There is a special right now "Remington Underfire:A CNBC investigation" about how Remington 700's are going off without people touching the trigger! they have confirmed this from police departments and the ARMY sniper school. They show footage of a police officer touching the bolt and the gun FIRES.. another one switches from fire to safe and the gun fires. This malfunction has caused many deaths and many accidents.
Im not sure if this is old news or not but we all need to spread the word on this fast!
Try and watch this special but if you miss it do some research.
edit* and if you own a rem700 that does not have the xmark trigger system(2007) I would take the time to test your rifle and make sure this will not happen. Also make sure the trigger system is clean and free of debris. To me the video where the cop touches the bolt and the gun fires is just the most serious. A lot of people keep their guns in safe directions when there finger is on the trigger or about to be fired however when caring the gun back from the deer blind, loading into the truck, so on and so forth that muzzle discipline sometimes disappears.
jeremy
Im not sure if this is old news or not but we all need to spread the word on this fast!
Try and watch this special but if you miss it do some research.
edit* and if you own a rem700 that does not have the xmark trigger system(2007) I would take the time to test your rifle and make sure this will not happen. Also make sure the trigger system is clean and free of debris. To me the video where the cop touches the bolt and the gun fires is just the most serious. A lot of people keep their guns in safe directions when there finger is on the trigger or about to be fired however when caring the gun back from the deer blind, loading into the truck, so on and so forth that muzzle discipline sometimes disappears.
jeremy