From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A further article in today's New Zealand Herald, front page no less!
David.
NZ Herald 26-2-01
Huge arms recall leaves frontline police without rifles
26.02.2001 By ALISON HORWOOD and NZPA
More than 800 police rifles have been withdrawn from service because
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An item in The Dominion (Wellington, New Zealand) today ( 24-Feb,) reads as
follows:
Police Withdraw 800 rifles after fault found.
More than 800 police rifles have been withdrawn from use after police found
some of the guns had malfunctioned.
The .223 Reming
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(A)nd then why was he releasing the safety catch to do so when with
>unmodified Remington 700s the bolt can be opened whilst the safety catch is
>engaged?
>Regards,
>Peter Sarony - Arm
From: "Peter Sarony", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Excuse me for being a little surprised, but in my experience of Remington
700's and most other patterns of firearm for that matter, the problems such
as described, e.g. with dodgy safety catches, occur when someone ill
qualified has messed about with the
From: Pete Ansbro, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Several things spring to mind here:
>
> Over the last couple of weeks I have be researching the apparent problem
> with the trigger mechanism on Remington 700's.
There's a fairly continuous thread on this at rec.guns. Not having a
Remy, I admit to not ac
From: "Tony Jeeves", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, but one really has to ask: What was a "safety professional" doing
cleaning a loaded rifle in a domestic environment?
Regards
Tony Jeeves
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Litigation is not my intent,
however, myself as a safety professional, I feel certain ethics are
involved.
"Certain ethics" !? Like trading the gun on to another unsuspecting buyer?
That doesn't quite tie up with the definition of "ethics" in my book.
David.
From: "George", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You should have retained the rifle until it has been repaired. Remington has
contact information on their web-page. I have a M-700 with that problem
myself. I haven't had the time to contact Remington about it.
George
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybersh
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have since traded
> the gun, but have kept the serial number and would like to report this to
> someone that is keeping track of these numbers. I have not been able to
> find any contact information for anyone and thought you might have a name
> with a contact numb
From: "Q. Baker", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Over the last couple of weeks I have be researching the apparent problem
with the trigger mechanism on Remington 700's. I have heard for years
there was some sort of problem with the old safety arrangements but dis
regarded this as negative hype or situation
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