Once a 742 is wore out enough that it fails to feed properly... (and in my experience that's a lot of shooting) It STILL can be used as a single shot!

And thatputs it in at least as good of company as all the other single shots out there, like Ruger number ones, NEF's ect...

Of the several 742's we have owned, only one was mostly wore out, and dad shot that one nearly every day for a long long time... The one i still have, is very accurate and reliable.

DM