Killed probably 10 deer with a 742 '06. It did jam once..but I can tell ya that was strictly due to needing cleaned. After they are thoroughly cleaned I never had another problem. A gun is like anything else..they wont last forever without a little maintenance and if ya dont wanna keep it pretty clean you may be better off going with something else. I have heard a lot of crap about the Remington Auto loaders..but I had ZERO probs with a clean gun! Hunted from '87 to 94 with one and bought another a couple of years back and it has proven trouble free as well.

You arent gonna get 1 inch groups out of them but both of mine shot 2-3 inch groups at 100 yards which is perfectly acceptable for normal hunting ranges.