edward hogan
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Point is this: NO Rem 700 safety blocks the firing pin from release.
The only "safety" that renders the rifle "safe" is an empty chamber.
What are the odds?
Are they ever high enough when accidental discharge is the outcome?
Have you adjusted your 700 trigger? Do you bounce the hell out of the rifle, on the buttstock when cocked, to see if such an event will cause the "safety" to fail? They will fail. You have to back the screw out enough so that it won't (maybe), and then lacquer it down so (maybe) it won't come loose. That's on the old 700 trigger. New ones I know nothing about, since I never bought another.
Ever unload a round from the chamber by using the bolt?
Damn sure better know where that muzzle is pointing, and have hearing protection on; plus, do it outside... Firing the round and dumping the magazine by floorplate release is the only 100% way to unload a loaded rem 700...
100%. Everytime, all the time...
How much we take for granted.
Got that special tool to remove your 700 firingpin from the bolt-body? Maybe you use shoe lace or other means to retract the FP from the bolt recess? On a Winchester 70, even the push-feed, you set the safety position to center press the locator and simply unscrew bolt assy from the bolt-body. On a Sako M995 action, you twist the bolt to un-cam the detent. Takes seconds. Bolt-body can be easily inspected and cleaned. These rifles are designed thoroughly to incorporate all important features, not with trigger group as some afterthought.
700s are easy to make shoot well, even with cheap factory barrels. Yet... the 700 was made for cheap production and no two have same headspace, even in same model and chambering.
A real "safety" blocks the firing pin so accidental discharge cannot occur while the block is engaged. Can a "safety" that is defective possibly discharge once bolt block is disengaged? Might could... Who can promise it won't? What is their promise worth if they're wrong?
Accidents have happened. None at my house...
The only "safety" that renders the rifle "safe" is an empty chamber.
What are the odds?
Are they ever high enough when accidental discharge is the outcome?
Have you adjusted your 700 trigger? Do you bounce the hell out of the rifle, on the buttstock when cocked, to see if such an event will cause the "safety" to fail? They will fail. You have to back the screw out enough so that it won't (maybe), and then lacquer it down so (maybe) it won't come loose. That's on the old 700 trigger. New ones I know nothing about, since I never bought another.
Ever unload a round from the chamber by using the bolt?
Damn sure better know where that muzzle is pointing, and have hearing protection on; plus, do it outside... Firing the round and dumping the magazine by floorplate release is the only 100% way to unload a loaded rem 700...
100%. Everytime, all the time...
How much we take for granted.
Got that special tool to remove your 700 firingpin from the bolt-body? Maybe you use shoe lace or other means to retract the FP from the bolt recess? On a Winchester 70, even the push-feed, you set the safety position to center press the locator and simply unscrew bolt assy from the bolt-body. On a Sako M995 action, you twist the bolt to un-cam the detent. Takes seconds. Bolt-body can be easily inspected and cleaned. These rifles are designed thoroughly to incorporate all important features, not with trigger group as some afterthought.
700s are easy to make shoot well, even with cheap factory barrels. Yet... the 700 was made for cheap production and no two have same headspace, even in same model and chambering.
A real "safety" blocks the firing pin so accidental discharge cannot occur while the block is engaged. Can a "safety" that is defective possibly discharge once bolt block is disengaged? Might could... Who can promise it won't? What is their promise worth if they're wrong?
Accidents have happened. None at my house...