Remington Model 7

[earschplitinloudenboomer]

There is a Model 7 sitting in my gun cabinet that my mother bought new. No one has had their mits in it. To my knowledge it has never been out of the stock. Gun fails to stay cocked most of the time, once you manage to get it cocked, if you release the safety, the striker will sometimes fall with no jarring and nothing touching the trigger. Remington says that while some Mod. 7's are affected, they say this one is not in the serial # range to have the problem. I gave my Mom an Interarms Mini-Mauser which I had built in .221 Fireball to replace her Mod. 7 in .223. I do not really want to lay out the extra cash to fix a problem that Rem. wont. But folks I absolutely refuse to trade or sell the gun.
That "rumor" it has could kill someone.

By the way, I made my living for several years as a gunsmith. I have had my mitts in many, many triggers, Remingtons, Winchesters, Rugers, Manlicher/Shoenaurs, Colt Saurs etc.

My comments here are not meant to insult anyones choice of rifles, but the information is there. The documented cases are there. The pay offs by Rem. are there. Please read and research this subject, not for my sake, for yours.