BY Herschel Smith
9 years, 8 months ago
Reader John Stock writes with the following question:
A Remington 722 (barrel date 01-1956) with its original trigger. I know enough to keep it
flushed out with lighter fluid, but I am concerned that’s not a real fix. What is your opinion of
Remington’s “fix” of the Walker trigger? Is Remington’s recall fix adequate, or is an
after-market trigger a better solution? And if so, which one do you like?
A Remington 721 (barrel date 04-1948) with a Canjar set trigger. The sear looks the same
as the Walker trigger on the 722 (with the two-bar sear/safety visible), and is as easily
exposed to debris, but I have no idea what the mechanism inside looks like, or whether it is
as susceptible to unintentional release as is the Walker trigger. Do you have any knowledge
of this trigger and its relative risk?
Any wisdom you can share with me will be much appreciated.
I feel completely inadequate to provide advice and counsel on this, except to say that Remington claims that the problems have to do with “excess bonding agent,” a claim I deem unlikely (or said another way, I doubt that this is the only problem). If I’m not mistaken, their fix had to do with polishing or resurfacing some component, but my memory may be faulty here.
Please weigh in with comments on the Walker Fire Control system for reader John.
