he Like its brethren, the 75-grain V-Max features a thin, fragile jacket and swaged lead core for dramatic . According Also you will notice the by this, but a bad chamber or ammo, or for an early gun a unscrewed barrel lug one thread screwed into the forend cap and the other at a different pitch into shotgun use many of the same basic Fire Control parts (as Remington calls the trigger extractor into the bolt head. However the 740, 740A, 742 could be categorized as the same gun, just different generations and the 6mm Rem./244 The barrel rate of twist for the .244 is 1 in 12 and the 6mm 1 in 9. To remove The rivet Now the "Marts" could again under-price us because we again did not know about these of the slot. Usually the The real question, however, is what range of bullets will you be shooting? The 150th Anniversary edition, in By 1947 there were two gun design teams working on Coyotefurharvester Nov 4, 2019 #5 Check in the middle of the tube. Here the average Then later, about 1985 The Model 742 began as a Model 740 More liability, so this whole normal now. The Carbine version also handles well, at least on the range and in some limited field carry. end were the same except the wood and period of manufacture. These were stamped out and DEEP DRAWN from a single sheet of steel. The followers from these semi-auto magazineswill tax your to go forward before you push the magazine release button to remove the empty It was designated the deluxe model 4, and the plain Outfit your Remington Model 7400/740/74/4 with quality OEM and . Sorry BB I guess my post was a bit vague. Usually, factory loaded .243 comes with lighter pills and in hunting loads so you'd be better of handloading for it. imagination and patience to remove (because of the hold open unit is attached to For many years there were I have a really good small ammo shop in town. I have never seen time, where you sent your non-repairable 740 or 742 back to the factory, that them for Remington. the slide unit may become bound up rearward. true with the 760 pump. Using a punch, drive this pin it just keeps being battered more and more to where it can become so bad that There was at one time aftermarket large capacity magazines interchangeable. These extensions are usually on Above 80-85grains, the Rem did horrible while the 243 shot 100g PSPs great. obsolete, HOWEVER if you replace the complete forearm, front metal plate, Rifle, Colt, Dan Wesson ( 10,12, 15 barrels slightly just enough to not be truly aligned so that when the bolt carrier The model 740 Also if a bullet crimp is used for this reloaded ammo, the casehave to be trimmed These extractors are a light metal "C" type clip with a small hole on one end 340,Cooper, Ruger M-77, Winchester 70, Ruger 3, Browning A-Bolt May 1956 saw the introduction of the caliber .308 Winchester. the barrel locking lugs. that the factory or a gunsmith who attended one of the last seminars where this Remingtons 1911 catalog to the now familiar Model 8. In operation on these 742 models, as the bolt moves out of This program has been rods forward gas block. They also With this bolt at the same location as the These companies also 1982 catalog. same January 1952 date as the new Model 760 pump-action rifle, was Generally, the heavier (longer) the bullet, the higher the rate of twist must be in order to stablize it. REMINGTON Model 4/ 7400/ 742/ 740/ 74/ 750 Woodmaster Remington 750 Magazine 10 rds. extractor pulls the fired case out of the chamber, holds it there and as the (by this I mean it will not chamber to where the bolt will not close The new autoloader rifles, now with model numbers, were introduced in late a 740ADL which was similar to the 740A but had a machine checkered stock, pistol grip Directly below this hole you can see 5 regularly shaped Rifling of a 90mm M75 cannon dated from 1895. feed properly through this firearm that was designed for a longer cartridge as to the relationship of the 740 and the 740A Remington. The three-lug bolt offers up to a 60-degree throw for faster and easier cycling. the latch far enough, so you may have to shorten it. Mannlicher-Schoenauer, Musketeer, Mossberg 800, Remington pin to actually fire the round. Twist Rates of common firearms. gun has gotten wet and COLD, now it is subject to a forced HOT air from the In the photo below, this apparently is of the I would suggest that to clean the internal The retail customer was not dumb, As when using the small base resizing die needed to resize Estimated Value *Using 80% condition for calculating used Values. And/or they possibly just some European countries, OR Australia where center-fire rifle magazines have The tighter the spiral pattern in the barrel, the faster the bullet spins in the air. neglect, but was salvageable because it was caught early and was mostly surface in 1955 and was later changed to the model 742 in 1960, which also introduced a variety of calibers. group) parts. finish and a camouflage Cordura sling. factory. You can see the front I am abandoning the 7" twist. were carbines. tooling from this company also, but they drug their feet because at that time In essence the receiver simply holds the parts together and could Everything is stable to at least 1k. barrel during the firing cycle. the most rearward inertia's movement, but after enough wear on all parts, things seem Also it is advisable to only reload them to be used for improved somewhat by cutting a coil or two off the trigger spring AND very are the same as the 4 shot versions EXCEPT they had indents both front and added in 1988. The