"Remington, Under Fire"

[Hobbes]

Apparently it's the design of the trigger/safety group.

Supposedly, you can engage the safety, pull the trigger, release the trigger, and when you take the safety off the rifle immediately discharges.

Remington offers this safety upgrade on models manufactured before 1982
http://www.remington.com/pages/news...ogram/remington-model-700-and-model-40-X.aspx

They changed the design in 82 but the lawsuits claim that discharges still occur.


Thread at THR about it.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=548107&page=1

 

[Randall]

Apparently it's the design of the trigger/safety group.

Supposedly, you can engage the safety, pull the trigger, release the trigger, and when you take the safety off the rifle immediately discharges."

Had that happen to my daughter while deer hunting when she was about 15 with a model 700 .243. We were back at the truck unloading the rifles when BOOM! hers went off,luckily pointing up. We just stood there a minute until we could hear again,said she wasn't touching the trigger,took the safety off and had just grabbed the bolt handle when it happened.
Randall

 

[NikatKimber]

Hmm... I'll have to see if that happens on mine. Unloaded of course!

 

[Toney]

Yep it was the saftey.

 

[danbob10]

I tried this on three different remingtons...a 22-250 BDL made in the 70's.....a 300 win mag sendaro, and a 700 SPS.....they all worked as advertised. Has anyone been able to make this work on thier guns?

 

[mr ed]

The only really dangerous ones are the pre82s cause you can't open the bolt without taking it off safe. The only ones I've ever seen that did what they were talking out were ones someone tried adjusting.
Rules of gun safety.
#1 never trust a safety
#2 never take off safe until aimed at your target and ready to fire.
#3 always keep muzzle pointed in a safe direction
#4 treat every gun as if it is loaded.
in 99% of the cases cited these rules were not followed.

 

[pinkhamr]

They had a lot of issues with the (now pulled) model 597 ????

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...-hmr-recall-buyback-ammunition-and-model-597/

 

[deja]

The only really dangerous ones are the pre82s cause you can't open the bolt without taking it off safe. The only ones I've ever seen that did what they were talking out were ones someone tried adjusting.
Rules of gun safety.
#1 never trust a safety
#2 never take off safe until aimed at your target and ready to fire.
#3 always keep muzzle pointed in a safe direction
#4 treat every gun as if it is loaded.
in 99% of the cases cited these rules were not followed.

Those aren't an accurate portrayal of basic rules. #2 keep your finger off the trigger until you're aimed and ready to fire or pointed in a safe direction. A good number of guns require you to pull the trigger to pull the bolt out (my Savage), and the safety cannot be engaged while this happens. A good number of guns don't even have manual safeties (my handgun, a Glock). Additionally, you have to pull the trigger on the Glock to field strip it.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Isn't this the same network that rigged trucks to catch fire, and got caught because they showed a GMC catching fire BEFORE it was Tboned.

 

[Hobbes]

CNBC has posted segments of the show online here:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39554936/

This clip shows snipers with the Portland Maine police demonstrating the unintentional discharge.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1616222630&play=1
It looks like the rifle doesn't fire for some reason and as soon as he touches the bolt handle it fires.


It looks remarkably like what Randall described earlier in this thread: