Re: Jewell Trigger
belldar,
Perhaps I've been too hard on you. So, let's start over and answer your questions:
Yes, I've had a rifle go off when I did not intend it too. It happened over ten years ago, and it happened at a rifle range. The trigger was an original Rem 700 trigger, which is now somewhat famous for this condition.
I was not at fault when the AD occurred. The rifle was brand new, and the trigger unsullied. My rifle was pointed down range, and no injury or damage resulted from that AD. I did not take it personal that my rifle had an AD. However, anything that happens after that first AD is the responsibility of the owner.
What I did, was simply replace the trigger, with one from a different maker. I did not call or write Remington. I did not sell the old trigger, or give it away, I simply threw it in the trash. A trigger is a cheap enough commodity, that if you get a bad one, you simply send it back to the maker and have them replace it, or buy another less "sensitive".
In contrast, and I'm not picking on you personally, what have you done since your AD? Have you replaced your trigger? Sent it back to Jewel with a note for them to check it out and replace it? Taken to a gunsmith?
Or have you just continued to use it, and taken no other action other than asking a question here? That's not jumping to a conclusion, those are the facts as you have presented them.
Without assuming and getting into your personal business, I can certainly understand that there are activities and livelihoods that require weapons and the use of a 2 lb or less match style triggers. But I'm pretty sure that hunting game in the field, is not among them.
But I've been wrong before. Again, you are not at fault for your AD. However, what proactive approaches you take to ensure that it does not happen again, are your responsibility. And dismissing what happened as just a fluke, never to happen again, is not proactive and in my opinion rather shortsighted. NO offense intended, just IMHO.
We are all adults here, for the most part. And a lively discussions, and nose tweaking, are part of parcel of adult conversation here.
Best of luck to you,
Bob