My family owns a mess of rem 700's from the last 30-40 years. Out of all of them there have been two firing malfunctions. One fired when the safety was taken off (yes the trigger was WORKED on before it happened and replaced with something aftermarket afterwards) The other was the firing pen spring got gunked up with old grease that shouldn't have been there in the first place and would keep it from firing when you pulled the trigger and then at some later time when the grease turned loose it would fire.

Mine are all factory triggers and when this all started happening/coming out about the discharging I took them all outside loaded them pointed in a safe direction and tried to get them to fire some way other than safety off and pulling the trigger and none of them would.

Do the triggers on your 700's have ribs? If they do they are not part of the recall.

Kind of answered my own question..ribbed trigger is good..smooth trigger is part of the recall.. so that is what to look for


PRODUCTS: Remington Arms Company, LLC (“Remington”) is voluntarily recalling Remington Model 700™ and Model Seven™ rifles with X-Mark Pro® (“XMP®”) triggers, manufactured from May 1, 2006 to April 9, 2014.

DESCRIPTION OF THE HAZARD: Remington has determined that some Model 700 and Model Seven rifles with XMP triggers could, under certain circumstances, unintentionally discharge. A Remington investigation has determined that some XMP triggers might have excess bonding agent used in the assembly process. While Remington has the utmost confidence in the design of the XMP trigger, it is undertaking this recall in the interest of consumer safety to remove any potential excess bonding agent applied in the assembly process.

HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOUR RIFLE IS SUBJECT TO THE RECALL: Only Model 700 and Model Seven rifles with XMP triggers are being recalled. To determine if your rifle is subject to this recall, you should take the following steps:

I. Find the rifle’s serial number where the barrel meets the receiver.
a. For a right-handed rifle, the serial number is located on a user’s left.
b. For a left-handed rifle, the serial number is located on a user’s right.




II. Identify the serial number and provide it to Remington’s recall support team, either by entering it at xmprecall.remington.com or call 1-800-243-9700 (Prompt #3 then Prompt #1) Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. You will be informed if your rifle is affected by this recall and supported with free resources to return the rifle for inspection and specialized cleaning.

III. You may also determine if your rifle is subject to the recall by a visual inspection.
1) If the face of the trigger is ribbed your rifle does not have an XMP trigger and is NOT subject to this recall.
2) If the face of the trigger is smooth your rifle has an XMP trigger and IS subject to this recall – in which case you should immediately seek further assistance at xmprecall.remington.com or by calling 1-800-243-9700 (Prompt #3 then Prompt #1) Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.


REMEDY/ACTION TO BE TAKEN: STOP USING YOUR RIFLE. Any unintended discharge has the potential to cause injury or death. Immediately cease use of recalled rifles and return them to Remington free of charge. Rifles will be inspected, specialty cleaned, tested, and returned as soon as possible, at no cost to you. DO NOT attempt to diagnose or repair recalled rifles.



TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RECALL PROGRAM: For your safety, STOP USING YOUR RIFLE and immediately contact Remington.

This is not applicable to what's being discussed. This is about some of the triggers which came after the Walker trigger, the first of which was the X-Mark (non-adjustable) Pro. Some of the X-Mark Pro Adjustables, a later improved design, were assembled with too much Loctite or some other adhesive and this caused a problem of some kind. The X-Mark Pro Adjustable is a good trigger without design flaws.

This "recall" talk is all about the Walker trigger which is what 700s came with from day one until just a few years ago.


Texas Dan, your rifle DOES have the Walker trigger.

Buddy of mine had this happen when he was placing the rifle in the corner of his deer stand. Safety on and he had his pointer finger at the muzzle trying to lean it in the corner quietly and the gun fired blowing the end of his finger off. His mistake having his finger over the muzzle but he swears safety was on which I believe. Rem 700 30-06 manufactured in the early 80's