Remington Trigger Recall: Has anyone got their rifle back?

[Area Man]

I sent my rifle back, although I am perfectly capable of fixing it myself. I wanted to have the paper trail that a recalled rifle was repaired by the factory, if I decide to sell it or give it away someday.

And they tell me that I won't live forever and therefore it will someday be someone else's gun.

For my usage with the subject rifle (hunting) I don't want to spend the money on a replacement trigger.

 

[Area Man]

and who's to say that the trigger will truly come back better than it was?

The paperwork will say the recalled firearm was repaired at the factory, whether it needed or not.

 

[Taildrag15X]

and who's to say that the trigger will truly come back better than it was?

The paperwork will say the recalled firearm was repaired at the factory, whether it needed or not.

Not to be a D!ck, but......

Who is going to make sure that paperwork stays with that fine Remington 700 rifle Great-great grandpa had sent back to have fixed?

I did machine worked for a Gunsmith in the 80's, he had a contract with Winchester as an Authorized Repair Center to replace the firing pins in Model 100's, he had a box of Repair Letters from Winchester, one went out with every Rifle when they shipped back to the owner.

Still to this day when I see a Win. Model 100 for sale I ask if the Recall for the firing pin was done and do they have the letter. When FTF like at a Gun Show I just get a dumb stare, from the internet I get responses that there was no recall.....I've yet to see one of those letters.

 

[CaptainMal]

Bought a Remington 600 back in the 1960's. Still have it. You had to take the safety off to work the bolt.

Heard there was a recall on that. Just heard of it about two years ago. Contacted Remington, sent it back and they returned it with a new, replacement trigger quickly.

Almost 5 decades after manufacture they did warranty/recall work. It doesn't get much better than that.

 

[titanxt]

My problem with the whole thing is I have a rings lapped and a scope mounted. I do not want to remove the scope AND it bugs me that a possible solution is to buy an aftermarket trigger that I didn't want to spend the money on in the first place. This is a coyote rifle and one that had a decent trigger to begin with. Would an aftermarket trigger be nice to have, sure! But, I have other things that I would like to buy when I get another extra $1-200 lying around.

Andy

 

[NateHaler]

My problem with the whole thing is I have a rings lapped and a scope mounted. I do not want to remove the scope AND it bugs me that a possible solution is to buy an aftermarket trigger that I didn't want to spend the money on in the first place. This is a coyote rifle and one that had a decent trigger to begin with.

Take the barreled action out of the stock, and look at the trigger assembly. If it has goop flowing out of it, then take it apart and clean it. Problem solved. Or, always point the rifle in a safe direction (which you should be doing 100% of the time anyway), whenever you're handling it, and you'll have no problem even if somehow you have a negligent discharge. Remington is over-reacting, because of potential liability, imposed on them by an out-of-control judicial and legislative system that particularly hates the firearm industries.

 

[JohnHenry]

Had a 1987/1988 vintage XP-100 that was subject of a trigger recall. Admittedly a different Remington in those days when they were owned by DuPont, but I replaced the trigger with a Jewell when I used the action for a rifle build and sold the recalled trigger to Remington for $75. Told them if they wanted to assure it was off the market that they could buy the recalled trigger.

 

[hermdog]

Just got an email from Remington. They told me I could send just the triggers from my guns and they will correct the recall problem but won't be able to test fire them. They will be marked as such and returned to me. I can use the shipping tags they provided and the documentation they provided. Since I am replacing them with aftermarket triggers this will work great for me.

 

[SShooterZ]

Interesting, the last time this topic came up, it got locked. :-X ??? :-\

 

[Area Man]

Still to this day when I see a Win. Model 100 for sale I ask if the Recall for the firing pin was done and do they have the letter. When FTF like at a Gun Show I just get a dumb stare, from the internet I get responses that there was no recall.....I've yet to see one of those letters.

I see your point. But whoever I transfer my Rem to is going to get the paperwork. It's a changing world and there are more and more hungry lawyers every day.

 

[Area Man]

If you had a GM car that was recalled over the ignition switch issue, would you self determine that it wasn't an issue or just put a new spring in the detent and let it go at that?

