Remington 700 Recall

[piratebike]

Sending your tikka to Remington will not turn it into a Remington.
You could sell it and buy one though...

Ha Ha. That's funny

[f308gt4]

Damn, just picked up my Rem 700 a couple of days ago. Sure enough, it is on the recall list.

I'd rather not deal with the recall, so I just went to Midway and ordered a Timney #517 trigger.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/544...ProductFinding

Finally got a chance to shoot it last night. Mmmmmm. That's a nice trigger. So glad I upgraded the trigger rather than deal with the recall BS.

[GillaFunk]

Does this affect Remington 1903A3 rifles as well?

Should I send mine in?

[bikr4jc]

I would bet on a 2 month+ turnaround right now.

That is not what I wanted to hear... I see all the post about swapping out for a better trigger Timney.. Might want to look at this option.. my friends is in a custom stock and don't feel like swapping it back to stock to ship it back.. Then take the risk of damage or loss..

Another question, what if his address changed from his dros address?? With the new long gun registration these dont have to go through a FFL??

If I go new trigger, I am going to have to put the muzzle break on back burner for a little...

[kendog4570]

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Another question, what if his address changed from his dros address?? With the new long gun registration these dont have to go through a FFL?? ...

An FFL is not needed. The owner (non-licensee) of the item can send it to, and receive it from any 01, 07, or 10 FFL licensee for service or repair. It is not a transfer.

[bikr4jc]

An FFL is not needed. The owner (non-licensee) of the item can send it to, and receive it from any 01, 07, or 10 FFL licensee for service or repair. It is not a transfer.

Thanks..

[B!ngo]

I don't have any reason to doubt you but it's surprising, if only because they are dealing with something as important as firearms. All of the companies I've worked, that manufactured items of some worth keep records that map to each individual item or groups of items that can be self-reported from the device. Either by an etched code or (unrelated to this case, firmware that self-reports). Oh well.
And to a different contributor to this thread regarding the difficulty in understanding all this, I am terribly sorry for the personal frustrations my comments have wrought on you and your perspectives. Really. Honest.
B

I don't believe Remington keeps "build sheets" on every serial number.
They make receivers in batches.
Guns get built by pulling a receiver out of a parts bin.
The serial numbers span multiple different models and finishes.
There is no way they go to the trouble to track exactly how a specific serial numbered gun is built.
The online serial number checking tool is simply looking to see if the entered number is within a specified "range".

[bikr4jc]

I know this isn't the best place for this question but don't want to start another thread for a simple question.
Looking at The Timney triggers, are there any major differences between the curved trigger and flat?? is it just a personal preference?

[E92335i]

Just personal preference. I checked Midway, Primary Arms, and Brownells if they have Timney for R700. Sold out! I guess people have switched their triggers.

[Merc1138]

Just personal preference. I checked Midway, Primary Arms, and Brownells if they have Timney for R700. Sold out! I guess people have switched their triggers.

lol, they were selling out 48 hours after the notice went up. The only 700 triggers midway even has in stock are some of the 2 lbs. or less pull weight models, or versions without a safety. The other retailers are probably all sitting in the same boat.

[jkonquer]

so jewells is the one that requires modification to the trigger guard, right?

[bikr4jc]

Just personal preference. I checked Midway, Primary Arms, and Brownells if they have Timney for R700. Sold out! I guess people have switched their triggers.

Timney has both the curved and straight in stock...

[E92335i]

Thanks. I already have one. I was just checking the places.

[Spyder]

I picked up my new Sendero SF II today. It's got an XMP trigger and, according to the serial number, is subject to the recall. (If it didn't have an XMP trigger, I wouldn't have bothered to check the serial number...just like the Remington recall notice instructed. Because I can follow directions.)

I completely disassembled it, inspected it, cleaned it, and put it back together. There definitely was excess used-to-be-kinda-liquid material on the underside of the receiver and parts of the trigger. I could see it causing a problem, if there was enough and a freak set of occurences happened where a hardened glob of it got in just the right places. I don't believe that my particular example would have had the firing issue that the recall was about, and I am completely confident that it will not have that issue now, after removing a miniscule amount of material and reassembling it. There was a small bit of the material around the action screw hole, inside of the stock, that I removed also. It was excess runoff that could have caused a very slightly canted stock...and was probably the same stuff that apparently got in to a trigger or two.

I will not be sending it back...but I almost certainly will be installing a new trigger in it soon, after I screw around with it and fire some rounds for a few weeks.

[ar15barrels]

so jewells is the one that requires modification to the trigger guard, right?

Some trigger guards will need modificaton to clear some triggers.
There are no hard rules on this as there are so many variables...