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hunt mannhunt mann Member Posts: 54 ✭✭
edited December 2008 in Ask the Experts
I have 5 of thees wonderful rifles. they all work flawlessly and three of them have been used allot for many years without so much as a hickup I do take very good care of my rifles and clean them often. three of them are 740 .280 cal one 740 30/06 one 742 .308 cal. all the 740s i have were manufactured in the 50s. wouldn't trade them for anything. Chuck.
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  • SCorversSCorvers Member Posts: 2,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No. Use them for what they were intended for. Or if you feel you have too many, go ahead and then the herd to get something "different".
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  • TWalkerTWalker Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The old 740's are often good guns if well cared for. I bought one last year in 30-06 with an old Redfield Bear Cub scope. I shot it when I got it home and it put 4 rounds into one ragged hole at 50 yards. I have shot it a good bit since then and it still hasn't jammed or misfired. The 742 in .308 is another good combination. However, many 742's are now single shots, especially those shot a lot and cleaned little. Parts of the bolts are harder than the receivers and in time they begin to roughly wear the receiver where the bolt slides. If you have a good one, keep it clean and well lubed and save it for hunting only. Get something else for target shooting.
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  • MichibayMichibay Member Posts: 816 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Back in 1959 my dad bought me a 740 and after a couple of years of shooting it quite a bit the receiver did wear out. I then sent it back to Remington for repair. They replaced the worn part where the bolt went for no charge. I do not know today if Remington would do the same repair and if they would charge anything...Back in the late 50's and early 60's there was quite a bit of surplus 30-06 Military ammo around...and I did my fair-share of shooting it. I no longer have the gun...but I do have two older 760's that have the same bolt system and they both shoot fine...just for hunting...I am older and wiser now! :):)
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  • hunt mannhunt mann Member Posts: 54 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    michabay. Funny how that happens. I to am older but wiser. maybe that is the key. Chuck.
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  • TWalkerTWalker Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Remington is out of the 740/742 receivers. They will no longer do repairs on this problem. The M760 and 7600 didn't have the same problems as the autoloaders as they were manually operated. A galled receiver didn't usually put them out of action. I use Break-free lube on my 740 and no more than I shoot it, it should outlast me. Of course, that's not such a long time as I was born when Ike was President.
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