Comments on: Remington 700 Rifle a Cause for Concern? http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/ Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9650 Anonymous Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:12:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9650 Remington is posting point-by-point rebuttals to the CNBC piece daily to www.Remington700.tv. Remington is posting point-by-point rebuttals to the CNBC piece daily to http://www.Remington700.tv.

]]> By: Brent http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9509 Brent Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:58:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9509 Yes, there are issues with it! I have owned one since I was 16 and now I am 46. At first it was a great gun but after shooting it for about 10 years it developed the problem of firing when the bolt was closed and sometimes when the safety is switched off the gun will fire. Fortunatly I practice weapon safety and no one was hurt or killed. I keep my weapons it top shape and they are always cleaned even the trigger mechanizm was kept clean. The gun is retired after all of that, I still have it because I cannot sell a defective weapon to anyone. I have purchased other rifles but none of them are remingtons Yes, there are issues with it! I have owned one since I was 16 and now I am 46. At first it was a great gun but after shooting it for about 10 years it developed the problem of firing when the bolt was closed and sometimes when the safety is switched off the gun will fire. Fortunatly I practice weapon
safety and no one was hurt or killed. I keep my weapons it top shape and they are always cleaned even the trigger mechanizm was kept clean. The gun is retired after all of that, I still have it because I cannot sell a defective weapon to anyone. I have purchased other rifles but none of them are remingtons

]]> By: Jeremy White http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9428 Jeremy White Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:32:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9428 My 700 30.06 has done this twice. Once when my dad was using it, and again while chambering a round after shooting a whitetail a couple of years ago. Luckily, no one was hurt. My 700 30.06 has done this twice. Once when my dad was using it, and again while chambering a round after shooting a whitetail a couple of years ago. Luckily, no one was hurt.

]]> By: Jeremy White http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9429 Jeremy White Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:32:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9429 My 700 30.06 has done this twice. Once when my dad was using it, and again while chambering a round after shooting a whitetail a couple of years ago. Luckily, no one was hurt. My 700 30.06 has done this twice. Once when my dad was using it, and again while chambering a round after shooting a whitetail a couple of years ago. Luckily, no one was hurt.

]]> By: Tom Robins http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9363 Tom Robins Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:43:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9363 No, all guns cannot fire accidentally with no warning. No modern firearm should "accidentally" fire. If it does, safety features on the firearm are inadequately designed, the firearm is being misused, or firearm has been modified from its factory configuration. No, all guns cannot fire accidentally with no warning. No modern firearm should “accidentally” fire. If it does, safety features on the firearm are inadequately designed, the firearm is being misused, or firearm has been modified from its factory configuration.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9250 Anonymous Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:12:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9250 Antelope hunting 2009 with my Remington 700. Stopped on a sidehill to slide in a round once the Antelope slowed, as I was closing the bolt, it fired on its own. Luckily for me and my hunting buddy that was standing in front of me, we are very safety oriented, therefore, my barrel was pointing into the side hill and not in front of me. I was unaware this was a major issue until my wife told me about the news last evening. Antelope hunting 2009 with my Remington 700. Stopped on a sidehill to slide in a round once the Antelope slowed, as I was closing the bolt, it fired on its own. Luckily for me and my hunting buddy that was standing in front of me, we are very safety oriented, therefore, my barrel was pointing into the side hill and not in front of me. I was unaware this was a major issue until my wife told me about the news last evening.

