Remington 700 safety malfunction

[Thane_Of_Fife]

Hi all,
               Has anyone ever had any issues with accidental discharges of a Remington 700.  A friend of mine told me of an hour long movie that thoroughly explained how countless people have either shot themselves, or others when this rifle, with a live round in the chamber and the safety on, discharged without touching the trigger but simply bumping the bolt.  A father claims that the faulty discharge of this rifle took the life of his 10yr old son.  Even the United States Marine Corps, who bases their sniper rifle off the 700 played a role in this movie claiming that simply touching the bolt with a live round in the chamber will sometimes set it off.  The film claims that between 20% and 30% of the rifles will have this problem and among those, about 1 in every 20 rounds will discharge without touching the trigger.  I would like to know if anyone has had any issues like this as I'm seriously considering buying a .30-06 Remington 700.  If these claims hold to be true, I'll opt for a Ruger #1.
I thank you all for your help,
JD

[chefjeff]

NO.

[243dave]

Do a search on this topic, it has been discussed and argued about for many, many pages, no sense to rehash it again.  If you found a remington 30-06 at a good price and you want it, I would encourage you to buy it.  Most all faulty safeties are caused by improper trigger adjustment(I'm sure there are some exceptions with ALL brand rifles where it is faulty from the factory, they are after all, mass produced).  I adjust all my own triggers and the only accidental discharge I've had is with a savage 110.  It wasn't savages fault but mine, I tried to get the trigger as light as possible.  The muzzle was in a safe direction and the bolt slammed several times trying to induce a misfire when it happened.  Haven't had this happen with any of my remingtons but I know if a trigger is adjusted too light ANY rifle will be dangerous.  CNBC makes a good arguement with Mr. Walkers' interview but we all know that safeties are mechanical devices and anything mechanical can fail.  Always keep the muzzle in a safe direction.  Buy whatever brand rifle you want and don't worry what the main-stream media says, I believe if they had it their way we would all be without any firearms.   
Dave 

[Thane_Of_Fife]

Was that a CNBC movie? I didn't look into it yet and my friend didn't inform me as to the source of the video.  I couldn't agree more, if the movie was by CNBC than it is almost certainly a load of crap as they [CNBC] are a bunch of liberal anti gunners.  Surely they would never air anything that in anyway promotes firearms.  I should look into these claims further.  My thanks for your input.
JD

[leadman]

The program on CNBC had alot of info in it. But it did not address the fact the woman had her rifle pointing at the ground at the rear side of a horse trailer. She could not see who or what was on the other side of the trailer. When the gun went off it hit her son. Not the fault of the gun as she did not have it pointed in a safe direction. If she had turned 90' she would have sent a bullet across a meadow.
 
My friend had his 700 discharge when he took the safety off, but the trigger was full of gunk, not maintained.
 
Buy what you want and maintain it and keep it pointed in a safe direction.

[charles p]

I can work on the safty and make it fail.  An impropery set up satety can cause a discharge when the safety is moved.  I'm pretty sure the faulty rifles had been "adjusted".  Not a Rem problem as it can also be made to happen in others, expecially Winchesters.

[Drilling Man]

Has anyone ever had any issues with accidental discharges of a Remington 700.
 

  NO, but then again, i've only owned Remington 700's since the early 70's, so i guess it could still happen??   
 
  DM