Is this the Future ? - Remington EtronX - Now Available.

[jvs]

The fastest, most accurate ignition system ever developed.

Compare the lock-time difference between an EtronX rifle and a conventional bolt-action centerfire rifle.
 
Here's how the Model 700 EtronX works: The electronic fire control has no moving parts other than the trigger. No sear to be released. No firing pin to strike the primer. Instead, an internal electrical circuit sends a charge through the system to our new electrically responsive primer. Closing the bolt on the cartridge establishes contact between the firing pin and the primer. When the trigger is pulled, the electronic circuit sends an electrical pulse through the firing pin directly to the primer. This all happens in less than the blink of an eye. Ignition is even faster, with near zero lock time (.0000027 seconds, actually), which virtually eliminates the effects of barrel movement after pulling the trigger. In fact, the bullet exits the barrel of the Model 700 EtronX before a mechanical firing pin could even hit the primer in a conventional rifle. The system also creates an exceptionally crisp trigger pull with 36% less travel than standard triggers.

This entire ultra-advanced system is all powered by a single, replaceable nine-volt battery, located in the rifle's butt stock. What's more, a unique light-emitting diode on top of the grip indicates complete system status, including whether the rifle is in "FIRE" or "SAFE" mode. Or if a cartridge has been chambered. Or if the battery is low. An additional safety feature—a key switch located in the bottom of the pistol grip—must first be turned "ON" to enable the electronic system. Without turning the system on, the rifle cannot be fired.

In keeping with at least some tradition, the Model 700 EtronX rifle retains all the other classic aspects of our famous Model 700 bolt-action rifle. It includes the same features as the revered Model 700 VS SF with a stainless-steel action, 26-inch fluted barrel, black synthetic stock, full-length aluminum bedding block, and hinged magazine floor plate.

Chambered for 220 Swift, 22-250 Remington, and 243 Win, the Model 700 EtronX is available in limited quantities.

I also found the Ammo webpage : http://www.remington.com/ammo/centerfire/etronx.htm

(Not bad for a $2,000 Rifle with an Electronic Trigger/Primer System, maybe a little pricey.  The BR community may jump on this system, since it is being offered around the 5 and 6mm loads and is a 700 receiver, but the jury may be out for a time before it's used for hunting in all kinds of weather.)

[Graybeard]

Old news. Introduced about 3-4 years ago. I'm surprised it's even still around, well if it is that is. No one is buying them.

[jvs]

I'm surprised it's even still around, well if it is that is. No one is buying them.

Suits me fine.  I think I'm way too conservative to get into electronic firearms.  I look at stuff like this with a raised brow.  And I would be concerned about corrosion in that firing system.  Most electronics have a finite life expectency due to oxidation, like any other metal.   I wouldn't suppose there is a manual override if you have a problem.

I do like the idea of putting a lock in the pistol grip.  If they could put a keyed mechanical bolt lock in the grip it would be better than a trigger lock, IMO.

[JPSaxMan]

Old news indeed and I thought the gun was cool at first. But then I thought about it...most electronics never last long (or become obsolete). What if your gun's computer desides to go dead in front of a deer (I think it was chambered in .243 too...so you could be hunting deer...well...maybe). I wouldn't want to have that happen. And I'm sure if it got wet (somehow, someway), it would be fried permanently. My :money:.  

[Big Paulie]

The basic bolt action firing pin system has been around now for more that 110 years, in basically the same configuration.  There is a reason for this.  It works.  It is about as 100% reliable as a machine can ever get, even under combat conditions.

    Remington should be spending its time on quality control and customer satisfaction, instead of trying to manufacture "the next great idea."

    Reminds me a little of the "auto-jet" cartridges and guns that were manufactured back in the 1960s as the next great idea.  (I was 15 years old then, and they looked pretty cool to me!  Kinda like a Ray Gun.)

    By the way, when the electronic system fails, whose gonna fix it?  Not Remington, that's for sure.

Big Paulie

[jvs]

The basic bolt action firing pin system has been around now for more that 110 years, in basically the same configuration.  There is a reason for this.  It works.  It is about as 100% reliable as a machine can ever get, even under combat conditions.

Remington should be spending its time on quality control and customer satisfaction, instead of trying to manufacture "the next great idea."

The EtronX may already be a flop if it's been out for 3 or 4 years already.  I know I have never seen one at the range.  I was surfing around the Remington website just prior to this original post and it was the first time I noticed the Model.  

Remington should be spending its time on quality control and customer satisfaction, instead of trying to manufacture "the next great idea."Big Paulie

I agree.  With the new SPS Model replacing the ADL I thought maybe they could compete with the Savage, but so far I didnt see anything about an adjustable trigger on the SPS.   Hopefully Remington will see the light and go head to head.  I'm getting tired of hearing about a Savage outshooting a Remington out of the box.
 

By the way, when the electronic system fails, whose gonna fix it? Not Remington, that's for sure. Big Paulie

I just don't see most gunsmiths getting into electronic parts.  A firearm is basically a mechanical device.  Adding electronics to a proven machine only makes it prone to more diagnostic problems for the mechanically minded gunsmith.

[JPSaxMan]

I just don't see most gunsmiths getting into electronic parts.  A firearm is basically a mechanical device.  Adding electronics to a proven machine only makes it prone to more diagnostic problems for the mechanically minded gunsmith.

My brother in his day used to do diagnostics on cars. In my area (aka redneckville) most of the garages didn't want to deal with it. Why? You were now mixing mechanics and electronics into the same field. Now given most of the mechanics in our area were so to say 'ignorant', it was technology they weren't used to and were afraid/too lazy to learn the new stuff. Good point indeed.