]]> By: Stephen Lecrone http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9239 Stephen Lecrone Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:18:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9239 I am not a Remington loyalist or gun control lobbyist, just a general consumer that enjoys the shooting sports...I only caught a small portion of the documentary, what I did see was definitely frightening and I think for most consumers this documentary threw enough doubt to seriously hurt the reputation of Remington . Before I could make a decision on the 700 or Remington as a whole I need to know if there is any evidence that these malfunctions are truthfully manufactured defects that Remington or third party testing has hidden any documented proof of defect. I have had a Rem 760 Gamemaster 30+ years and know several friends that own the model 700 and have had no issues with misfires...I have always know this to be a solid weapon. This is not to down play the tragedies that occur in regards to the handling of guns...Even though we could easily say that proper knowledge of and following the 10 Commandments of Gun Safety could prevent many if not all of these incidents, let's be realist...things do happen that go beyond our control...Rifles are mechanical devices that will under the right circumstances/conditions fail. I am not a Remington loyalist or gun control lobbyist, just a general consumer that enjoys the shooting sports…I only caught a small portion of the documentary, what I did see was definitely frightening and I think for most consumers this documentary threw enough doubt to seriously hurt the reputation of Remington . Before I could make a decision on the 700 or Remington as a whole I need to know if there is any evidence that these malfunctions are truthfully manufactured defects that Remington or third party testing has hidden any documented proof of defect. I have had a Rem 760 Gamemaster 30+ years and know several friends that own the model 700 and have had no issues with misfires…I have always know this to be a solid weapon.

This is not to down play the tragedies that occur in regards to the handling of guns…Even though we could easily say that proper knowledge of and following the 10 Commandments of Gun Safety could prevent many if not all of these incidents, let’s be realist…things do happen that go beyond our control…Rifles are mechanical devices that will under the right circumstances/conditions fail.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9235 Anonymous Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:30:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9235 Its strange this would air now, i have both 300 win mag and 30-06 in the 700 BDL. I have had them for around 8 yrs now and never a problem until last deer season. The 30-06 fired when i closed the bolt while chambering a round. It has never done this before and i have tried to make it repeat the problem ( without a live round) and can not make it do it again so far. I have had the trigger pull checked and the gunsmith said he could NOT find any issue with the pull. As mentioned in the post by Tracy Little, common sense and Safety precautions eliminate most accidents and should be of upmost importance. All guns can accidentally fire with no warning!!!! Its strange this would air now, i have both 300 win mag and 30-06 in the 700 BDL. I have had them for around 8 yrs now and never a problem until last deer season. The 30-06 fired when i closed the bolt while chambering a round. It has never done this before and i have tried to make it repeat the problem ( without a live round) and can not make it do it again so far. I have had the trigger pull checked and the gunsmith said he could NOT find any issue with the pull. As mentioned in the post by Tracy Little, common sense and Safety precautions eliminate most accidents and should be of upmost importance. All guns can accidentally fire with no warning!!!!

]]> By: Tracey Little http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9229 Tracey Little Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:50:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9229 In looking at the ad and the gun that was brought to spot light was the 7.62 nato round and was a military or sniper type weapon... how many of these do you think would not have been altered or changed from factory specs? most sniper guns I have seen are usually not factory built... but have been thru an armorer and modified from front to back most have ridiculous low trigger pull and the angle changed on the sear and the bolt was altered to smooth the the operation... and yes you could breath on these guns and they would fire... but they were not made factory this way... so my answer is no there are no safety issues with a factory made 700... and if you look at most accidents some one has not followed the rules, always remember rule one never chamber a round till its time to fire... the next rule is give any thing to the news media and or lawyers and they will blow it all out of text if it benefits a certain cause... In looking at the ad and the gun that was brought to spot light was the 7.62 nato round and was a military or sniper type weapon… how many of these do you think would not have been altered or changed from factory specs? most sniper guns I have seen are usually not factory built… but have been thru an armorer and modified from front to back most have ridiculous low trigger pull and the angle changed on the sear and the bolt was altered to smooth the the operation… and yes you could breath on these guns and they would fire… but they were not made factory this way… so my answer is no there are no safety issues with a factory made 700… and if you look at most accidents some one has not followed the rules, always remember rule one never chamber a round till its time to fire… the next rule is give any thing to the news media and or lawyers and they will blow it all out of text if it benefits a certain cause…

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenewsoftoday.com/remington-700-rifle-a-cause-for-concern/4015/#comment-9223 Anonymous Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:01:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=4015#comment-9223 See Remington's response at www.remington700.tv. See Remington’s response at http://www.remington700.tv.

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