Rem 660/600 safety recall notice!

TripleDeuce660

TripleDeuce660

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http://www.remington.com/pages/news-and-...00-and-660.aspx

So I been planing to finaly build up the remmy 660 dad gave me because I need a sporter weight calling gun.

I been reading what I could find about it and kept finding mentions that the gun is recalled due to accidental discharge when releasing the safety.

So I called remington they said yes its recalled mail it in and I found the info on their web site.

Now that I think about it there was two times when I was a kid that my dad released the safety and the gun fired. Good thing no one died. Dad thought he had his finger on the trigger but now I doubt it.

The problem for me is if I send in the gun they are going to remove the bolt lock mechanism! I absolutely hate guns that the bolt doesn't lock shut when loaded. They open up when walking and get debri in the action. I almost missed my first coyote because my mossberg doesn't lock shut and the bolt was open a tiny bit. So now I can either hunt with an unsafe gun and potential kill myself or someone else. Or I can have the gun fixed but it becomes totaly useless to me for hunting. Its too expensive for target shooting.

I guess this post is to inform any owners of these guns of the recall before you hurt yourself. This recall effected some older 700 rifles and a few others too you should check it out if you have a pre 1975 remington.

I also just had to vent because I'm very unhappy about it. I'd trade it off today for a tikka t-3 .243 NIB but my dad would probably kill me. Now I own a 600-800 dollar paper weight that I think is ugly as heck and now I have no centerfire sporter weight.
 
The recall has been out for years. I think I sent my 660 in about 10-12 years ago. I like being able to open the bolt while the rifle is on safe and have never had it open on it's own.
 
I had mine done 30 yrs ago and it has been used alot, I hunted fur for alot of years and did control work for a few years, it has been totaly reliable and never had the bolt open but I do pay atention to those things. I had to replace the barrel afew year back because it has had so many rounds through it.

If your dad would be unhappy if you sold it, I'd be more than willing to take care of it for you don't feel abligated to leave it take up space on your desk, I'll even send you a nice comemerative glass paper weight.

AWS
 
Originally Posted By: Jack RobertsI have missed more than one shot because going through heavy brush partially opened a bolt.

Jack

SO i'm not the only one!

I'm putting my new cz 452 american up for sale a scope and some ammo. Going to buy the tikka t-3 .243 and be done with it.

I'm putting the 660 bcak in the closet. Would of cried if I scratched it up anyways.
 
I have 2 M700's that have had the change done. I have no regrets about it. The reason I went ahead with it was the just the idea of trying to empty the rifle, hitting the down part of the stroke and having the rifle go off. Just not a situation I want to be part of.
 
For a rifle like a Tikka with a detachable magazine, a bolt lock feature incorporated with the safety makes sense.

With an internal magazine that can only be emptied by cycling the cartridges out of the magazine, being able to cycle the bolt while the trigger is safely locked makes sense, too.

I own numerous rifles without a bolt lock feature that I have carried in various ways - both shoulder slung and on horseback in heavy cover - and I have never missed a shot because the bolt has, unknown to me, come open slightly.

Knowing that this issue is a part of the characteristics of non-bolt lock rifles, the first thing I do when bringing the rifle up is to simply press my hand on the bolt to insure it is fully closed. Doing that simple thing has never caused me to miss a shot, and the rifle I am using with a blind internal magazine is definitely safer to use in the long run.

Its not tough to learn...

JMO - BCB
 
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