The problem is that ALL Remigton 600's, 660's and 700's will at times fire without pulling the trigger.
This issue has been blown out of all proportion and "ALL" will NOT malfunction. Basic safe gun handling negates any issue that exists....
According to an internal Remington memo, "the actual sequence required to make a gun malfunction, or "trick," is to place the safety between the "safe" and "fire" positions, pull the trigger, and then place the safety in the "fire" position - which causes affected guns to fire."
Remington estimates that 1% of the 700s produced can be manipulated in this manner. NOT ALL... I can't make any of my model 700s or 721s fire in this manner....
Now it's simple, if you don't pull the trigger and deliberately manipulate the safety...
twice, both before and after, the rifle won't fire.
According to David Petzal:
"If the original 700 trigger has a fault, it is that it can be fooled with by anyone who has a small screwdriver. The adjustments are delicate, and if you don’t know how (or know enough) to keep sufficient engagement between the sear and the trigger connector, the rifle can slam fire, or fire when it’s dropped, or fire when the safety is flipped off. The same thing happens when you set the trigger pull lower than 3 pounds; it is not designed to function below that level, and there are some fools who love to take it down to 2 or 2 ½.
Right now I have an old 700 with a Walker trigger that has had over 5,000 rounds put through it with never a problem. But give me 5 minutes and a jeweler’s screwdriver and I can make it dangerous."