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<blockquote data-quote="spyglass" data-source="post: 1330979" data-attributes="member: 13068">Well, we can go around this safe direction business ad infinitum...the real issue is that the decision-making individuals at the DuPont-owned Remington concern KNEW decades ago this was potential, possibly even likely, defect, and yet elected not to fix it or make it public. That is corporate malfeasance....remember, they had received thousands of letters from 700 owners of that very problem occurring....yet they tried to say it was &quot;mishandling&quot; or &quot;improper maintenance&quot;. Perhaps in a few instances, yes....but not that many, for that long. 5 million of them out there and only thousands malfunctioned? How many of the millions of Toyotas had unintended acceleration problems? Only a few hundred, but look what happened. Toyota finally had to bite the bullet, after being aware of the problem for a while. They, and other auto companies as well, have learned it&#039;s best to step up and admit errors or oversights. If you&#039;re a 700 owner (or fan), just because the problem hasn&#039;t happened with your rifle, doesn&#039;t mean it won&#039;t. Her gun was an older model they&#039;d had for some time, and she was thoroughly familiar with it...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spyglass, post: 1330979, member: 13068"] Well, we can go around this safe direction business ad infinitum...the real issue is that the decision-making individuals at the DuPont-owned Remington concern KNEW decades ago this was potential, possibly even likely, defect, and yet elected not to fix it or make it public. That is corporate malfeasance....remember, they had received thousands of letters from 700 owners of that very problem occurring....yet they tried to say it was "mishandling" or "improper maintenance". Perhaps in a few instances, yes....but not that many, for that long. 5 million of them out there and only thousands malfunctioned? How many of the millions of Toyotas had unintended acceleration problems? Only a few hundred, but look what happened. Toyota finally had to bite the bullet, after being aware of the problem for a while. They, and other auto companies as well, have learned it's best to step up and admit errors or oversights. If you're a 700 owner (or fan), just because the problem hasn't happened with your rifle, doesn't mean it won't. Her gun was an older model they'd had for some time, and she was thoroughly familiar with it... [/QUOTE]

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