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Old 09-10-2008, 08:31 PM
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devil dog
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Default RE: Remington Model 742-Jamming Issue

If your action is openning far enough to eject, your problem is most likely in the action, not the gas port. To answer your question first, remove the forarm, with the rifle upside down, you will see an allen screw in the block, remove the screw and a metering ball will roll out when you upright the gun" cup your hand under it to catch it, it can easily be lost". If it doesnt come out, you can squirt some break free in the hole, put the screw back in and seat it, turn it out a couple of turns " makeing sure you have plenty of thread contact", slide the forarm back on and shoot it, this will normaly get a stuck ball loose. Clean the gas port, make sure the ball is round, then reassemble. Nine times out of ten though, the way the bolt slams back, it creates a pattern of the locking lugs on the receiver rails, after a period of time this slows the action enough to create the misfeed you are talking about. The fix is to take it to a competent gunsmith to tear it down, peen the ridges back in place, repolish the rails and reassemble the rifle. Ive saved numerous 742s from liveing the rest of their lives as wall hangers this way.
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