Remington Model 700 malfunction

[hokie74]

On a hunt last weekend, one of the hunters had a malfunction of his Remington Model 700 in 300 win mag. At the end of the hunt, as he prepared to leave the stand, he was going to unload the weapon. The gun fired when he pushed the safety off in order to cycle the bolt. Fortunately, the muzzle was pointed in a safe direction. The only damage was a hole in the stand and possibly some laundry issues.
The owner was able to reproduce the malfunction, with an unloaded weapon, on return to the camp. The malfunction would not happen with the gun horizontal, vertical down, or vertical up. Only when about 10 deg. past vertical up, that is, the position your rifle is normally in with the butt on the ground, leaning against the corner of the stand.
Has anyone else heard of similar malfunctions?

 

[cajun 22]

There have been reports recently about Rem 700s having this very issue. I understand that it is on the older models. I have two recent 700s and have no issues but your friend should have it looked at by a gunsmith.

 

[jphilp87]

do some google searching... there was recently a big thing in the news about Remington 700's malfunctioning. I had never heard of it before then, but I've heard of several since then.

Just reminds you to always be safe.

 

[Dave328]

Saw this on an hour long special. Had bunch of actual video of this happening on the firing line of some .mil sniper schools. Instructors called them "Remington Moments" and moved along. Crazy when Remmy said it doesn't happen and then 10 clips of snipers students making the rifle fire by simply clicking the safety.

 

[Commander 007]

On all of my 700 I can open the bolt while on safety.

 

[Buck8Point]

On all of my 700 I can open the bolt while on safety.

This......

Buck8Point

 

[George]

Hokey: you can contact Remington and they will SELL a fix for that.

 

[ebayareaguy]

There is a write up in latest American Rifleman issue (Jan.2011) about the show CNBC aired on Oct.20 called Remington Under Fire.A search should lead to help or repair solutions.Good luck.

 

[SVTFreak]

Does your friends have a trigger job done to it? This is something you have to be very cautious of when doing remmy triggers.

 

[Yrdawg]

Does your friends have a trigger job done to it? This is something you have to be very cautious of when doing remmy triggers.

In the early stages of buying a 700 here

BUMP

 

[peterf225]

Tell your friend I will buy it.

 

[Sin-ster]

Trigger job? Is the rifle well maintained-- including detail cleaning at appropriate intervals, based on use and environmental conditions?

 

[stormrider54]

I also saw the TV show about it. They made it sound like it has been a problem for a long time.

Good Luck