"I am now afraid to use this gun because of the safety issue involved," one customer wrote, saying his rifle fired when he closed the bolt after putting a round in the chamber.Īnother customer noted that his gun malfunctioned only after the repairs were done. "I'm lucky I didn't blow his liver out," he said in an interview.ĬNBC has reviewed nearly a dozen Remington product service reports documenting similar complaints. More important than losing his prey, Cook said he endangered a hunting partner. "It cost me an elk," said William Cook of Columbus, Montana, whose Model 700 was first repaired at a Remington authorized repair center in the summer of 2015, according to company records.Ĭook said when he took the repaired gun on a hunting trip later that year, the gun fired when he switched off the safety, with his hand away from the trigger. CNBC has uncovered multiple instances in which owners complained that guns that were repaired under the settlement continued to malfunction. A representative of Angeion Group, the Philadelphia firm appointed by the court to administer the settlement, also didn't respond to CNBC queries.įor some of those who did file claims, however, the repairs apparently did not solve the problem. Attorneys for Remington did not respond to multiple emails seeking comments for this story. As of February 2017 - the last time claims data was reported to the court - only about 22,000 claims had been filed of the 7.5 million guns covered by the settlement. It is unclear how many owners have taken advantage of the offer since a federal judge gave it preliminary approval in 2015. Gun shops that were still doing the repairs estimated waiting times ranging from two hours to weeks. That date appears to remain firm even though several of the 21 Remington authorized repair centers listed in the settlement and contacted by CNBC are either closed, operating with shortened hours or are not accepting repair orders due to COVID-19. The company did not admit wrongdoing and said it was agreeing to the settlement "to avoid the uncertainties and expense of protracted litigation."Ĭustomers have until April 23 to file a claim.
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In addition, the company agreed to recall thousands of newer guns, replacing their existing XMark Pro triggers to correct what Remington acknowledged was a manufacturing defect involving "excess bonding agent" that could cause triggers to malfunction. Under the settlement, guns with the original Model 700 trigger mechanism - a design that dates to 1948 - would be retrofitted with a newer design known as the XMark Pro.
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But in late 2014, the company agreed in a class-action settlement to replace the firing mechanisms on millions of firearms, including the Model 700 and a dozen other guns with similar designs, free of charge. Madison, North Carolina-based Remington has consistently maintained that the guns are safe and free of defects. Lawsuits have linked the alleged defect to dozens of deaths and hundreds of serious injuries from accidental discharges in the decades since the design went on the market.
Since 2010, CNBC has been investigating allegations of a design defect in Remington's iconic Model 700 rifle that is said to allow the gun to fire without the trigger being pulled.
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