Remington 700 Trigger Problems

[petefrom bearswamp]

After an unexpected discharge when Elk hunting, with nothing  hurt except my pride i put a Timney on my 300 WBY mag.

[Crow99]

Pete, you made a good choice. Just about all the aftermarket triggers are safer than the Walker / Remington and can be safely adjusted to give a better trigger pull. I don't have figures at hand but it does seem that the 700 platform triggers are at least among the most popular and widely manufactured. And for good reason.
As to why Remington continued using their flawed design for so many decades,  it seems beyond normal human understanding.  Maybe it's because, in so many circumstances, you just can't seem to tell engineers anything..

[petefrom bearswamp]

Just as a point of interest I live a two hr drive from the  Ilion plant.
in the old days the small repairs to their shotguns were free but no more, I dont know about rifles..
Plus I'm sure they will be history in NY in a couple of years thanks to our liberal progressive Governor
However my son has had a 700 30-06 for 30 yrs with no problems.
Killed quite a few Adirondack whitetails with it too.
I use my good old win pre 64 model 70 up there
Also killed a lot up there about 37 last count.

[coxy]

Just as a point of interest I live a two hr drive from the  Ilion plant.
in the old days the small repairs to their shotguns were free but no more, I dont know about rifles..
Plus I'm sure they will be history in NY in a couple of years thanks to our liberal progressive Governor
However my son has had a 700 30-06 for 30 yrs with no problems.
Killed quite a few Adirondack whitetails with it too.
I use my good old win pre 64 model 70 up there
Also killed a lot up there about 37 last count.

37 was that in one year :D :D :D :D :D

[Chris Burchfield]

I sent mine out Sept. 21 just returned today Oct. 29 not a bad turn around, and not 12 weeks identified on their web site.  Repair document in the return box identified Replace Fire Control with updated XMP Fire Control.  I'm glad "My Baby is American Made."