In lawsuit after lawsuit, Remington insisted its internal documents be sealed and, when it settled, paid the injury victims and required them to keep the documents secret. In 2010, after Public Justice got some documents unsealed, CNBC reported on the defect in Remington Under Fire.Īfter each report, Remington denied there was a problem, said its testing never showed any defect, and kept selling the rifles.Īnd people kept getting injured and killed.In 2001, CBS News reported on the danger in Fixing a Fatal Flaw.As information about the defect became public through the efforts of Public Justice and others, national TV stations broadcast investigative reports on the trigger defect: Remington chose to keep the trigger defect secret for many years. FD (follows down, fires when the bolt is closed).In its internal documents, Remington lists the different ways the trigger can fail: Remington has long known that the trigger in these rifles is defective and that the rifles can fire when no one pulls the trigger – even if the rifles have performed perfectly for years. These rifles can fire when no one pulls the trigger. The trigger (or “fire control”) on the Remington Model 700 and a dozen other Remington rifles is dangerously defective.
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