Just when will the media stop with this horse crap about the Remington trigger problems? 60 Minutes, in their all powerful righteousness of all things firearms related, just ran yet another story about the Remington supposed trigger defects in the Walker and X-Mark Pro triggers. And what was the lead in story you ask? The story about the idiot boy that got into an argument with his little brother, went and loaded his rifle, pointed it at his little brother, and it went off all by it's little lonesome. Oh no, it couldn't be the idiot boy's fault. It has to be the evil rifle companies fault. And the second story was what you may ask? Another completely unsafe moron pulling a loaded rifle from it's soft case inside his home and it went off, firing a bullet through his window striking 2 women across the street killing one of them instantly. 2 completely unsafe firearms handling acts being the leads on a supposed faulty trigger. What is really juicy is the facts they left out of the story. The major fact was both of these rifles were tested repeatedly and no one could get them to fire without a trigger pull. Have there been tests proving the faulty trigger mechanisms? Yes there have been a few fail the tests and bump fired and I think a couple fired when slamming the bolt shut and a couple that went off releasing the safety.

Now I am not a really big fan of Remington rifles. I was raised on Winchesters and Mauser custom builds. That's what the old man preferred and who was a pup like me to argue. And with the crap put out these days by most of the factories out there, I surely am not a fan of about any of the major manufacturers. But damn, when will the media get on with their lives and stop trying to roast Remington? They bring this very old story up around twice a year to stir up the crap pile. Get over it. Safe handling of a firearm is the owners responsibility not Remingtons. You don't case a loaded rifle, that's just retarded, you don't point a rifle, even an unloaded one, at your little brother. You don't point your rifle, loaded or unloaded, at any part of your body. Oh yeah, another part of the story was a fella shooting himself in the foot. Any injuries and deaths can be solely put right at the owners feet through unsafe operation of a firearm.

A trigger blocking safety, isn't.















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I agree completely that most if not all of these events could have been avoided with proper firearm handling safety.

However, isn't it true that adjusting the trigger pull down can cause some of the supposed problems, such as bump firing and firing upon closing the bolt?

Yep. That is correct TN Lone Wolf. Any trigger can be over worked and become unsafe.

Do you think that's what happened to the proven "faulty" triggers? That the owners adjusted them unsafely?

A sear blocking safety is more safer.














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I am not sure it ever came out that they adjusted the safety. If they did, I am sure it would have come out, and was checked. Not saying it didn't, I just don't remember.

Sometimes I think it is just people trying to make sense of a tragic event, or not blame themsleves or family.

On internet I have heard peope claim they have seen it. I tried to make it happen on an old one. Couldn't. My trigger was not adjusted down though.

If there was any truth to original, I dunno. But I find it hard to believe they would have repeated the problem.

I like a safety when going through the woods, cause trigger is not covered. But when you are standing around with other people, you obviouly have to handle the gun safely.

The vast majority of problems with Remington safeties is caused by improper adjustment of the trigger pull by owners.


Some claim the safety can malfunction due to accumulated crud in the trigger assembly.


i own 19 of the effected Remington rifles; none have gone bang unless the trigger was pulled.

Exactly right Falcon. Now with the first story about the boy shooting his little brother, I don't believe for a second that the kid didn't have a little fit of rage and pull the trigger. They just heard about the supposed trigger problems and are trying to get the boy out of jail. I don't think the father adjusted the trigger pull on the kids rifle. But the fact is, any trigger can be made unsafe by over working the sear or over adjusting an adjustable trigger. And not cleaning your trigger assembly is just stupidity. A firearm is a machine. It needs proper care and maintenance to function at it's best. If you don't treat your firearm right, it won't treat you right.

Blaming a faulty trigger sure beats taking the rap yourself. The biggest problem with society today is we are never responsible for our actions.