These Rimingtons going off have been discussed to a lengthy discussion.I looked but I cant find it and Remington has known about this bs for a long time but refused to do a recall.I'll do some more searching to see if I can find that thread in another discussion.Glad to hear everything turned out good Killer and I would also be shook up myself.

Is that something specific to that model, and I am not stirrig I wanna know I have alot of factory triggers in my rifles? I have never seen an xmark at 3.5 from factory

Its a Chevy er I mean a Remington what do you expect??

I just checked Remington.com. Says all of the 700's with xmark pro triggers are leaving the factory set at 3.5lbs.

Change trigger, just wondering who adjust them down before they are installed? Cause somebody is changing them from the normal 8 to 9, I dunno but I may be looking at jewels .

12 XCRs we tried out over Christmas ranged from 3.48-3.55, but first thing we do it dump the trigger.

I just bought one in December and it more in 8lb range and we adjusted down to 3.5 on scale It was just a 700 not this model who knows maybe easier to change em and go on down the road

Quality control issue.

Gotta be specific to those models the adl was nowhere near 3.5

Daughter .243 also has xmark it started out as sps and it is around 8 from factory, who knows anymore, guess it is like trucks or anything else good one and bad ones. Just always remember safety. I have never seen it, hate to hear it killer, just like to find out why?

Do all of the newer Rem 700's have X-mark pro triggers? I have a basic 700 made in 2007. Sorry I'm asking on here, I can't access Remminton's website at work. This thread has me all worried about my rifle now. I always thought the issue was only the older rifles. Has anyone every heard of the misfirings happening while the safety was still on?

All of the accidental discharges that I have read about on here happen when flipping from Safety to fire position.

Killer......I wouldn't change anything out on that rifle. I would boz it and send it back to Remy. Write a note that says "I demand a Savage!"

By Gawd, thats funny right there.

last year i sold a new model 700 7mm-08 because i had it go off when i flipped the safety off.

true story:

sitting in the blind with my oldest son (age 10 now) and trying to get him his first buck or deer for that matter. he shot this gun with great confidence at the range, putting 5 shots in the bullseye at 100yrds. anyways, a nice cull 6 pointer steps out and i get the gun up and out the window for the shot. i tell my son not to touch the trigger until he is ready to shoot. i control the saftey until he is ready to pull the trigger. he tells me that he is ready for the shot, so i flip the saftey - and BOOM! i was so angry at him for having his finger on the trigger, when i took the safety off. he is swearing that he did not have his finger on the trigger and i did not give him the benefit of the doubt. needless to say, when i got home after the trip, i started to clean the rifle to put it up until the next time we go to the range. i decided to play with the bolt and saftey, when son of a B, that thing dry fired when i took the safety off.

i apologized to my son for doubting his word and i am sure he still has not forgiven me for it. i plan to make it up to him in 2011. i no longer have that gun and told the next owner the whole story, he bought it anyways because he planned on changing out the trigger. i did not modify that trigger in any way - it was factory set and felt like 4lbs, which is what i wanted for my son. i lost faith in the remingtons and sold them all off, including my dream rifle - 257wby cdl sf.

It needs to go back to the factory and let them fix it.I think all firearms that are defective needs to be returned so the factory knows which ones fail and which ones are good ones,if that's possible.Remington has a long history over many many years about the safety and it's problems.This has at one time effected a lot of different models so it isn't anything new.

Wow thanks for sharing that story

Only a matter of time until someone dies from this defect unfortunatly.

Already happened in Wyoming I beleive. A mom shot her son trying to unload her 700.

If thats correct thats horrible to hear!

I reported it in the other long thread as well. Happened to me twice in one hunt. I always keep the gun on safety in thestand til time to shoot. A deer i wanted to shoot steps out...I put the gun out the window and steady myself...release the safety and BaBOOM...bout crapped myself. Was positive I didn't have my finger on the trigger but thought i could have made the mistake...so I had to put it BACK on safety...chambered a round...dang buck is still there lol (a little further out but he didn't run far)...steady myself...release the safety and I'll be dang if it didn't do it again...

Now mine is a 8 to 10 year old ADL 700 .270 that has that J lock safety mechanism on the bolt. I fiddled with it and took the trigger out and have had no problem since. I hunt with another rifle now and will be changing triggers soon...just hadn't got around to it..

This has happened many times...there are countless reports of this happening...change out the trigger or don't shoot it...

Dang Killer that really sucks to hear. I bet you had some skidmarks in your shorts right then and there. I'm glad to hear you weren't injured in any way. Have you sent it back yet?

READ THE ARTICLE FROM REMINGTONS SITE!!! This is not a cut
and dried thing. That 1 hour story was a one sided piece of crap overdrama production. All of the guns were tampered with.
The main gun in the story was one that none of us would think about shooting. Rusted, dirty, altered.

Even the old style trigger from Remington was used by everybody and their dog with no problems. The trigger in your new gun is not that trigger?

Get the gun back to Remington and never, never, did I say
never point the business end of any rifle, loaded or unloaded, safety or no safety, at anything you don't intend to
kill. I have always had a saying, "Every gun is loaded."
Good luck.

Happend to my son and I a few years ago. No one hurt but still the most horrible event to ever happen to me hunting. I hate to even talk about it. Very valuable lesson learned and one that will never happen again. Anyway a beautiful 700 in 308. Safty to fire to unload and boom.

Still have the gun because I dont feel comfortable selling. Maybe one day I will have it looked at. Dont really care to at this point. We are Savage, Marlin, and Ruger now days:)

Just happend last night around 1am im trying to make up my mind if I should sell it or get a new trigger no way in hell I will trust what they send back.