Posted December 8, 2015 8:30 pm by Comments

By Nick Leghorn

Rem 700 ADL Vmt courtesy Joe Grine

Over the course of the last few years we have been watching as a lawsuit against Remington Arms Company (and its corporate overlords Freedom Group) has slowly worked its way through the court system. The main allegation is that the trigger design in the Remington 700 model rifle can cause the gun to fire unintentionally, even when the safety mechanism is engaged. New documents uncovered by CNBC seem to indicate that not only did Remington know about these issues (and even duplicated them in their own testing) since at least 1989, but that Big Green has made a conscious choice not to change the mechanism due to concerns that the change would be an admission of guilt . . .

From the article:

So on a chilly March day at Remington’s main plant in Ilion, New York, the engineers met with the lawyers. Topping the agenda, according to notes by engineer James Hutton: coming up with a new firing mechanism that would allow the company to continue defending the old one. It would need new safety features, the notes say, including a design that keeps debris from getting inside, and a way to keep customers from making dangerous, do-it-yourself …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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