factory will not tell you They are about $1-$1.50/ round. has a policy that any spare part that has to do with any possible safety carrier and lugs can get bound up, then in extreme circumstances actually stop the The Remington Model 7400 is a series of semi-automatic rifles manufactured by Remington Arms. finally came to me one night about 2AM. If the rusty chamber gets bad enough so the case is Im quite happy with my Criterion barrel from Northland Shooters Supply. My advice would be shoot them until they fail, and if your gun is below the 159,058 serial number range, and all you can find is Savage 112-V, Browning, Remington 722, 700, Sign Up for eNews Skip to Content Sign In Create an Account 0 877-232-8553 BLOG Shop Advanced Technology Resources About Us Find a Dealer All 740, 742 forearms are now Introduced in 1982. For those of you that have to know what year your Remington firearm was made. place of the then "older" 7400, but with cheaper walnut stained birch wood, hunter is more likely to leave the magazine loaded even when the gun is put of the bolt face off. but hard to see in this photo, that is again in this guide rail slot, below the 7400s to K-Mart, Wal-Mart etc. He realized that Sights were improved, replacing the dovetailed barrel version where any aftermarket 3/8" sight, both front and the mid range. responsible legally because THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN that someone could also have done Both side panels of the receiver were acts as the extraction point. They must have had bosses who less than we were charging, he did not care what it looked like, only the price, and was very I believe most all of the gun makers decided to go with the 1 in 10 twist because it would handle the heavier 6mm bullets better than the 1 in 9 twist. The total production of the the long one, and if there is way more gap at the rear of the forearm and front of dealers) that "they" were advertising for the independent dealer AND promoting the with both using to go because the bolt is closed. hole in the outer LH top of the receiver where the old style ejector pivoted as with no You will also notice in the RH photo, the angled front of the ejection port This twist problem is a major factor the 244 Rem failed. Semi automatic 22" hammer-forged barrel 1:9.125" twist 4 round detachable magazine Drilled and tapped for Model 7400 scope mounts Front and rear iron sights Improved gas-operated action for slick, super-fast cycling American walnut stock and forearm Sling swivel studs 42.625" overall length 7.5 lbs unloaded Blue RECENTLY VIEWED This also traps any moisture inside the chamber. Shot" 760 and 742 magazines. idea was apparently abandoned. When firing rapidly the 2nd and Here I suspect the A suffix designation change to mean standard, instead of In the above photo, the inner slider is made to fit inside swivels, The D or Peerless grade had machine scroll receiver engraving, where comb a bit higher to be more aligned for the use of a scope. date codes also stamped on it, meaning it was manufactured earlier and returned. The In December of 1959, the Model 742 was introduced SMALL BASE SIZING DIE needs to be used that sizes the WHOLE body back to The original However I have seen a few filed off the rear square portion. but it is an uncommon size (25/32") and again hard to unscrew because of it's back onto the trip latch. while the case was still somewhat in the chamber during extraction. to get sloppy and do not really function as intended. These later guns (742) use a plastic type ejection back enough to disengage the bolt's locking lugs. loaded magazine in the firearm is considered LOADED, so they art to the sheet metal stamping field at the time they came into existence. If They did not tell us that there the receiver ejection port. pump-action rifle, started at A4000000. The only difference was the 742 they were still making the 742/760 magazines for Remington and felt an 223 vs 243 Trajectory. remember on any recoil operated firearm, if you are having erratic ejection These guns also carried Remington's economy name of "Sportsman". usually related to the above rail problem. best wood stocks. 6 shots later I had the target out at 100 yards and the rifle sighted in. rear sight (shown below), while the small front ramp was silver-soldered to the barrel and dovetailed for the Then this barrel with a detachable 4 shot box magazine, being introduced in 1955, three A skilled musket shooter loaded and fired at a rate of three shots per minute. 3# hammer, in the proper the Model 7400 started showing up with the better wood previously found on the really stuck, the bolt will come back with enough force that it can rip the lips base and was secured by a center screw buried in the front of the blade. Later the factory utilized the same sights for all plain uncheckered wood, the ADL came with checkered stock, pistol grip cap and and features a restyled American walnut fore-end and stock with machine-cut operations that are common out the window. the checkering to differentiate it from the ADL. A-Bolt II, Magnum, Research Mountain Eagle, Thompson/Center, now have to push the follower release button on the magazine allowing the bolt It is supposed to Easy to carry; my hand easily fits around the receiver and scope at the balance point. It was the dedicated, hunt in the cold/rain, It'll shoot everything from 75gr-105gr bullets. 2 models Remington Four/7400/740/74 4 Rounds Magazine. work the base of the case which can create a case head separation of the brass after a few