Are people STILL being duped by CNBC's HIGHLY subjective report on the Remington 700?
Remington's website (700 Network) and Youtube video series debunk the "Remington Under Fire" report, point by point. Before anyone gets too upset after watching MSNBC's "Remington Under Fire", you should watch the other half of the story, the half built on facts, not shoddy and subjective reporting. Watch Remington's point by point response on Youtube or on their website (link is below). It seperates the hard facts from emotionaly charged fiction.
http://www.remington700.tv/#
Chevy, Ford, Lockheed Martin, Colt, Winchester, S&W, BMW, Toyota, and yes, even REMINGTON, all have the occassional defective products. It happens. The Remington 700 is a strong, reliable, well built gun. If the ammo ends up accidently overloaded with powder, or the case ruptures, Remington's famous 3 rings of steel can and will stop any potential injury. Most if not ALL of those defective rifles in the emotionaly charged CNBC report had their trigger systems tampered with, or were rusted and full of crud and had been altered outside of the factory. Any rifle, if abused or "tuned" (altered) by a wanna-be gunsmith, outside of factory specs, by a non-qualified individual, can be a potential safety hazard. And what about muzzle control... remember rule #1? If you accidently bump the trigger when closing the bolt (which is VERY easy to do, and very few, if ANY admit it when it happens), the muzzle should be pointed ... where???? And when it goes "BANG" when it wasn't supposed to, it appears many who bumped the trigger, instead of owning it, blame the gun. Its always easier to shift the blame to a "defective part" and lodge a lawsuit than to own it. Remember the mysterious Toyota "accelerating gas pedel"? When the facts came out, it was all BS.
And about the crap CNBC mentioned, and previously repeated in this thread by others
rolleyes
, about rust, derbis, etc. getting lodged in that gap between the trigger and trigger connector that allows the trigger to be "tricked"? ... The CNBC "expert" (who it turns out makes a living testifying in court against lots of gun makers), said himself
under oath that it would be next to impossible to duplicate and he has
never seen a Remington in that condition, but he
did know of individuals
accidently firing the gun when they closed the bolt and touched the trigger!!!
CAT scans of alleged "defective" 700's showed, without a doubt, NO DERBIS BETWEEN THE TRIGGER AND CONNECTOR! Nothing! There are 2 sides to this story, and CNBC did their best to play on the viewers emotions by only depicting 1 side of the story and Court cases. If I ran Remington, I would strongly be considering litigation against CNBC and the reporter for slander and defamation.
Let me put it this way, if that reporter was a Police detective conducting an investigation and building a criminal case, he would end up in court, on the stand, and be quickly discredited and would lose his badge and job and be open to both a civil lawsuit and prosecution. You don't present half the facts in Court and hide evidence in order to make your case. The scales of Justice swing both ways.
I have no reservations about buying a new Remington 700. I'm looking at getting a new .270, and a
"Made in the USA" Remington is at the top of my list. If you consider the sheer volume of model 700's that have been produced since 1962, over 5 MILLION (!!!) and thats not counting the number of previous models (721's and 722's), I'm guessing that Remington still has a better reliability / customer satisfaction than most other gun makers out there combined.
My Grandfather's 1949 model 721 .270, after thousands of rounds and some pretty rough treatment along the way, is still going strong and taking deer with deadly accuracy and a SUPER crisp trigger... 62 years after it was bought. So yes, a newer version of Mr. Walker's rifle, a
made in the USA rifle, is in my future, with no reservations or 2nd thoughts...
Again, check out the facts, the TRUTH;
http://www.remington700.tv/#
Be objective and listen to both sides
before you jump on the CNBC bandwagon and start posting Anti-Remington BS, or not buying one of the strongest, most accurate rifles ever made on American soil. Remington is a big target for lawyers and the media (who are for the most part, Anti-gun), who know the general public, including many gun owners (and obviously some FiringLine members), will buy their line of BS. And no, I don't have a dog in this fight, I don't work for Remington or own any stock in the Company. I just can't stand subjective and twisted, anti-gun reporting.