Point noted and I agree on the reliability issues. I was just putting it out there that there are some easy fixes for these rifles. I’ve done 4 and am working on a 5th as I write this. There are 1000s of these rifles out there from 1955 740s to 1980 742s and they are really cool guns with superb blueing and wood. They’ve got adequate hunting accuracy out to 150yds and don’t have a lot of recoil. I’ve got several hunting partners that say they wished they hadn’t peddled off their 742 every time they see mine lying across a deer in a hunting photo. From what I’ve been reading lately, there are quite a few people that would like to try and get their rifles working properly for less than a $150 before they go drop $750+ for a mid range cost bolt gun or $1000+ for a BAR. On top of loving the outdoors, I’m a car guy. To me the 742 is kinda like an AMC Javelin, more issues than they’d like to admit for the duration of production, but cool to the core nonetheless.