I had a major scare yesterday. Model 7 in .243 that my daughter and I have shot a couple hundred rounds through, both on the bench and hunting. She was preparing to shoot a large doe and when she flipped the safety off, the gun fired, scaring the CRAP out of both of us. I'm positive she did not have her finger on the trigger as I was actually watching her as she was pushing the safety off.
Everyone has heard of the Remington recalls and lawsuits, but honestly I never paid much attention to them. This gun was bought second hand and the trigger was lightened by my local smith several years ago. It has the old style Walker trigger and was set to just under 3 lbs.
Any thoughts? Has this ever happened to anyone else here?
I'm leaning to just replace with a Triggertech or Timney and move on.
Just curious. Have you ever flushed your trigger assembly out after hunting season?
Also sounds like your local gunsmith might have not adjusted it correctly or didn’t reseal the screws.
