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I've had good luck with Timney, never an issue.
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There are 2 groups of sportsmen:
1. those who don't believe the Remington trigger has a problem. They've never had one improperly fire.
2. those who have had one misbehave.
Those in group 1 will readily convert to group 2 when one of their rifles does misbehave. I'm betting that there are those in group 1 who still won't ADMIT to converting to group 2 even after experiencing misbehavior.
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had it happen more than once on 700 adl that the trigger had never been messed with.
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Remington 700s: The biggest POS hoax perpetrated to the shooting public in a century... Couldn't agree more- repeated incidents like the above are precisely why there is not a single Remington in my gun safes. Stuff like this doesn't happen to our Weatherbys.........
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I have a number of Remington 700's, and have adjusted the triggers on most of them to around 3 lbs. I've never had a problem with a discharge when the safety is released. Nevertheless, I am starting to replace them with Timneys. The risk seems to be low but it appears to be there.
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The Remington issue has been out there for years. Anyone still running a older Remington Walker style trigger is foolish. There are countless aftermarket solutions. Anyone having one go off on them multiple times without a complete trigger change out is a really slow learner and damned lucky no one got hurt. They are "lucky" they weren't pointing their rifle at anyone when it went off accidentally? Just out of curiosity, what percentage of time are your rifles pointing at people?
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I have 8 to 10 Remington 700’s. I guess I need to start working on changing them to Timneys. The videos on u tube make it look easy.
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If adjusted properly they are excellent triggers.
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Having owned 50+ rifles w/the Walker trigger, I know this is BS. Until it happens to you...
I'm a Remington fan myself. As of last few tears I have bought mostly Winchester 70s and have grown to like them more than anything else. Why doesn't anyone ever hear about a Winchester 70 trigger releasing the sear when taking off of safety after it has been adjusted by the owners like one constantly hears about the Remingtons?
Totally different safety function - the M70 retracts the firing pin, unlike the Remington designs which do not.. Redneck, are the TriggerTech triggers a simple unscrew the old trigger and replace with the new trigger type conversion. I've got three Remingtons and have never had a problem with the triggers. Adjusted all of them to around 2 1/2 - 3 lbs nearly 25-30 years ago, but religiously clean them with lighter fluid when I clean the guns. I'm getting to the point I think I will change them out before something does happen. I didn't put much credence in all of this for a long time, but I am getting more nervous about it all the time. Maybe something to do with getting older, I think sometimes I may have used most of my good luck up on simple things. My luck doesn't always run as good as James does. I'd hate to shoot my new truck or worse.
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Remington 700s: The biggest POS hoax perpetrated to the shooting public in a century... WHOA! Bigger than Leupold? That's serious!
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Mine was working fine, but I trashed it for a Timney years ago. It's a better trigger and I trust it not to go bang until I'm ready.
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My Remington 700 BDL was mfg in 1998 and I had a good gunsmith adjust the trigger to 3 lbs - does it fall into the 'risk category'?? I haven't had a problem, even on cold mornings....yet.
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Are there instances of misfires in triggers that have not been adjusted?
I'm interested in the answers to Paul's questions, especially the second one. Absolutely. I know of two that have never had any fiddling with trigger adjustments. One went off when he took the safety off to shoot a deer, and the other went off when he went to unload it before leaving his stand.
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My Remington 700 BDL was mfg in 1998 and I had a good gunsmith adjust the trigger to 3 lbs - does it fall into the 'risk category'?? I haven't had a problem, even on cold mornings....yet. And "yet" is THE operative word... 
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Precisely why you don't rely on an empty gun or a safety, If you rely on muzzle control nobody gets hurt when everything else goes wrong. EXACTLY!! Rule Number ONE. Have 5 Rem 700's none of which have the original trigger. Belt and suspenders! You cannot tell me muzzle control will NEVER fail. It does. Sometimes through no fault of the nut behind the trigger. And that is the reason for an empty chamber if a hot one is not absolutely mandatory, or highly advisable at thee time. And here we go again...... I have a 725 and a 700, both with original triggers and never a problem over the last 45 years. But trigger replacement is on my list of to-dos also. Belt, suspenders, and one hand holding it up.....
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My Remington 700 BDL was mfg in 1998 and I had a good gunsmith adjust the trigger to 3 lbs - does it fall into the 'risk category'?? I haven't had a problem, even on cold mornings....yet. And "yet" is THE operative word... Hey!! I'll take that as to put a new trigger on my to-do list, thank you.
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I havea 6mm 700 ADL converted to BDL. Will leave it to my son but he is not the rifle loony I am so a new trigger is on my list.
Thinking Trigger Tech. Anyone recommend something else?
Have had good luck with Jewell but a bit pricey. Rifle Basix? Have both. The Jewell feels a lot better than the Rifle Basix, although both feel better than the factory trigger.
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Because the Rifle Basix replacement trigger uses the rifle’s current factory safety switch, do the old switches that have a bolt lock down tab work as originally designed? CP.
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Hey, it hasnt happened to me and I havent seen it so I think its BS. I've seen ever thing. 
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Why even put an adjustment feature on them....
Then turn around and say it went bang cause you or a " gunsmith" adjusted it.
That argument holds no water.
Do they say how to adjust them in the owners manual ????
If so, then it is oxymoronical for Remington to make an adjustable trigger, put it the owners manual how to do it.
Then blame the user for doing it if that is the case.
I have seen their M40 sniper rifles discharge closing the bolt chambering a round several times.
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