I bet they liked these:
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Posted on 10/28/2010 5:14:35 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
The Portland, Oregon Police Department decided to stop using its Remington 700 rifles after the airing of CNBC’s documentary, “Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation,” according to “The Portland Press Herald.” The doc premiered on October 20th
“I don’t want to run the risk of having an accidental discharge like this where it puts an officer’s or community member’s life in danger,” Police Chief James Craig (picture, right) said to “The Portland Press Herald” Wednesday.
The documentary explores claims that the Remington Model 700- series hunting rifle is known to fire without pulling the trigger. The rifle’s manufacturer, Remington, has been aware of this issue for just about 60 years, according the the CNBC doc, which re-airs tonight at 8pmET.
So Remington has been making this platform in various calibers and tens of thousands of copies for decades, and how many people have been hurt?
The Remington 700 is one fine rifle. Straight out of the box it will out shoot anything in its price range. I have owned several, been around a lot of them and have never heard of a legitimate problem.
Gotta love politically correct idiots.
/johnny
FN
Hmmmm...nice combo.
A Weatherby to make the shots, and a Seiko to time them.
/johnny
I couldn’t even begin to count how many rounds I’ve put through my 700 Sendero and I don’t see how it could ever discharge on it’s own just from being bumped or dropped. The trigger is firm and well articulated - not Glockish at all. I’d buy that gun again without a second thought.
“The documentary explores claims that the Remington Model 700- series hunting rifle is known to fire without pulling the trigger.”
Proving the left’s long held contention that it is guns alone that kill people, not people who kill people.
; )
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CNBC never saw a gun they didn’t hate.
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Most likely it is reloaders who seat the primary incorrectly. It is possible to seat the primer so that it protrudes beyond the surface of the base of the cartridge and if the bolt closes to quickly, it may fire just as any other bolt gun would do in that situation. If the primer is seated properly it will not fire without pulling the trigger.
The gun is a fine one, the American Mauser if you will. Highly recommended by all who have owned them.
/johnny
Portland MAINE not Oregon.
You betcha! Ya just gotta love em. Now how many are they going to dispose of? I would like to purchase all they want to sell. Just to get em of the streets and for the good of the children.
I have a little under 5,000 rounds through mine with no problems.
Most of us who do reload are extremely paranoid about primer position and make darned sure that the primer is correctly seated.
My guess the number guns that fired when the person closed the bolt is less than ten. Everyone who reloads knows about this.
I bet they liked these:
and these:
and these:
OK, but I'll bet it can't aim itself.
Police officers shouldn’t be carrying guns in the first place. If they do, a mandatory 35 lb trigger would be about right.
I heard on local news hee they were ‘pulling all four of them’ from service.
The FN patrol in .308 retails in the $800s, the 700 SPS in the $500s. A while back you could buy the barrel/action of the Patrol and assemble a complete rifle for about the same as an SPS. I’d take the Remmy myself, but I’m not spending taxpayer’s money....
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