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I sawed it up and threw it into the local lake.

I will take you at your word, but I find your story very hard to swallow - You sawed up a perfectly good gun rather than simply replacing the action? Even if you had lost confidence in the Remington action, why not just replace it with an aftermarket? and sadly, the evidence of your claim is (like all the others) irretrievable. You are the first person I have ever talked to that had any trouble at all.

I too use a lighter pull than factory - though not too light, as I am in brush country quite a bit to get to where the elk are, and a light trigger in brush is just asking for trouble, just in case I forget to set the safety.

Before I got sick, I went shooting A LOT, to the point of re-barreling both of the Rem 700 7mm mags that I have owned (with actions fully rebuilt at the same time). Even when extremely worn out, I have not found your problem to occur, but if it did, I wouldn't pitch the gun, I would fix the action. And if I could not figger it out, my gunsmith certainly would - that's why all my guns go in annually - not so much because I am not capable, but just to get another set of eyes on the job.

And if Remington's shop didn't fix the problem, I would be pissed off enough to MAKE them fix it right, or I would have it fixed elsewhere and send them a bill for my troubles.

Maybe that is just a difference between you and me, and I get that... but I find your actions to be outside of my normal 'norm' (and those around me too).

I come from the country where a horse once threw my cousin off. My Father drew his Colt 45 and shot it dead on the spot. We don't have much patience for things that misbehave.

In some ways I do regret disposing of the rifle but at that time Remington was stonewalling on the issue. I recall writing them a letter and getting one back that was a brush off.

I also believe that there were batches of guns that were prone to have the problem. The 60 minutes report seems to lead one to believe that there was a lifetime history of problems with the 700.

BTW I also have a theory that it is temperature related(secondary cause) and certain guns are prone to do it within a temperature range.

If you look at the trigger mechanism it does have significant room for a tolerance stackup to lead to an issue.

Now I have several Mausers that are well over 100 years old and are still original. All of them work flawlessly with outstanding trigger action.

My primary tool of choice though is a Sako. I love them. Solid as a rock.

Pretty fond A bolts also.

You sawed up a perfectly good gun rather than simply replacing the action? Even if you had lost confidence in the Remington action, why not just replace it with an aftermarket?

These days, a quick visit to the Gentry Custom or Pacific Tool and Gauge websites will hook you up with either a 3-position safety bolt shroud or a complete replacement bolt with similar features for the 700 - all for less money than a replacement rifle.