We finally got our hands on one of the mysterious Remington 700 Alpha 1 Hunter rifles and put it to the test. ... Trigger: Timney Elite Hunter, straight shoe, 2 pounds, 9 ounces (measured) Barrel: 1:8 ...

Introduced in 1962, the Remington Model 700 was an improvement and replacement of Remington’s successful Model 721 series, produced from 1948 to 1961. ... Timney trigger and McMillan stock.

VELOCITY/Courtesy. Phoenix, AZ, — Velocity Triggers has added an American made, drop-in trigger assembly that will fit all Remington Model 700 actions.

Remington has for years been fighting accusations the triggers on the rifles are faulty, and that because of a design defect the Model 700 can fire inadvertently without the trigger being pulled.

Case: Timney's two-stage trigger a breakthrough for rifles. February 25, 2016 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated February 25, 2016 at 12:51 a.m.

Under the settlement, Remington plans to replace the triggers with "connectorless" mechanisms—a similar fix to one Walker himself proposed in 1948. Walker died in 2013 at age 101.