Originally Posted by
hometheaterman
Why would I buy one when so many people have bad experiences? Several gun stores won't even take them on trade in due to these problems. I'm sure as hell not going to buy one so that it can break on me. You seem to not want to believe the facts. Since you don't believe me why don't you call around to your local gun smiths or gun stores even and ask them how the reliability of a 742 is? Let us know what they say.
So many people? I saw some comments from people that claimed to have bad experiences and some by people just making general comments like yours without qualifiers as to whether they used them or not. Again, would these people admit whether they maintained them correctly or not on an internet forum?
Why would I call a gun store and ask someone that may or may not have even used one what their opinion is? Why would I call a gun smith that may or may not have worked on one what their opinion is?
Again, I have one, have fired several, and have several owners in my family and hunting group to actually compare first hand. You can believe what you want based on internet information. I will continue to use my 742 to kill deer.