Firearms Manufacturer Remington has recalled the Remington Model 700 and the Remington Model 7 rifles manufactured between May 1, 2006 and April 9, 2014. The models eligible for the recall have the X-Mark Pro model trigger. There are approximately 7.5 million defective guns being used by consumers at the time of this posting.
The recall is intended to replace the trigger mechanism which can fire without ever being pulled or even touched. The company decided to do a recall as part of a proposed national class action settlement.
According to Remington’s Recall website the company has determined that some Model 700 and Model Seven rifles with XMP triggers could unintentionally discharge.
If you think you may own one of these rifles, locate the gun’s serial number and call (800) 243-9700 Monday -Friday 9-5pm or enter it www.xmprecall.remington.com. If you own one of these EXTREMELY DANGEROUS GUNS, Remington will pay shipping and handling to have your gun sent to a servicing agent for the repair.
Remington has also asked consumers to discontinue use of the firearm and has warned that consumers or others could be injured or killed by any unintentional discharge of the weapon.
Dozens of deaths, hundreds of injuries, and thousands of complaints have been reported to the company since the rifle was introduced to the market. Shortly after its introduction, Remington started receiving complaints about the gun, including complaints from 3 different police departments. According to internal documents, the company began receiving videos from consumers showing the unintentional discharge of their weapons. The gun wasn’t safe and Remington knew it.
Remington dismissed the thousands of complaints and the video proof by stating that the company was unable to duplicate the defect and decided to simply store a record of the complaints in a database. The company took NO action to ensure the safety of its customers or the public at large.
But gun owners are persistent and they refused to be silent on this issue. Many took to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to spread the word and many posted the videos demonstrating the rifle’s defect on You-Tube. Their persistence is finally paying off.
Even though hundreds of thousands of people saw the videos, warnings about the deadly rifle did not reach Roger Stringer or former Marine James Anthony Blackwell. Both of these people owned Remington 700 rifles and both guns discharged in horrific accidents that caused the deaths of 12 year old Justin Stringer and 16 year old Jasmine Thar. View a 60 Minutes report profiling their tragic wrongful deaths and Remington’s refusal to put public safety over profits here.
According to the 60 minutes report, this is not the first time Remington has come under fire for production of defective and dangerous products. Remarkably, there were over 150 lawsuits filed for injuries and deaths that occurred because of a faulty trigger mechanism known as the Walker. As early as 1975, Remington was aware that the Walker Trigger mechanism was faulty and could fire unintentionally. Internal documents indicate that the company even considered a recall in 1979. The recall never happened. Instead, the company opted to redesign the Walker trigger and replace it with the X-Mark Pro in 2006, 27 years later. According to expert testimony from the Thar case, the X-Mark Pro is even more apt to fire unintentionally than its predecessor, the Walker trigger.
If you own the Model 700 with the Walker trigger, please discontinue use of the weapon immediately. Remington has received at least 2,000 complaints in the past few years concerning this gun. There is a pending class action lawsuit involving this model as well. For more information about the class action lawsuit, please call The Thomson Law Firm.
If you have been injured or killed by a dangerous or defective product, please call The Thomson Law Firm for a FREE consultation today. (540) 777-4900.
