Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Remington 700 "unintentional discharge"

All I know on forty or so years of owning a 700ADL I never had it happen, and did eventually lighten the trigger myself as I wanted it at around 3 lbs, never a problem, and none of my relatives or friends with them have had trouble except one friend pulled the bolt handle off his in 300 win mag.

But it never hurts to read about issues, and maybe make one a little more careful in case it might happen.

Several absolute facts:
Remington paid off on a lawsuit where a woman shot and killed her son. Belk tested the trigger and was unable to make it repeat the event. Remington paid off because of the risks involved in front of a jury. Belk did not do firearm owners any favors. Especially when he went to the MSM. Belk is a POS.

Walker triggers are far from the only triggers with a history
.... considering the sheer numbers of 700 triggers out there compared to any other, do the math...

Vitually any trigger can be Bubba'd to fire when the safety is released.

I have yet to see or hear of an AD with any empty chamber...

I have no issues with the Walker trigger, although I guess anyone dumb enough could make one "dangerous." I did have one "bad 700" cross my workbench, but it was one of those that had only been "cleaned" at the end of deer season. Action never out of the stock, not even when it got dunked. It was brown with minor pitting at all the contact points, with dried muck in the barrel channel. All I did was pull the housing, park it in solvent for a few hours, rinse it, blow it dry, oil and reinstall. Excellent trigger, actually, and after I got rid of the copper mine in the barrel, an excellent rifle.

The biggest problem with Remingtons is, they aren't totally idiot-proof, and there are lots of idiots in our world.

I never hunt with a loaded chamber anyway, with any firearm, unless I can see shootable meat within range. That has worked well for me.

This ! Buddy had a 243 win do this recently,so fugging scary . I have a 721 that had issues and it sits in the safe trigger less. It's a 270 so no loss !

I've never heard of à remington 700 with a timney trigger failing they must be idiot proof. But I couldn't say because I don't have enough information to make an absolute statement.

I much prefer a Walker trigger over a Timney. That is only because I have a lot of experience with both... I have many examples of both currently.

I'm kinda cheap and have a few guns so I go with the Timney. Tell me what you like about the Walker and price. Thanks

I wouldn’t hunt with “ole sausage fingers” again


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