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Gas Operating System ??
wanted man
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At a glance, would you say the gas operating system in a Remmy 742 is more or less "robust" than that in a Garand??
What I'm getting at here is whether it can be assumed (God I hate that word) that one (Garand vs Rem 742) will tolerate "hotter" loads than the other?
What say you??
What I'm getting at here is whether it can be assumed (God I hate that word) that one (Garand vs Rem 742) will tolerate "hotter" loads than the other?
What say you??
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For an all around never-gonna-quit rifle I'll take the Garand's gas/bolt system.
I suggest shooting standard loads in your 742. Just like the Garand use faster powders in relativity to bullet weight, i.e. Varget is as slow as you want to go with a 150 gr. bullet. 4350 is as slow as you want to go with a 180 gr. I haven't generally found the 740/742/7400 to be all that accurate either with heavier loads. They work for closer shooting, but I wouldn't range out with them.
I will tell you right now, not only will the 742 not tolerate hotter loads than the Garand, the accuracy goes to crap as well.
I suggest shooting standard loads in your 742. Just like the Garand use faster powders in relativity to bullet weight, i.e. Varget is as slow as you want to go with a 150 gr. bullet. 4350 is as slow as you want to go with a 180 gr. I haven't generally found the 740/742/7400 to be all that accurate either with heavier loads. They work for closer shooting, but I wouldn't range out with them.
Thanks Sandwarrior, that response was like you had read my mind [;)]