Or would you want the Carfax report to reflect that the car was returned to a dealer for repair in accordance with the recall notice?

 

['Freak]

I finally got a box this week for one of now two rifles with recalled triggers but I’d already decided Remington was not getting my rifle(s). That would mean removing optics and swapping aftermarket triggers back out of the things to reinstall the possible offenders. However, if Remington is willing to accept triggers only and do their thing that’s fine with me. Reckon I’ll give’em a call and hopefully arrange to send both in one package.

 

[NateHaler]

If you had a GM car that was recalled over the ignition switch issue, would you self determine that it wasn't an issue or just put a new spring in the detent and let it go at that?

Or would you want the Carfax report to reflect that the car was returned to a dealer for repair in accordance with the recall notice?

Apples and oranges, but nice try. If you replaced the barrel of your Rem rifle, would you consider that a liability? How about the stock, or the bolt handle? What if you fired reloads in it, would you inform the buyer (maybe even save all of your load recipes and log books)?

You need to understand, rather than fear, the issue. It's not faulty metallurgy. It's excess sealant in a (already crummy) trigger assembly, that is easily fixed by a careful and handy consumer. And regardless of whether the trigger is the POS installed by the factory, or a Jewell or CG 22 or whatever far superior aftermarket trigger, negligent handling of the rifle -- OR ANY FIREARM INCLUDING OLYMPIC QUALITY RIFLES -- can result in injury or death.

Do you expect CarFax to show if a vehicle had a K&N filter installed, or bigger tires and wheels, or an aftermarket exhaust? How about Brembo brakes?

 

[Zale]

I got a prepaid box a couple weeks ago. Was supposed to send to a regional authorized service center to do the work. Before I shipped, I called the service center to get an estimate of time. At first, they seemed unaware of this situation, but determined they were to do the work. At any location besides Remington, they are to replace the triggers as I understand it. The location I was to use had not received any triggers and had no idea when they would. I called Remington to verify this and they confirmed. They also had no idea when replacement triggers would be sent out. Seems like a good way to loose your rifle with them setting in some building for several months or more. I kept mine at home till more progress is made.

 

[Area Man]

Do you expect CarFax to show if a vehicle had a K&N filter installed, or bigger tires and wheels, or an aftermarket exhaust? How about Brembo brakes?

I expect it to show if the vehicle was the subject of safety recall, that the repair was performed by a factory authorized service center. Doesn't have anything to do with the tires or exhaust.

 

[gorji]

FYI: My rifle is in my possession now. So it took about 50 days. Paper work stated trigger was replaced.
Thank goodness; I can finally go shooting.

 

[Dave A]

Seems like the scenario changes depending on who you talk to at Remington. I had two serial numbers on the list, one a Rem 700 tactical in .223 and the other a new action purchased from Brownells to build a 6BR. I had replaced the factory trigger with a Timney and the new build had a Timney Calvin Elite installed.

At first Remington sent me empty boxes, but there was no way I was going to send the rifles to them. I finally called and the person I talked to said that I should just destroy the factory triggers and that they did not want them back. I thought this was a bit strange given liability issues these days, but that closed out my claim in their system. I still have the factory triggers, but would not sell them to anyone and they will probably gather dust in a drawer.

 

[Area Man]

Contrary to the predictions that it would take months and months for Remington to repair my rifle and return it to me, I received my M700 back today. I shipped it in late May and it was received by Remington on 6/2. So it took about 6 weeks.

Repair Document says the Fire Control was replaced with an Updated Fire Control.

 

[WyoWindage]

I just recvd a box to send my R700 in for trigger repair. Have been reading your comments and now not sure what I should do. Just recently, I see that a judgement has been handed down that at least two deaths in Montana (Billings Gazette, I think) were caused by older R700 Walker design triggers. Seems to me that ALL R700's will be on the recall list very soon. If that happens, Rem may go bankrupt. I think I will wait awhile to pursue sending mine in. Ron.

 

[strut64]

I got mine back. Beginning to end about 10 weeks.