REM 700 Recall Should I

[krunchnik]

I have never sent a firearm into a manufacture before so I am having some doubts as too whether or not I should send my Rem 700 in for this goofy recall.The rifle has over 100 rounds thru it with no funny problems or misfires.What would the collective do-inquiring minds would like to know?

[peejman]

I feel sure the engineers who designed it know more about it than I do, so I'd send it in.

[cz75b]

or you could do what a few others here had mentioned which was put an after market trigger in it and not worry about sending it back.something was wrong with the safety right,thats what recall was for?

[Grunt67]

Ok, maybe this will help. Recently bought a Remington Mod. 783, in .308. Shoots like a dream, but would not

strip cartdriges off the magazine. Called Rem., advised them I thought the problem was with the mag. itself.

They sent me another one, free. Same problem. Called again, they decided to sent it to a service center

in Paduca, Ky. Not far from you, BTW. Had it back in a week, mag had to be adjusted. Works fine now.

Point to all this is to say I had a good experience with Cust. Serv. Very polite, helpful, quick, no BS.

They prepaid shipping, BTW, via UPS.

 Good luck with your issue.

[Richard995]

Thanks for this post.  I was not aware of the recall.  I am going to send it back to Remington and they can fix it.  This is my favorite hunting rifle.  No need to buy a new trigger when this set up feel so right. 

[Dolomite_supafly]

The problem isn't a few rifles being repaired but all Remington 700's built for the last 8 years. So I bet they are getting in hundreds of guns a week and I guarantee they are not repairing hundreds of guns a week. I would like to hear from someone who sent in a R700 for the recall and see how long it took.

[graycrait]

I know that one of our local gunstores had to send 18 Remingtons back. Multiply that by all the other gun stores, big and small, in the nation just for recent models and then add all the ones sold the last 8 years - how many could that be?  I was reading on some forum that some 700 and M7 owners are just opting to put a Rifle Basix or Timney trigger in and be done with it.  If that is all there is to the fix, replacing the trigger, I would consider that if it were mine.

[krunchnik]

Yup,I was thinking of putting in a after market trigger also.The rifle shoots 3/4 inch groups at 100 yards with the trigger group it has now,I would think if there was an issue of the rifle going off when closing the bolt it would have happened by now.I have myself put about 2 boxes of PMC and Hornady down the tube without incident.The fella I got the rifle from I know has at least a box run thru also,and he was the second owner.So,I dont know.Right now Timney is the only one I have looked at-and they are getting scarce.Lots of owners with the same idea.The Remington trigger although has a very nice let off.

[Richard995]

I plan on sending my 700 back.  I have a lot of other rifles that I can shoot until I get this one back.  I will let you know how long it takes. 

[mikegideon]

My 700 is older. I did this. Made me a real happy guy...

 

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/706845/jewell-rifle-trigger-remington-700-40x-with-safety-1-1-2-oz-to-3-lb-stainless-steel

[whitewolf001]

Sent mine in, had to have some other work done anyways so it was a 'two birds, one stone' kinda thing.

[krunchnik]

Well-I got my shipping box from UPS today so am going to have to decide fairly quick whether its going back or getting a new trigger.

[molonlabetn]

My understanding is that the issue isn't with the geometry of the trigger mechanism, but an excess of 'gunk' used to hold small parts together which can prevent proper engagement... All they do is clean them, test them, stamp them, and ship them back. I've had mine apart, it's clean... If nothing else, it never has a round chambered unless it is pointing downrange anyways.

[cannoncocker]

Remington has had Model 700 trigger safety issues as long as I can remember.  My 700 in 300 BLK is affected by the latest problem. Because of Remington's history and the magnitude of the recall, I replaced my trigger with a Timney drop in.  It took less than 30 minutes and, believe me, I am no gunsmith.

 

The heck with Remington.

[krunchnik]

Yup-Decided when I can find a trigger thats what I will do.I really dont want to send it out without knowing when I will get it back.Although the paperwork says (SHOULD)take no longer than 3-4 weeks.The rifle is the varmint model in .308 and I had a smith cut the barrel down from 26 inch to 20 inches,I only shoot it a couple of times a year when I go north and that is relatively soon.Dont want to miss my plinking session due to it being in Remingtons hands for months.

[krunchnik]

My understanding is that the issue isn't with the geometry of the trigger mechanism, but an excess of 'gunk' used to hold small parts together which can prevent proper engagement... All they do is clean them, test them, stamp them, and ship them back. I've had mine apart, it's clean... If nothing else, it never has a round chambered unless it is pointing downrange anyways.

Is it difficult to check for the excess-I may just do that.

[molonlabetn]

Is it difficult to check for the excess-I may just do that.

If you feel confident in stripping it to the trigger, just give it a good cleaning and give the moving parts a very light coating of lube. I didn't see anything wrong with mine so I couldn't tell you if the problem is obvious, if it exists in your gun, though I imagine some parts may simply not freely move like they should.

[krunchnik]

If you feel confident in stripping it to the trigger, just give it a good cleaning and give the moving parts a very light coating of lube. I didn't see anything wrong with mine so I couldn't tell you if the problem is obvious, if it exists in your gun, though I imagine some parts may simply not freely move like they should.

Thanks for the info-thats axactly what I did,found some extra dried locktite on the back surface of the trigger assembly-just trimmed it and cleaned it off.It looks OK though.everything seems to move and lever correctly.

[Dave Keenom]

We put Timiny triggers in our issue 700s instead of sending them back.

 

Much nicer trigger. Set at 3.5lbs and zero takeup.

[Capbyrd]

I'm waiting on my box and shipping label to show up. 

[netmindr]

In the few boxes I've put through mine, I've never had an issue. I did notice at Walmart the other day they had a hand written note behind the register in the sporting goods dept that said they were not currently selling Remington 700s.

 

I did see on the Remington website http://xmprecall.remington.com the following blurb:

 

Contact the RARC nearest you to schedule a time when you can take your rifle to the repair center for installation of the new trigger mechanism. You will not be charged for the new trigger mechanism or its installation.

 

 

So it looks like they aren't just cleaning it, but replacing the entire trigger assembly.

Edited May 14, 2014 by netmindr

[krunchnik]

I broke the rifle down and inspected the trigger mechanism and found alittle bit of dried glue of some kind-sprayed it off-scraped the excess and worked it(dry fired)a few times and seems OK.I feel that its already had several boxes of ammo down range without any complications so I am just gonna  shoot the darn thing.The only time I shoot is at my dads place-150 yard range and the rifle is always pointed down range.Can't hurt a real lot if there is a glitch.

[whitewolf001]

Just got mine back today, trigger is a lil stiffer than before, we'll have to fix that... They replaced my extractor and spring whilst they were in there under a different op code, as I informed them as such, line on the repair order but did it under warranty so that was nice. Gonna give er a function test this Sunday to see if it cycles. Ugh, function tests with .300 Win Mag is NOT cheap...

Edited June 12, 2014 by whitewolf001

[rugerla1]

Just got mine back today, trigger is a lil stiffer than before, we'll have to fix that... They replaced my extractor and spring whilst they were in there under a different op code, as I informed them as such, line on the repair order but did it under warranty so that was nice. Gonna give er a function test this Sunday to see if it cycles. Ugh, function tests with .300 Win Mag is NOT cheap...

Glad to hear you got it back so soon. Hope everything works out good, since as you said .300 isn't cheap.

[Richard995]

I had sent my 700 back to Remington on 6/1/14.  I received it back yesterday, 8/14/14.  It took about 75 days from sending it out to getting it back.  The trigger feels the same as it did when I sent it out.