These measures, however, which safety advocates say could have saved dozens of lives, were never implemented. Numerous company engineers, including the Walker assembly’s original inventor, proposed safer trigger designs. Thousands of gun owners submitted complaints about unintentional firings, results corroborated by Remington’s internal testing. Over the last 70 years, Remington executives repeatedly fought over whether the rifle should be recalled entirely. Public Justice Releases Damning Court Documents While the settlement agreement has yet to be approved by the Court, unsealed case documents published by Public Justice appear to reveal the damning truth behind Remington’s decades-long effort to hide the Model 700’s serious defects.

In 2014, the company agreed to settle a massive class action lawsuit, in which Remington gun owners argued that the allegedly-defective trigger had made their fire arms worthless. Remington, on the other hand, continues to maintain that the Walker trigger assembly is safe. Previously-confidential court documents tell a different story. Hundreds of injuries and at least two dozen deaths have been linked to Remington’s Walker trigger assembly, a firing mechanism first introduced to the public nearly 69 years ago. Dozens of personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits claim that the gun’s trigger assembly is defective, allowing the rifle to fire without a trigger pull. Here is the 60 minute special on the Remington 700, that aired on : Remington’s Walker Trigger Linked To Injuries, Deathsīut as thousands of hunters and target shooters have learned, Remington’s successful rifle may be marred by a serious safety defect. In production for 55 years, the Remington Model 700 has become the world’s most popular bolt-action rifle, CNBC reports, selling over 5 million models for the North Carolina-based arms manufacturer. Dozens of injured hunters and grieving families have filed lawsuits against Remington, claiming the gun manufacturer’s 700 rifle has a defective trigger.ĭespite a recall for more than 7.85 million rifles, Remington continues to deny that its Walker Trigger Assembly is defective.

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