Saw this thread on a few other forums and thought I'd share. Mike Walker, one of Remington's chief engineers, passed away last Wednesday. He was 101 years old.

 

"For you that don't know who Mike Walker is he was the man that developed the Remington models 721, 722, 700 and 40x. He also developed the .222 Remington and .244 Remington (6mm Rem.) rounds. He is also contributed with design of button rifling, VLD bullets, and a 90 mm projectile that could penetrate the German Tiger tanks. It was reported that Mike worked 37 years for the Remington Arm company. He started the custom shop at Remington. He also had a big part in the development of the 308 Winchester round and worked with Warren Page and Les Bowman to bring the 7mm Rem. Mag. to the 700 platform.

 

Mike was also behind development of Precision Shooting Magazine, and formations of the IBS and NBRSA benchrest shooting sanctions. He was the first president of the IBS. Mike was a top notch benchrest shooter. He shot in the 2010 IBS Nationals at age 99, and it was reported that he was working in his shop up into his passing."

 

 

You may remember Mike Walker being interviewed on MSNBC's exposé of the Remington 700's trigger mechanism and inadvertent misfires.

I remember him from a few years ago, he did an interview about the rem 700 discharge issue..