Remington auto loading hunting rifles... jamomatics??

[Rebel_Rider1969]

What do yall think?

Sorry, But Your Remington Autoloader Is a Crappy Deer Rifle

Countless big-woods deer hunters love the Remington Model 742 family of autoloaders. Here's why our rifles editor doesn't even like them.

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[DixieReb]

Years ago, maybe 15 years back, I walked in one of my favorite gun shops and saw a barrel in the corner with rifle barrels sticking up, must have been more than a dozen in it. I asked the shop owner about them and he said take your pick, $50 each. All were 742’s and 7400’s. I’ve never owned one so I don’t have a dog in the hunt but this gun shop/gunsmith didn’t care for them, old guy deceased now and was one of the best at gun fixing. My son in law has a 7400 his granddaddy gave him and he’s never said any bad things about his.

 

[DixieReb]

Not to side track your post, but I’m a 760 and 7600 man, love the pump actions, got several

 

[Bay Ranger]

I used to have a 742 in 30-06. Can't say that I fired it a lot, however, I never had it jam on me, either on the range or in the field.

 

[tros6t]

Short actions tend to work better

 

[Bowhntr6pt]

I think you get a dud or one that works, no in-between. Way too many people had problems to discount the claims. My friend called his a Jamminton.

 

[16gauge]

Good article with good points being made. One is that people refuse to read owners manuals. I have worked on many of these, some with success and some had to be retired. These rifles came with a dog-legged shaped chamber cleaning brush. Brownell's sells a chamber cleaning kit just for these. Since you had to clean the barrel from the muzzle ( this was before bore snakes) you pushed all the barrel crud into the chamber. Most people threw away this chamber brush with the owners manual in the box. This causes the chamber to rust, then the cartridge gets stuck, or the head is ripped off the cartridge. Then comes copious amounts of WD-40 and so on. After a while the lugs in the top of the receiver wear out and the bolt won't lock up correctly. There is a company in the New England area that converts these to the 760 pump for those who want to keep the rifles. There are other problems as well but my reply is long enough now.

 

[Duckyou]

Years ago, maybe 15 years back, I walked in one of my favorite gun shops and saw a barrel in the corner with rifle barrels sticking up, must have been more than a dozen in it. I asked the shop owner about them and he said take your pick, $50 each. All were 742’s and 7400’s. I’ve never owned one so I don’t have a dog in the hunt but this gun shop/gunsmith didn’t care for them, old guy deceased now and was one of the best at gun fixing. My son in law has a 7400 his granddaddy gave him and he’s never said any bad things about his.

I would have taken them all!

My first deer gun was a 740 woodsmaster in 30-06. I took many a deer with it.

Not the most accurate gun but a soft shooter and very reliable. I even ran a 10 round mag for fun.

 

[DixieReb]

Good article with good points being made. One is that people refuse to read owners manuals. I have worked on many of these, some with success and some had to retired. These rifles came with a dog-legged shaped chamber cleaning brush. Brownell's sells a chamber cleaning kit just for these. Since you had to clean the barrel from the muzzle ( this was before bore snakes) you pushed all the barrel crud into the chamber. Most people threw away this chamber brush with the owners manual in the box. This causes the chamber to rust, then the cartridge gets stuck, or the head is ripped off the cartridge. Then comes copious amounts of WD-40 and so on. After a while the lugs in the top of the receiver wear out and the bolt won't lock up correctly. There is a company in the New England area that converts these to the 760 pump for those who want to keep the rifles. There are other problems as well but my reply is long enough now.

Very interesting that a company converts these over to pump actions, I’ll have to research that

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Very interesting that a company converts these over to pump actions, I’ll have to research that

There's a company that makes pump AR's... .

 

[MarkS]

I had a model 74 that never gave me any problems but a friend bought one new and got rid of it because it was a jamamatic. He had Remington inspect it (iirc) and then had a gunsmith polish the chamber and it still jammed every time he tried to shoot it. He sold it for $100 and told the buyer what it was doing and no refunds.

 

[oneshot]

Have tried to work on a lot of the 742 s had a couple of success, Call the factory one time about sending them one, the reply was send it to them they would send a coupon toward purchasing a new Rem. product they would not fix it. So if the factory want fit it . will let you come to your own conclusion . Just 5 cents jj

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Better

Take Heart, Your Remington Pump Gun is a Fine Deer Rifle

Remington's family of pump-action big-game rifles are reasonably accurate and dead reliable. Inside 200 yards, they make fine deer rifles.

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[DixieReb]

Got a 7600 in 270 and 30-06, great rifles when hunting clear cuts during the rut if follow up shots are needed during a chase. Ought to have my a&$ kicked for selling a 760 in 30-06 that had the 18” barrel, don’t know what I was thinking. Been trying to find a good used one chambered in 243 for years.

 

[TK5o]

Ive had a 7400 in .270 for 20 years. Its strictly a hunting rifle some not many rounds through it. But it has not given me any problems either