified. Remington blew off their chance to made the changes that would have been cost effective and have gotten caught publically with a design known to be problematic and millions paid out in lawsuits to cover them. If Remington was worried about being cost effective, then they should have made the change early on such that it was built into the manufacturing process. Retrofitting and retrofixing are always more expensive. Remington has made some bad choices.

If Remington falls for this load of crap, Then the next target for the liberals will be that Smith and Wesson has no safties on thier revolvers and this has caused thousands of deaths that could have been prevented by just a simple correction in the design. You people who can't control the muzzle of a weapon, need to take up golf or bowling.

 

[JustinJ]

If Remington falls for this load of crap, Then the next target for the liberals will be that Smith and Wesson has no safties on thier revolvers and this has caused thousands of deaths that could have been prevented by just a simple correction in the design.

So you are saying that all the people who have sued were liberals? Huh. So you are saying that liberals hunt and shoot?!

The blatantly obvious difference is one weapon functions as intended. The other often doesnt.

 

[Buck12]

It's easier/more profitable to say your gun misfired than to admit you just shot someone/yourself.

Glad Remington is standing up to NBC on this.

 

[nofishbob]

I will try to cut through all the fog here:

1.-Does the Remington 700 design have a flaw that sometimes causes it to discharge without the trigger being pulled? YES, and this has been documented for decades, including internal Remington documents.

2.- Does "1" above absolve the owner of a Remington 700 from all culpability if they shoot someone when their 700 discharges without having the trigger pulled? NO!

3.- Should we, as firearms enthusiasts, circle the wagons and defend Remington and their self-admittedly faulty design because "Liberals" and "Antis" are criticizing them? NO.

I am not a fan of NBC OR Remington 700 rifles, but in the year 2012 we should not accept firearms that don't function as intended.

Bob

 

[Skyshot]

Again someone show me the accident rate per 1000 rifles as compared to other manufacturers. I don't think there will be an alarming rate of accidental discharges in Remingtons be it Model 700's or 870's or what ever in comparison to other rifles. My familiy has been selling firearms since 1969. I could not tell you how many model 700's and 870's have been sold, but I will say that Remingtons have out sold all other brands considerably in that time. Is it the best design, maybe not. Will a saftey fail on any firearm? Yes they will, because they are mechanical. Do they fail more on Remingtons? The media thinks so, But when you have 15 model 700's sold and 2 winchester model 70's and 1 ruger and 1 savage do the math. Chances are greater for an idiot to shoot someone with the Remington than any of the other brands just because of the numbers. In all those firearms sold I can think of NO customer complaining about thier Remington misfiring on its own. You people need to read the ten comandments of firearm safety. And then learn to practice those rules instead of throwing Remington under the bus. There plenty of other firearms I consider more unsafe than a Remington, do I think they should be sued or have the goverment clamp down on them. NO! I just won't buy that brand.