>>and I'll beat that horse every
>>time I see it ;-)
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>How many have you Seen Fail?
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>I Know it Happens!
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>besides,The Woman I Talked to at
>Remington Asked me if I
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>My Guns?
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>I Said Hundreds of Times!
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>She then said any Malfunction would
>be My Fault!
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>You Gotta Use REM-OIL!
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>[Font][Font color = "blue"]I Changed My
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>Like 6 Damn Times Now!
I've seen one Remington model 700 fire when taken off safety. It was a .375 H&H. Back when I used to film and produce hunting videos. During a fall brown bear hunt on Admiralty Island Alaska.
We were set up on a salmon stream (3 of us, guide, client and myself). The client and guide would chamber a round when set up. This time we saw no bears and were getting ready to leave so they both went to unchamber their guns. We were all standing maybe five feet apart when BOOM! The clients gun went off.
I don't think I've ever had a bigger crap your pants moment than when that Remington went off. All three of us were facing each other when it happened and fortunately the rifle was pointed upwards at the time. When you are in quiet hunting mode and a .375 h&h discharges several feet away, it leaves a big impression. The only thing that person did, was quietly take off the safety.
Needless to say their was a big discussion between client and guide as to what just happened. If I hadn't seen it myself, I wouldn't believe it. Unfortunately I had just shut my camera down and was in the act of putting my lens cap on when the gun went off, otherwise at least the audio would have been recorded.
Same season, different client, different island hunting black bear this time. This client also had a Rem 700 in .375 (the guide always recommended Remington and .375 was the minimum caliber he recommended). Client got a shot on a nice black bear, missed and tried to reload. He didn't get a follow up shot because his extractor failed and the casing was left stuck in the chamber (another known weakness of the Remington 700).
Those are my two first-hand experiences of Remington failures. That was enough to make me leary of Remington 700s. Add to that the quality control issues of the last 15 years along with the poor customer service combined with poorly handled recalls and I wouldn't buy a new Remington if it were half off.
In full disclosure I do like and buy OLDER Rem 870 and 1100 wingmasters when I find a good deal. They did make some good products at one time. Today, not so much.