Remington 700 recall, anyone else affected?

Quite honestly, you are better of buying an after market trigger and replacing it yourself.

When it comes back from Remington, you will still have an XMark trigger and who know what shape your rifle will be in.

All you have to do is look at the crap they are turning out today and remember that this recall isn't producing revenue for them. Guess who will be working on your rifle?
 
All they are going to do is remove excess material that was used to seal the adjustment screws. It seems some sealant on some rifles has dripped down into the inner workings of the trigger. The trigger is not being replaced if I understand this right, just inspected and cleaned if necessary.

Another, even worse problem is not being addressed. The one adjustment screw that can be accessed by consumers is drilled straight through the trigger. It seems that this is leaving the actual trigger very weak, and easily broken. I'd just replace the whole thing with an aftermarket trigger rather than deal with the hassle of returning a rifle.

 
I believe that I would be if I still had the factory trigger in it but due to not being able to adjust the pull I replaced it with a Timney shortly after I bought the rifle.
 
You guys make a good case for replacing the trigger... and I wouldn't have to remove my comp to send it back.

I'm guessing the Timney with safety would be the easiest swap?
 
Nope, first thing I do when I get a 700 is to replace the trigger. I've preached it here for years, Remington factory triggers are junk.
 
I have the Rem 700 SPS .223 and it is on the recall list. After reading this thread, replacing the trigger seems to be a better idea than sending it back. Would anybody by chance, have a part number for a Timney trigger replacement?
 
Timney's 510 (all blue) or 512 (nickel-plated trigger/safety) seem to be the two most frequently mentioned on-line (both are for right-hand models).

I have an SPS .223 as well... but I haven't decided which trigger I want yet. :confused:
 
Got lucky for a change

Last Remington 700's I bought were the wood stocked, iron sited, blued, 416 in 1999 and a 300RUM in 2000.
Up till that time I was a firm believer in off the shelf 700's. I'd been buying them since 1975. I don't know what happened but the quality and quality control has gone down hill.

Never did like the 700 triggers though. Off the shelf it took two men and a boy just to pull it!!
 
Get a trigger with the safety attached. They are usually the same price and turn the replacement into a simple do it yourself project.
 
Seems like Rem has had problems with their triggers all along since the 700s marketing. 600 & model 7 too.
I changed all 3 of my rifle triggers out over this last winter with Timney's.
One ordered from Brownnells the other two from Timney itself. Timney will preset your desired trigger pull poundage for free when bought direct. That perk alone save's their buyers the price of a trigger pull gauge. Going from a stock Rem trigger pull of near 11lbs down to 3-lbs sure made a huge difference. No trigger movement or trigger travel whatsoever. Sear break is right there at the beginning of a pull.
Only specialized tools I needed to help install the mechanism with was a Course Cut rat tail file I purchased from Home Depot and a 3/32nd Starlet steel punch I also purchased from Brownell's.
Simple filling job on the bottom edge of the trigger mortise cutout needed to be opened a shade more in order to fully accommodate the trigger assembly into its mortise . Took all of 1/2 hour ea. to have the triggers completely mounted in two 700 Mtn rifles w/wood stocks.
That amount of time spent on each rifle was excessive because of my wanting of a precise hand fitted trigger & stock filling job. Otherwise 10 minuets or less is all it really takes to mount the trigger itself without any wood work needing to be done. Simple install.
 
I have, until this morning, been a Rem user and fan since 1973. All of the Remmys in my safe are affected. All have been restocked and glass-bedded, all have scopes suitable to their intended use, sighted in and doped. I'll be damned if I'll send my rifles to some unknown customer service person for an unknown length of time to screw around (pun intended) with a now <0.75 MOA rifle (as they are now). I'll replace the four triggers in question and have my preferred smith do the filing and fitting. I'm also done with Remington...this is a preposterous situation. The XMP triggers have both design and manufacturing issues but I've adjusted them, per Rem's instructions, to work satisfactorily.

:mad:

FH
 
I don't understand what is going on. My 700 Varmint Special has ben fine. I bought it back in 1979. I just shot it a few days ago. I shot two 5 shot groups I could cover with a dime. I'm sure a new Timley would improve it but I don't see any thing wrong with it as a factory trigger.:confused:
 
Did it really take 8 years for them to figure this out? Seriously? Quality control... Two words Remington forgot a long time ago.



Glad I tossed all my XMP triggers for Timney replacements now more than ever.
 
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