RE: Sentimental about gun?
I understand your feelings. You hate to part with it. The Remington semi autos are known to be jammers. They been dubbed with the name Jam Masters or Jam -o-matics. Even though you have Sentimental feelings for the gun if you can't depend on it's reliability what good is it? I've had a couple of these Rem 742's. Both are gone and I would never consider another one.It's up to you what you want to do. If it were me in this position it would be gone. Want a great semi auto sell the Rem and invest in a Browning BAR.
Ruger Redhawk