[270man]

I just finished watching a TV program titled "Remington Under Fire" and the subject was the Rem 700's defective trigger. This was probably a program that has been around for a while but was my fist time to view it. I had mixed emotions. The narrator stated what I had heard years ago: that the Walker trigger had problems and the inventor himself suggested a 5-cent fix that was rejected by management. There are some class-action lawsuits in progress that will attempt to have Big Green recall all 700s. Obviously, this would bankrupt the company. The Rem 700s now have a new trigger but I know nothing about it -- concerning either the safety or the feel.

The program featured one guy who shot his son and claimed that he did not have his finger on the trigger. Another guy shot his foot off. Both said that their 700s went off "accidentally' and cited evidence of a company cover-up.

I once had a Model 600 that got some bad publicity for accidental discharges. It was sent in to the factory and returned with some "fix" installed. I couldn't duplicate the failure either before or after they worked on it. I still own a number of Model 700s and have never had one go off "accidentally".

While I can understand the sorrow of the man who lost his son, I was a bit miffed that not once was anything said about the cardinal rules of firearms safety. Why were these guns loaded and why were they pointed at self or a son? It seems to me that some of the blame must be assumed by these men who place all the blame on Remington.

270man